Trailer: Break A Leg! on the TECHnically Speaking Podcast

12/10/21 • 1 min

Make sure to check out our interview on the USITT TECHnically Speaking podcast!
Nicole and Scott joined Jenn Shuron from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology to discuss how they met, the creation of Break A Leg!, and more.
Listen to the interview on...
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-down-disability-in-the-industry/id1496209270?i=1000541646804
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GedoWHL37EzSI7xPGp3t1
All other platforms: https://www.spreaker.com/show/technically-speaking_2
More info: https://www.usitt.org/news/technically-speaking-breaking-down-disability-industry
Trailer Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1751649/9695633
Break A Leg! is produced by Scott MacDonald
Artwork by Sasha & Alexander Schwartz
https://breakalegpod.buzzsprout.com/

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Adrienne Dawes is a writer, producer, and teaching artist currently based in Fayetteville, AR. Adrienne's play Casta, inspired by a series of paintings by Miguel Cabrera, is planned to premiere next fall in Austin, TX with Salvage Vanguard Theater.
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Twitter: @heckleher
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Produced by Scott MacDonald
Artwork by Sasha & Alexander Schwartz
https://breakalegpod.buzzsprout.com/

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Jumping Jack Theater online:
Website: www.jumpingjacktheater.org
Instagram: @jumpingjacktheater
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JumpingJackTheater
Produced by Scott MacDonald
Artwork by Sasha & Alexander Schwartz
https://breakalegpod.buzzsprout.com/

Break A Leg! Disability in the Arts - Trailer: Break A Leg! on the TECHnically Speaking Podcast

Transcript

Nicole Zimmerer00:00:06.389

And I think the issue, and this is just my theory, is that even though disabled people have been around since the beginning of time, the ADA is only 31 years old, which isn't enough time for our society to catch up to what needs to be done to include disabled people in everyday life.

Scott MacDonald00:00:29.579

I think we've found that there's differences between on-stage and off-, you know, on-stage there's