[il-talk] Fw: Crip Slam May 3: The Great Lynn Manning

Thu Apr 16 17:56:10 UTC 2009

Let's get a group together to go to this show.  I'd especially like to hear what our own judo experts think about it!  If you're interested, get in touch with me at 773-631-1093 or dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net .  A theater party would be a lovely way to celebrate spring!

Debbie

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VICTORY GARDENS CRIP SLAM SERIES PRESENTS MIDWEST PREMIERE OF LYNN MANNING’S 
NEW SOLO SHOW QUIET AS IT’S KEPT, MAY 3rd AT THE VICTORY GARDENS BIOGRAPH
Victory Gardens Theater’s Crip Slam Series is proud to present blind African American poet and playwright Lynn Manning, in the Midwest premiere of his new solo show, Quiet as it's Kept, Sunday May 3 at 7:30 pm at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.   Tickets are only $10.  This event will be accessible to people with mobility, hearing and vision disabilities.  
For tickets and information, call 773.871.3000 -  (TTY: 773/871-0682) - or visit victorygardens.org.  
In Quiet as it’s Kept, Manning, blind and terrified, warms up at "mat side" in preparation for the first match in his first ever judo tournament.  Exploring the lunacy that brought him to this moment, Manning takes20the audience on a Dickensian journey through his pursuit of manhood growing up in foster homes in the late 1960s and early 1970s. 
Manning is an award winning poet, playwright, actor, Paralympic Silver-medalist, and former World Champion of blind judo.  He accomplished all of this after being shot and blinded at age 23.  Based in Los Angeles, he's co-founder and literary manager of Watts Village Theater Company; president of FireHouse Theater Company; a trustee on the board of The Network Of Ensemble Theatres; a member of The Actors' Studio Playwright/Directors Unit West, and associate artist with Cornerstone Theatre Company.  Lynn's award winning play Shoot, is included in the ground breaking collection, Beyond Victims and Villains (Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights).  Manning’s autobiographical, one man stage play, Weights, received three NAACP Theater awards for 2001, including Best actor.  He subsequently performed Weights at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art as part of Bodies of Work: The Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture in 2006, as well as Off Broadway, Croatia and The 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  Manning’s poetry is featured in the 2006 anthology, Voices from Leimert Park.  A live performance audio CD of Weights (One Blind Man’s Journey) is available from www.bridgemultimedia.com and amazon.com.  For more information, visit www.lynnmanning.com.  

Preceding his May 3rd performance at the Victory Gardens Biograph, on Friday, May 1, the Access Living Arts and Culture Project will present Lynn Manning in In Play Poe try - The Words and Songs of Lynn Manning.  This special evening of poetry, music and story-telling is free, and starts at 6:30 pm at Access Living, 115 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago.  To RSVP, contact Susan Nussbaum, 312-640-2121  (TTY: 312- 640-2102)  or snussbaum at accessliving.org.  Sign Language Interpreters and Audio Description Personal Assistance will be provided.  This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

About Crip Slam and the Victory Gardens Access Project

Crip Slam is Victory Gardens' Sunday night series of performances, readings, movies and other events that promote, explore, and celebrate disability culture.  Launched in 2005 as Disability Culture Sundays, Access Project participants re-named the series to the more bawdy Crip Slam in its second year to generate attention and discussion.  

To receive updates on upcoming Crip Slam events and all Access Project activities, subscribe to the Access Project Newsletter by calling 773.549.5788 ext 2131 (voice), 773.871.0682 (TTY), or sending email to information at victorygardens.org. 

Now in its 16th year, the Victory Gardens Access Project is a nationally recognized model outreach effort designed to involve people with disabilities in all aspects of theater, both on and off the stage.  Through the program, Victory Gardens has been Chicago's earliest adopter of assistive services such as providing Sign Language interpreted performances, as well as captioned and audio-described shows, large-print and Braille programs, pre-show Touch Tours of the theater and set, dedicated wheelchair seating, and TTY phone lines.

The Victory Gardens Access Project is supported in part by generous grants from Kraft Foods, The REAM Foundation, the Harry S. Black & Allon Fuller Fund, and 3Arts.     

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