{"product_id":"beyond-victims-and-villains-contemporary-plays-by-disabled-playwrights-paperback","title":"Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Ann Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the 21st century, the disability experience offers new perspectives on issues that promise to dominate the collective (un)consciousness: diversity vs. unity; difference vs. normalcy; rugged individualism vs. it-takes-a-village political ideologies; right-to-die; healthcare as a for-profit industry; care-giving within families and across the boundaries of gender, race and class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This anthology offers insights into the ongoing dialogue in our theatres about diversity, multiculturalism and universality, and the debates in our civic life about interdependence vs. independence. But in the end, I offer this anthology as a collection of irreverent, comic, terrifying and beautiful plays.\"--Victoria Ann Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology, the first of its kind, explores how disabled artists depict the world they inhabit with their disabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eP.H. *reaks\u003c\/i\u003e: a collaborative project developed by Doris Baizley and Victoria Ann Lewis (Los Angeles, CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGretty Good Time\u003c\/i\u003e by John Belluso (Los Angeles, CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of Bowling\u003c\/i\u003e by Mike Ervin (Chicago, IL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreeps\u003c\/i\u003e by David Freeman (Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShoot\u003c\/i\u003e by Lynn Manning (Los Angeles, CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Summer Evening in Des Moines\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles Mee, Jr. (New York, NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo One as Nasty\u003c\/i\u003e by Susan Nussbaum (Chicago, IL)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Ann Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and past director of the Mark Taper Forum's \"Other Voices Project.\" Emerging from the disability civil rights movement, the \"Other Voices Project\" is the only professional playwriting program for writers with disabilities in the regional theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Ann Lewis is the founder and director of the Mark Taper Forum's Other Voices Project. Emerging from the disability civil rights movement, the Other Voices Project is the only professional playwriting program for writers with disabilities in the regional theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 406\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771594244384,"sku":"9781559362504","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aac56190bd0fbd27523f0303687c0c04.webp?v=1780389079","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-victims-and-villains-contemporary-plays-by-disabled-playwrights-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}