Encore! ArtStream’s Inclusive Theatre
23 year old Russel Lefurgy, who has autism, plays the space visitor in Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner: Observations By A Fox
, an original play created by adults with cognitive and physical disabilities in conjunction with theatre professionals from ArtStream Silver Spring Inclusive Theatre Company. As noted in today’s Washington Post, Art Stream was founded by Patricia Woolsey, who had previously worked with special needs children at Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD; she noted that, after teenagers who loved theatre got older, “‘the need was great’” for more opportunities. Groups of 10 to 15 adults with disabilities can sign up for drama classes or for a theater project; shows are based on the participants’ improvisations.
Although people must audition, “we do our best to accept everyone, as long as they don’t have any severe emotional disabilities and can get along in a group,” says Woolsey. “Our mission is to bring art to as many people as we can.”
Lefurgy created the character of Corey, the space visitor (he calls him a “fursona”) in Lost in a Dream at the Super Hero Diner: Observations By A Fox
; the play will be performed in early June (go here for details). Other plays by Inclusive Theatre Companies include “That Thing Called Love!” and “Saving the Starlight.”
This year also brought the documentary Autism: the Musical: Looks like an autism arts festival could be in the making.
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