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Teal Scherer on E!News - My Gimpy Life - New five-episode web series!

Coming Soon! E!News will interview actress Teal Scherer about her new comedic web series, My Gimpy Life. 

Congratulations to Teal for moving her original web series from concept to sponsorship and funding for a full five-episode first season on YouTube!

Inspired by her own sometimes awkward adventures of being a driven actor navigating through Hollywood in a wheelchair, My Gimpy Life is produced by Teal Sherer’s Rolling Person Productions, directed by The Guild’s Sean Becker, and written by Gabe Uhr.

Watch the trailer now ... and then, visit Teal Scherer's FaceBook page!

 

MoMA Presents 'Create Ability' - March 24th through April 16th!

Create Ability Exhibition

Opening Reception at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC!

Friday, March 23
5:30–7:00 p.m.

Join MoMA in celebrating their participants' creativity and dedication at the opening night reception for an exhibition of artwork produced during the Create Ability program, MoMA's monthly program for individuals with learning or developmental disabilities and their families.
Everyone is welcome. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, and teachers! Comments begin at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Enter through The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, located at 4 West 54th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

The exhibit will be on view during public hours, March 24–April 16.

Be sure to view MoMA's extensive, award-winning array of free programs to make this great museum accessible to persons with many types of disabilities, ranging from hearing and vision loss to Alzheimer's and dementia.   MoMA is wheelchair accessible!

MoMA's new Create Ability Program - January 22nd - Larger than Life: Mural Painting!

Throughout 2012, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 W. 53rd Street, New York City, is hosting a free Sunday series. Create Ability is a program for individuals with learning and developmental disabilities and their families. Each month, participants focus on a different theme, exploring various artworks in the galleries and creating artworks in the classroom.

The first session on January 22nd is Larger Than Life:  Mural Painting. Sign up now and reserve your place!

 

Victoria Renensland, daughter of [with]tv Founder and CEO, Howard Renensland, putting talent to work, in art lessons through MoMA's Create Ability Program!

Create Ability Sunday, January 22 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (ages five–17) 2:00–4:00 p.m. (ages 18 and up) Plan now to attend Larger than Life: Mural Painting - Space is limited  and preregistration is required—register online today!

 

Using the Power of the Arts to Promote Acceptance!

Music and art therapy are treatment modalities which enable individuals with developmental disabilities to express their emotions creatively while helping them gain awareness of themselves and others.  It helps to improve self-esteem and psychological well-being, while stimulating intellectual and cognitive abilities. 

West Hurley NY is home to Potential Unlimited Productions, offering workshops and weekly classes continue throughout February and March.

Check out the new and ongoing classes and learn about low-cost fees and schedules by visiting www.potentialunlimited.org. Sign up now for the Spring Music Day Camp at the Potential Unlimited Art Center, April 18-22, 2011.

Dancing Wheels - A Unifying Expression of Movement for All! Attend a performance in 2011 ...

Dancing Wheels Company & School   
  
Considered one of the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the U.S.,  Dancing Wheels is a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities.

To date, the Dancing Wheels Company’s inspirational mission has touched over 4.5 million people through performances, school assemblies, residencies and workshops. Millions more have enjoyed their artistry via appearances on CNN, Good Morning America, and the TV special “Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope.”

With a repertory of over 40 works from nationally-esteemed choreographers and a message of inclusion and accessibility, the Company continually expands the reach of artistic possibilities while celebrating the universal spirit of dance.

Visit the Dancing Wheels website and Schedule page - there may be a performance near you in the coming months!

Mezzo-Soprano Laurie Rubin to perform benefit concert for the Israel Guide Dog Center

 
Mezzo-Soprano Laurie Rubin will perform a program of works by Mozart, Rodrigo, Gershwin, Sondheim, Schwartz, and Sivan among others on February 28th at Zipper Concert Hall, at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, CA.   Ticket sales are 100% tax deductible, as all proceeds will be donated to the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind.

Blind since birth, mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin recently received high praise from The New York Times chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, who wrote she possesses "compelling artistry," "communicative power," and that her voice displays "earthy, rich and poignant qualities." Recent career highlights include her UK solo recital debut performance at Wigmore Hall in London as well as her solo recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.  Ms. Rubin has performed concerts of new music with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and has performed numerous roles, including the lead role of Karen in "The Rat Land" by Gordon Beeferman with New York City Opera, Penelope in Monteverdi's "The Return of Ulysses", and the title role in Rossini's "La Cenerentola."  She has recorded a CD of art songs with renowned collaborative pianists Graham Johnson and David Wilkinson on the Opera Omnia label. 

Since beginning in 1991, The Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind has produced over 327 partnerships between blind Israelis and guide dogs. "When a blind Israeli (either Jewish or Arab) requests our assistance, we transport them to our center, house and feed them for three weeks during...

Dancing Wheels

Have you heard about the first modern dance company school to integrate professional stand-up and sit-down (wheelchair) dancers?

The talented and professional group of performers at Dancing Wheels have an active touring schedule in locations around the US.

Mary Verdi-Fletcher, President and Founding Artistic Director, a pioneer in the field of integrated dance, started the company in 1980, and for more than a quarter of a century, Dancing Wheels has performed, taught and inspired children and adults of all abilities around the world. In the U.S, the company presents more than 100 performances reaching audiences of 125,000 each year.

For the upcoming season, Dancing Wheels has just announced that legendary choreographer Donald McKayle has been commissioned to create a new work for the Company!  Professor McKayle has chosen a piece from Duke Ellington's Far East Suites, and will be in residence at Dancing Wheels for three weeks in November, to begin work with the dance ensemble for a May 2010 performance. 

View the website at www.dancingwheels.org for more information, photos, and the schedule of performances.

For information about touring, or if you wish to book a performance:  [email protected]. To contact President/Founding Artistic Director Mary Verdi-Fletcher:  [email protected], For issues regarding grants, communications, and development, contact Dana Kuhn at [email protected]. For general inquiries or comments, e-mail [email protected] or to reach the School of Dancing Wheels, e-mail: [email protected].

"Outside The Box"

The Society for Disability Studies and New York University's Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality
Presenting an ALLIGER ARTS Production

OUTSIDE THE BOX/
PERFORMING DISABILITY

An International Cabaret Showcasing Music, Spoken Word, Dance & Drama

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Friday, June 20 - 8 PM

Eisner and Lubin Auditorium
NYU Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, 4th Floor
between LaGuardia Place and Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012

"Outside the Box/Performing Disability" is an international showcase featuring provocative, exotic and cutting-edge disabled performers.

There has been a seismic shift in disability arts over the last decade, both in form and content. Using unique configurations of body, voice and mind, disabled artists are constructing new art and new art forms.

Mat Fraser, internationally known actor and playwright (Sealboy: Freak, Thalidomide: The Musical) will emcee. Fraser was most recently featured as Puck inThe Kaos Dream, a revisioning of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which toured Britain last fall, where it enjoyed rave reviews, sold out audiences, complaints from Catholic School teachers and standing ovations.

Featuring:
Mat Fraser, Emcee, Actor, Writer, Cabaret performer, Musician and occassional Stripper
Excerpts from GIMP, choreographed by Heidi Latsky featuring dancers
Jeffery Freeze, Lawrence Carter-Long and Catherine Long
Lezlie Frye, Spoken Word
Four Wheel City, Krip Hop (Rap)
Honi Harlow & Mystique presents Bawdville, Deaf Burlesque
Nancy Ostrovsky, Performance Painting
Theatrical Readings staged by Carrie Sandahl and Vicki Lewis
featuring Nikaury Acosta,Christine Bruno*, Jason Fisher*, Pedro Hidalgo*, Anita Hollander*, Neil Marcus,Gregg Mozgala*and Dathan B. Williams*

*appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

Tickets: $18. Available online and at the door.

Go to http://www.disstudies.org/conference/2008/events/nyu to reserve yours!

For accommodations or other questions, please contact Howard Hines @ 646-344-7261

Event presented with Sign Language Interpretation, Audio Description and Open Captioning.  Space is Wheelchair Accessible.  Assistive Listening Devices, Large Print & Braille Programs Available Upon Request.

Media Inquiries, please contact: Lawrence Carter-Long, [email protected]. 917-684-3235

Creating Penelope

Submitted by: Laurie Rubin

The experiences I've had as a classical singer have been incredibly rich ones thus far.  I've been blessed with wonderful mentors, lucky to get some of the wonderful and fun gigs I've gotten, and so fortunate to collaborate with some very fine composers and to sing with some of the best singers and instrumentalists in the field.

As a singer who is blind, I have done recitals and chamber music more than I have done opera.  This is due mostly to a minor logistical difference between me and my sighted counterparts.  Since opera is a business that needs to be run smoothly like anything else, artistic directors are concerned with productivity and tasks getting done as quickly as possible.  When they see me, they envision a situation where it would take longer for me to learn a stage, they think it would take more people to guide me around the stage, and they often think of lawsuits should I manage to find myself falling into the orchestra pit during a rehearsal.

However, things are slowly changing, and I am finding more and more that directors are wanting to think outside the box.  They can envision a situation where a character in the show would be blind.  Well why not?  It is never mentioned in the libretto that she specifically has sight.

Danny Murphy Stars in "The History of Bowling"

From Dan Murphy:

Friends:

Please come and see me in a great co starring role in this quirky romantic comedy that turns disability stereotypes upside down. This unique theatre piece is getting a lot of attention and will change the way you see disability for sure. Place your order now at 818.508.7101 ext 211. For more info go to www.performerswithdisabilities.com. And please...help spread the word!

March 21 - April 27
Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm (no performance on March 23)

Tickets: $20

Produced by Danny Murphy and Teal Sherer
Directed by Sara Botsford
Written by: Michael Ervin
Starring: Danny Murphy, Tara Samuels, Lynn Manning, Chris Scoles, and Anya Profumo

The History of Bowling is the inaugural play for Blue Zone Productions, a theatre company dedicated to producing professional, quality theatre that nurtures and promotes artists with disabilities. Set on a college campus on the East Coast, The History of Bowling is a hilarious romantic comedy between a quadriplegic and epileptic student who are forced to write a PE term paper together because they can't physically participate in the class.

"The play is irreverent and fun, and doesn't take itself too seriously. But the play also examines the more complex issues of accepting who you are as a person and facing the world boldly and without shame." – Sara Botsford – Director

Call Now for Tickets!  818-508-7101  (x211)

SEE YOU AT THE THEATRE!

Danny Murphy
818.762.8969
www.dannymurphy.com