"My Blackbird Has Flown Away"
A 20-minute, 45 minute or
60 minute monologue performed in a wheelchair on the life of the late
author, historian and disability advocate,
Hugh Gregory
Gallagher.
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"Hi Mate, I'm FPB"
Ten interactive monologues
on the life of the late independent living advocate
Price Baum, a
quadriplegic who taught sailing. Forty five minutes.
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"Taking the 'Dis' Out of Disability"
Three monologues on the
lives of persons challenged by physical, mental and developmental
disabilities: a
minister with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, a musician
recovering from mental illness and drug abuse, and a woman with
developmental disabilities who became an administrator at the
rehabilitation center she entered in her youth. One hour.
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"Renewing Lives"
Three monologues performed
within one hour on the lives of a Vietnam veteran with post traumatic
stress, a young woman
abused as a child recovering from mental illness studying to be a painter,
and a "walking
quadriplegic" who broke his neck in Marine Corps training and became
an attorney.
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"Flying High"
Three monologues on the
lives of minority and women aviation pioneers who overcame physical
disability, racial discrimination and adversity:
Bessie Coleman,
the first black woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States;
Neal Loving,
aircraft designer and racing pilot who lost his legs in a glider crash as
a young man, and
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who overcame shyness and fear of flying to
chart air routes with her famous husband. One hour.
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"18 Days in July"
A five character play
dramatizing a political crisis in 1972 influenced by public attitudes
toward mental illness.
Senator Thomas
Eagleton resigned as Senator George McGovern's Democratic Vice
Presidential running mate when it was revealed he'd received shock
treatments for depression. Thirty-five minutes.
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"Snob Mob Discrimination"
A monologue comparing
cosmetic concerns of pampered elite to real life challenges of persons
with physical, mental and developmental disabilities. Twelve minutes.
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"The Card Table"
Three disabled people
discussing their lives while playing cards: a paraplegic, a woman with
cerebral palsy and a
war veteran recovering from addiction and mental illness. Twenty
minutes.
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