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Lynn Manning is an award winning poet, playwright, actor,
and former Blind Judo Champion of The world.
He accomplished all of this after being shot and
blinded in a bar fight at age twenty-three.
Lynn
has written several critically recognized plays, including, WEIGHTS, SHOOT, UP FROM THE DOWNS,
PRIVATE BATTLE, THE LAST OUTPOST, and
central ave. chalk circle.
Lynn's
original one act play, SHOOT, is included in the
ground breaking 2007 TCG anthology, BEYOND VICTIMS AND
VILLAINS (CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY DISABLED PLAYWRIGHTS). Lynn
both wrote and starred in the short film adaptation of
SHOOT, by the same title.
It premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and
is currently distributed by HBO.
Lynn is an active member of The Playwrights/Directors
Unit of The Actors Studio West Coast.
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ALSO IN CHICAGO!
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
CHICAGO,
April 8, 2009 – 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 takes the audience on a Dickensian journey through
his pursuit of manhood growing up in foster homes in the
late 1960s and early '70s.
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 Poetry - The
Words and Songs of Lynn Manning. This
special evening of poetry, music and story-telling starts 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@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@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.
Press
contacts:
Jay Kelly jkelly@victorygardens.org jkelly@victorygardens.org
or (773) 549-5788 ext 2136
Shannon O’Neill soneill@victorygardens.org soneill@victorygardens.org
or (773) 549-5788 ext. 2131
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