Freed Presents The Comedians With Disabilities Act |
October 16, 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Price: $100 VIP, $50 floor seating, $40 tiered seating
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Center for the Arts
314 W. Main Street
Grass Valley, CA, CA 95945
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Contact Information:
Event ID: 218350
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Email: contact@freed.org
Web: https://freed.org/comedians-with-disabil
ities-act/
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Catch the Comedians with Disabilities Act in a benefit performance for FREED. The traveling troupe features diverse disability representation and a hilarious take on life in an ableist world.
“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people, and, comedy is a beautiful way to educate people without disabilities. When we laugh together we can find our commonalities.” ~Michael Beers
Turn on the TV, you don’t see many people with disabilities, much less comedians. Representation of the Disability experience is a problem, but stand-up comedy is a way to bring authentic voices to the forefront. The Comedians with Disabilities Act (CWDA) is doing just that. A fabulous collection of comedians with disabilities, both seen and unseen, the traveling troupe share their humor and personal experiences. Overall, the tour is designed to bring authentic and traditionally unheard voices to a theatre near you.
The show is the brainchild of comedian, Michael O’Connell of Sacramento, who started the group in 2010, and was later joined by Steve Danner and Nina G. In 2016. O’Connell passed away - but the show lives on and spotlights a variety of disabled and outrageously funny comedians. The upcoming lineup in Grass Valley includes disability representation from diverse perspectives and intersections including comedians Michael Beers, Nina G, Mean Dave, Loren Kraut and Adam Keys.
FREED is thrilled to bring this show to our community. We have so much in common with CWDA in working to change attitudes about disability. A big part of our work at FREED is showing people they can achieve their goals, but if you’ve never seen someone who looks like you doing your dream job, it’s pretty hard to imagine it's possible. The theatre is where we go to see ourselves and our human stories represented on stage. Bringing a show with such diverse disability representation will create connections not just within the disability community, but also shows the whole community what people with disabilities are capable of and makes those human connections through laughter.
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Center for Nonprofit Leadership
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