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"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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"Fearless Price Baum"
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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"He Walked to Freedom"
A powerful monologue on the
life of an African-American man born with cerebral palsy who was
institutionalized from birth. Denied education and training, he finally
walked away at age 28 and started a new life. Twenty-two minutes.
"Taking the 'Dis' Out of Disability"
The "Taking the 'Dis' Out
of Disability" trilogy features three monologues on the lives of persons
challenged by physical, mental and developmental disabilities performed in
an hour. The monologues include:
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"Disabled
Not Handicapped" - about a minister with
cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair
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a musician recovering from
mental illness and drug abuse
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a woman with developmental
disabilities who became an administrator at the rehabilitation center she
entered in her youth.
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"Renewing Lives"
The "Renewing Lives"
trilogy consists of three monologues performed within one hour. The
monologues include:
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"Please Don't Forget
Me" on the life of Tanisha Haynes, a young woman
abused as a child recovering from mental illness studying to be a painter,
and
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"Never Quite, Never
Flinch" on the life of William Hollis, a "walking
quadriplegic" who broke his neck in Marine Corps training and
became an attorney
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"Lepers Without
Lesions" on the life of Frank Spillman, a Vietnam veteran with post
traumatic stress
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"Flying High"
The "Flying High" trilogy
focuses on the
lives of minority and women aviation pioneers who overcame physical
disability, racial discrimination and adversity. The monologues are
performed in an hour and include:
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"My Spirit Lives On"
based on the life of Bessie Coleman,
the first black woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States
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"Standing Tall, Flying
High" on the life of Neal Loving,
aircraft designer and racing pilot who lost his legs in a glider crash as
a young man
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"My Proudest Moment"
about
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who overcame shyness and fear of flying to
chart air routes with her famous husband.
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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 story of the life of Marianna Breeding.
She was the first born of 13 children, four with a chromosomal
disorder that shortened their arms and legs and turned their tiny hands
inward. she came to the
Chesapeake
Center for developmental disabilities as a client and eventually
became an employee.
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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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"A New Beginning
for J.J." and "Voices in the Wind"
The inspirational story of J.J. Wesley who was
diagnosed with mental illness long after he
had become addicted to drugs and been in trouble with the law.
With help from social services and mental health recovery agencies he
turned his life around. "Voices in the Wind" tells the story of his
battle with mental illness and the "voices" that told him what to do from
the time he was 12 years of age.
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Copyright all plays:
Carlton E. Spitzer and The Hugh Gregory Gallagher MOTIVATIONAL THEATRE,
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