Putting disability culture centre stage!
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From access to identity to aesthetics: Staging Counter-Culturalism
Closet Freaks is a satirical CripTease that uncovers the complexity of the body politic for a slightly twisted disabled guy, who can never be "man enough" in a disabling society. So. This Tragic Tale of Sip & Cleo, a very queer couple, puts the non-normativity of disability counter-culturalism in the limelight, as they (literally and figuratively) strip away the spent symbols of "overcoming adversity" and expose the social biases they have to navigate before they can let loose their lust for each other. The setting is "society". But it might be a trap. Can Sip resist the pressures to "man up", Or will he be cured into compliance? "Whoso who must be a man must therefore also be a non-conformist." |
Satirizing disabling dramatic action...
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One story...
SOME ROMP & ROLL (SEXUALITY) BURLESQUE OF THE GROTESQUE! (aka CripTease for Me, Baby) Bottoms Up! A unique twist on kink culture!! |
With three chapters...
A BIT OF ROLE PLAY (MASCULINITY) A SLOWED SEDUCTION!? (aka The Drama of Desire) Bottom or Top? Can a disabled guy ever be man enough? |
And a few climaxes!
THEN IT'S DO & DIE (SOCIETY) ACCESS TO ASSIMILATION? (aka Crippling Conformity) From Bottom to Top: How social norms (mis)shape manhood. |
A Stage Left Production:
Non-normalizing disability theatre, since 1999!
HEADER PHOTO CREDITS
We thank The Great Canadian Theatre Company for the photoshoot and use of our image; as well as Jared Davidson, for being our model (in drag!).
We thank The Great Canadian Theatre Company for the photoshoot and use of our image; as well as Jared Davidson, for being our model (in drag!).
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transgressive ART.
intersecting CULTURES. non-normative AESTHETICS. |
