Alumnae Engagement
[PAST EVENT] Reves Center Distinguished Lecture: Disability Aesthetics in Theatre w/ Indiana Lown-Collins
Location
Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Memorial Hall, Virtual601 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Open to the public
Disability Aesthetics in Theatre
There has been a new interest in our department in making our productions and creative projects more accessible for neurodivergent audiences, performers and collaborators. Making theatre more accessible for disabled and neurodivergent audiences and artists is a great passion of Indiana Lown-Collins'. In this session, she will talk about the different access tools that she uses when she makes work, both creative access such as integrated audio description and creative captions, as well as access tools such as visual and sonic stories that provide a more equitable story telling experience for all.
If you are someone who is interested in how to make theatre more accessible and aesthetically more interesting and inclusive (for instance, by creatively using captioning and audio descriptions as part of an aesthetic process and not just an add-on, or incorporating practices of sensory theatre, relaxed performance and content warning based on the audiences' needs), this talk will be an opportunity to learn and be inspired!
Speaker Bio
Indiana (she/her), is a theatre maker and director who won the 2022 JMK Directors Award with her production of, ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ by Jack Thorne which played at the Orange Tree Theatre and won the OFFIE for 'Best Production'. She was then nominated for ‘Best Debut Director’ at ‘The Stage Debut Awards’. Indiana was Resident Associate Director at Shakespeare's Globe (2023) where she directed ‘Burnt At The Stake’ a thrilling night of new writing. Indiana started working professionally as a director in 2016 and has had the privilege of working with new writing, Shakespeare and musicals across a number of different and exciting venues. As an artist Indiana thrives to push boundaries; prioritising working with an uninhibited perspective and making theatre that will evolve her artistic practice towards discovering radical yet sincere forms of expression. As a disabled artist she is passionate about making theatre that's creatively accessible, puts disabled voices at the centre of the story and igniting a new way of presenting theatre.
This lecture is funded by the Reves Center Distinguished Lecture Funding.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Mar 6, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cwm.zoom.us/meeting/register/xRehczFtS8a2Mv0I2HB7Pg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Sponsored by: Department of Theatre & Performance, The Reves Center
Contact
Prof. Sarah Hart sahart@wm.edu