The Victory Gardens Access Project: Emerging Playwrights

The Victory Gardens Access Project Artist Development Workshop will showcase scenes from twelve talented playwrights -with and without disabilities - at Night of Scenes 2008, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. Night of Scenes begins at 6:30 pm with a reception and is followed by the showcase of selected scenes at 7:30 pm.  Night of Scenes 2008 is free and requires no reservations. For more information, call (773) 871-3000 (TTY: (773) 871-0682) or visit VictoryGardens.org.

The Artist Development Workshop, part of Victory Gardens' Access Project, teaches the art of playwriting and performance to individuals with and without disabilities. Night of Scenes 2008 represents the culmination of this workshop, and will showcase the final products of the artists. The featured playwrights include Mike Herzovi, Matt Lauterbach, Henry Ziesing, Kiel Moses, Sally Cooper, Rob Rotman, Mazen Istanbouli, Karen Martorano, Howard Timms, Todd Bauer, Sarah Ailey and Don Tenbrunsel.

Now in its 15th 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.

To receive updates on all Access Project activities, subscribe to the Access Project Newsletter by calling (773) 549-5788 x 2131 (voice), (773) 871-0682 (TTY), or sending email to information@victorygardens.org.

Originally developed by Remains Theater with funding from the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Resident Theater Initiative, the Victory Gardens Access Project is supported by Kraft Foods, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, the Harry S. Black & Allon Fuller Fund, Daniel Efner, the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, and the Samuel A. Burstein Family Foundation.

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