Crip Slam returns Nov. 23rd with Queen Elizabeth's Dwarf - starring Kathryn Jones!

Kathyrn Jones performs, Queen Elizabeth's Dwarf to launch the Victory Gardens Access Project 2008-2009 Crip Slam series at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, November 23 at 7:30 pm.

Jones plays Mistress Thomasina de Paris, an actual dwarf in the court of Queen Elizabeth. She has appeared in that role for the last five summers at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. The show explores the personal relationship dwarves and other people with disabilities played in the queen's court and during the Renaissance. Following her performance, Jones will be interviewed by Edward Wheatley, Associate Professor and Edward L. Surtz, S.J., Professor of Medieval Literature at Loyola University in Chicago. Admission is free but please call for reservations. 773-871-3000 or TTY 773/871-0682. This performance is wheelchair accessible, captioned, sign language interpreted and audio described.

ALSO........ CRIP SLAM Feb 15, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Biograph.

"What Does The Sun Sound Like?" Written and performed by Arlene Malinowski

The totally true tales of a hearing daughter growing up in a deaf family & culture. Funny, touching and poignant, Chicago Dramatist Arlene Malinowski’s stories are told through sign language and voice using both Deaf and hearing storytelling techniques which challenges the audience to share a world beyond their experience