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Waveformsmy body remembers by Frankie McGee - Waveforms EP 10This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Frankie McGee to talk about their play, my body remembers.Synopsis: Frankie is aided by Carolyn, an 11 year old self; and Francis, a mysterious figure visiting from the afterlife, in their effort to reconnect with their queer, trans, and disabled ancestors.Content Forecast: Hospitalization, medical gaslighting, strong language.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:FRANKIE MCGEE as FRANKIE, CAROLYN, & FRANCISKAITLYN YOTT as STAGE DIRECTIONS, NURSE2025-04-2418 min
The Unapologetically PodcastEPISODE 3: Shakespeare and the 70s with Kirsten Kirsch (Part 1)New Unapologetically notification! On each episode, join your host, Sharon, to talk about literature and society with a special guest. Kirsten Kirsch is an actress, a singer-songwriter, and a playwright-composer. I got to know her through Realwheels Theatre, where she debuted her original musical Gimpy with a public reading. We explore her love for the 70s, S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders, and theatre, including Shakespeare. NEW PODCAST DROPS BIWEEKLY ON FRIDAYS!TRANSCRIPTINSTAGRAM2025-04-1821 min
Waveforms8x10 by deidre "d-lishus" walton - Waveforms EP 9This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright deidre “d-lishus” walton to talk about her play, 8x10.In 8x10 by deidre “d-lishus” walton, a Black woman grapples with a surreal spiritual experience that leaves her vulnerable to the machinations of the mental health system. Which version of reality will prevail?Content Forecast: Involuntary institutionalization, discussions of suicide.Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:2025-04-1715 min
WaveformsFanAddict by Daphne Finlayson - Waveforms EP 8This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Daphne Finlayson to talk about her play, FanAddict.FanAddict by Daphne Finlayson focuses on the relationship between a young digital creator and fame. It examines our culture's obsession with online relevancy and what people are willing to do to get on the trending page - as well as what that fleeting fame does to a person's psyche.Content Forecast: Strong language.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:ANDY...2025-04-1011 min
WaveformsCaptain Ted: Disabled Astronaut by Mitch Krohn - Waveforms EP 7This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Mitch Krohn to talk about his play, Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut.Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut is a comedy that satirizes Sci-fi tropes. It's a sequel to Mitch Krohn's first play Captain Ted: Disabled Pirate. It follows the story of Captain Ted, a Disabled space traveller, and his crew featuring a variety of characters who live with various disabilities, that work together on a mission.Content Forecast: AbleismWaveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.2025-04-0316 min
WaveformsThe Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025) by Garvin Chan - Waveforms EP 6This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Garvin Chan to talk about their play, The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025).The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025) by Garvin Chan is an immersive dark comedy set in a church. An absurd and contradictory series of eulogies exploring the possibilities of how one can be remembered, the unknowability of one's person (spiritually, literally and emotionally.)Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide, death, and grief. Strong language.Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-82025-03-2713 min
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Rachel Peake (Waitress & Grand Theatre 2025 2026 Season)Rachel PeakeOriginally hailing from Saskatchewan, Rachel is a director and dramaturge of theatre and opera. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario.From 2021 to 2023 Rachel was the Associate Artistic Director of the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver. There she oversaw the running of the Artistic Department from 2021-2022 during the Artistic Director's maternity leave. From 2017 to 2020 she was the Associate Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, where she led the Citadel's New Play Development initiatives. In January 2023 she won the Ovation Award for Ou...2025-03-2621 min
WaveformsBonkers by Kate McArthur - Waveforms EP 5This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Toronto-based playwright Kate McArthur to talk about their play, un/REAL.Bonkers is a clown comedy in which Clown who lives with depression and bipolar disorder faces an appeals panel after being denied disability support.Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide.Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:KAITLYN YOTT as CLOWNANDY KALIRAI as...2025-03-2017 min
Waveformsun/REAL by Sarah Shepherd - Waveforms EP 4This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Sarah Shepherd to talk about their play, un/REAL.un/REAL by Sarah Shepherd is a horror/science fiction play where Cesare, a person with a degenerative muscular disorder tries a new and experimental medical treatment. This involves being put into a medically induced coma and entering a Virtual Reality that attempts to replicate a "perfect life”.Content Forecast: Medically assisted death/suicide, hospitalization.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA....2025-03-1317 min
WaveformsSinking Ship by Ethan Stark - Waveforms EP 3This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Ethan Stark to talk about his play, Sinking Ship.Sinking Ship by Ethan Stark is a queer and modern re-imagining of Charon, the ferryman featured in Greek mythology. Since the beginning of humankind, they have been tasked with emotionally preparing the newly dead to go to the place you never come back from. Over and over again they get attached and over and over again they end up alone. One day, it is Charon’s childhood best friend, Arlo who ends up on the boat and Charon can’t bear...2025-03-0612 min
WaveformsVampire or My sister, the prophet by Araceli Ferrara - Waveforms EP 2This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Araceli Ferrara to talk about their play, Vampire or My sister, the prophet.Synopsis: Vampire or My sister, the prophet by Araceli Ferrara follows Nena as she visits home for the holidays, where she must grapple with the fallout following her sister's most recent psychotic episode.Content Forecast: Institutionalization, experience of psychosis, strong language.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:JULIA ABREU as NENASARAH...2025-02-2718 min
WaveformsSkye High by Anna Burkholder - Waveforms Ep 1This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright Anna Burkholder to talk about their play, Skye High.Skye is new to town, and no one notices her—not even her mom. As she struggles to settle in, a wildfire destroys her childhood home in B.C., thousands of miles away. Left alone with her stepdad while her mom deals with the crisis, Skye becomes consumed by loneliness, grief, and recurring nightmares. She turns to urban exploration, sneaking into abandoned buildings and posting her adventures online. But when her latest stunt—climbing to the top of a my...2025-02-2714 min
Kelly and CompanyBuilding a Play, TV Characters Going to Public DomainPainting, hammering, drilling, prop sourcing and decorating, these things typically require you to be in person to build a set for a play, but Realwheels Theatre, in Vancouver, is inviting you to join in the build of a new play in development, called Faye’s Room. I want to know how I can build a set in Vancouver from here in London! AMI Communications Specialist Greg David joins us to discuss how Popeye and Mickey Mouse are headed to public domain, and what that might mean for the beloved characters.
Find Kelly & Company on YouTube!...2025-01-1033 minKelly and CompanyFull Episode - 1856Handy-Dart, British Columbia’s equivalent of Wheel-Trans, is suspended indefinitely due to job action. Grant Hardy has the details on trending headlines. Greg David evaluates the 2024 Paralympics coverage on CBC and NBC, awarding top honors for accessible broadcasting, athlete storytelling, and game coverage. A disability campaigner and wheelchair user is sharing her frustration after she was blocked from an accessible viewing platform at the Paralympics. She’s hoping her viral social media post will be a catalyst for change. Laura Bain brings us the story on The Buzz. September 10th marks World Suicide Prevention Day, and Mary Beth Moellenkamp, CEO o...2024-09-041h 45Kelly and CompanyWe learn about "Disability Tour Bus"We chat about Disability Tour Bus, a radio play by Realwheels Theatre, that uses humor and storytelling to shed light on the state of accessibility in Vancouver, with playwright Amy Amantea.
Find Kelly & Company on YouTube!About AMIAMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authen...2024-09-0414 min
Talking Sh*t With Tara CheyenneEpisode 54 Interview with Adam Grant Warren (Writer, Performer and Creator)
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AT Banter PodcastAT Banter Podcast Episode 392 - Disability Tour BusRob, Ryan and Lis welcome Amy Amantea and her writing partner Rena Cohen to the show to talk about their new Radio Play Podcast entitled “Disability Tour Bus”. They talk all about the about how the play and how it came about, its themes, and why it is that the Arts can be such a successful platform for transmitting its of inclusion and disability.
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Disability Tour Bus
https://realwheels.ca/disability-tour-bus/
Disability Tour Bus on YouTube
https://www.youtu...2024-08-151h 04
PuSh PlayThe Quest (2008)Gabrielle Martin chats with David Hudgins and Kevin Kerr, co-founders of Vancouver’s Electric Company Theatre. Show Notes Gabrielle, David and Kevin discuss: The beginnings of Electric Company Theatre and its early collective model Why the fledgling theatre company had to “bite the bull by the horns” The function of interchangeable roles in the creative process The impetus behind early ECT shows at the PuSh Festival, such as Studies in Motion and Palace Grand The rich physical-visual landscape that plays a role from inception of piece...2024-07-3036 min
Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek PodcastDisability Tour Bus - A Radio Play Podcast by Amy Amantea & Rena CohenRealwheels Theatre presents Disability Tour Bus!Written by Amy Amantea and Rena Cohen, Disability Tour Bus follows Shiloh, a young wheelchair-user, as they navigate their first day as a guide for “Funcouver Bus Tours”. Working alongside longtime employee and relentless dad-joker, Hugh, Shiloh struggles to stick to the “Funcouver” script when so much of “Canada’s most wheelchair-accessible city” is still so incredibly inaccessible. People and politics collide until a new passenger, Tess, comes aboard and offers unexpected common ground. The tour must go on! Because there’s someone special waiting for Tess at the end. At least she hopes there is...2024-07-2400 min
Arts RationalInterview: Amy Amantea [Realwheels Theatre]https://realwheels.ca/2024-07-2421 min
The Self AdvocateRealWheels Staged ReadingsI talk with Alex Masse, Jordyn Wood, and Adam Grant Warren on Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads. All three are playwrights for this production. Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads is a production with RealWheels Theatre company, and is playing May 9th to 11th at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Tickets can be bought at https://realwheels.ca/zombies-mannequins-and-talking-heads/. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at alison.mira.klein@gmail.com.2024-05-0858 min
Talking in the RainWhat a Gay Old Time!│Cadence Rush QuibellYes, gay as in enjoyable and gay as in LGTBQ because The Prom is both! Cadence and I talked about TUTS' The Prom in which they are performing until August 25th. We delved into their experience with TUTS as their first actor who uses a wheelchair, character prep and building a backstory, their experience with Realwheels Theatre Acting Academy, getting back into theatre, slam poetry (you can watch Cadence's perfomance of Preserve>Repair on their instagram) and dancing. Everybody can dance and every body is a dance body! Intro music - Hazy by Oddfish2023-07-1042 minThe Self AdvocateMay EventsI talk with Sarah Bakke, Director of Development and Communications at DOXA Documentary Film Festival, happening May 4th to 14th in Vancouver. I also talk with Jessica Keenan, Associate Producer of Freewheeling, a mini festival for RealWheels, and Emily, the host of Open Mic Night, happening at may 8th to 13th.2023-05-0952 minThe Self AdvocateFebruary EventsIn this episode, I talk with Amy Amantea of the Arts Club, RealWheels, and Vocal Eye about Teenage Dick performance, happening February 5th to March 5th. I also talk with Siobhan Barker of Hogan's Alley Society. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at alison.mira.klein@gmail.com.2023-02-011h 00
M4G Advocacy MediaJourneys: Season 3, Episode 3 - Jennifer BurgmannToday, Krystal and I talked with Jennifer Burgmann about her journey and how she advocates for others through her comic strip and theatre work.
JENNIFER'S LINKS:
A Day in the Life of a PWD Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ADayintheLifeofaPWD/
A Day in the Life of a PWD Website - https://adayinthelifeofapwd.weebly.com/
Reel Wheels Acting Academy - https://realwheels.ca/academy/
Reel Wheels production of Teenage Dick - https://artsclub.com/shows/2022-2023/teenage-dick
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The Firecracker DepartmentLiesl LaffertyOur guest this week is Vancouver-based scriptwriter, story editor, award-winning director AND our co-head of our Writing Department LIESL LAFFERTY! Liesl focuses mainly on creating and developing new works. In 2020, she facilitated scriptwriting workshops in Vancouver with WET INK COLLECTIVE, a writer-driven initiative for women, WESTERN GOLD THEATRE, a premier company that fcouses on sharing and celebrating the talents of senior professional theatre artists and REALWHEELS THEATRE, a threatre that creates and produces performances that deepens understanding of the disability experience. At REALWHEELS in 2020, Liesl was the dramaturg for their inaugural Playwright in Residence. Liesl performed THE REP...2022-02-091h 26The Self AdvocateSchool ProjectThis episode is different. I'm conducting a project about community change for both the theatre and disability communities for a class in my Master's program. I thought of interviewing RealWheels for my case study. If you have questions or comments, please email me at alison.mira.klein@gmail.com.2021-08-051h 01
Disability Stage RightA Landscape For Telling Universal StoriesVancouver-based actor, writer, director, theatre founder James Sanders joins Myles and Stefanie in conversation about a wide range of topics, from attending theatre school as a young, newly quadriplegic man, to the importance of representation, and disability as "a landscape for telling universal stories."
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Accessing Art With AmyKirsten KirschToronto-based Kirsten Kirsch is a lyricist, songwriter, theatre professional and so much more! After a nation-wide search, Kirsten was announced as the Playwrite-in-Residence for Realwheels Theatre. Kirsten, who has cerebral palsy, channels her lived experiences into a new musical called GIMPY, which follows the lead character on her journey to become a musical theatre performer. Song written and composed by: Darin Meilleur and Kirsten Kirsch. Guitar: Darin Meilleur; Presley: Mason Temple; Soren: Kirsten Kirsch; audio production: Kimit Sekhon2021-01-2130 minThe Self AdvocateReal Wheels InterviewI talk with Kirsten Kirsch (playwright-in-residence) and Rena Cohen (Realwheels Theatre’s Artistic Director). The digital reading of Gimpy: A New Musical, happening Wednesday, November 25th. Come join me and others this event! If you have questions or comments, you can email me at alison.mira.klein@gmail.com2020-11-1747 min
QuadLifeJames Sanders - From Actor to AdvocateIn this episode we talk with James Sanders. He talks to us about life during the pandemic for people with disabilities, the importance of self care, his acting career then and now, and how the industry is opening up to the world of disability.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761583/http://realwheels.cahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvjlps6td50&t=5shttps://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-50-q/clip/15783198-james-sanders-and-his-son-max-on-creating-a-father-and-sons-guide-to-surviving-isolation--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/ap2020-07-2350 min
Ouimet PresentsYellow Jack Podcast: What Choice Have I Got?
Part of my world is to experience it with my hands. And…it’s very difficult for me to know what proximity I am to other people. A lot of times I will bump into somebody or I just won’t be able to maintain a distance that they’re comfortable with…I touch more things than most people touch…and that also comes with a higher risk factor.Amy amantea
Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #3
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Self-isolation is challenging. Try self-isolating if you have a disability of some sort. Amy Amantea is an actor...2020-03-2523 min
CiTR -- All Access PassAll Access Pass: Access Economy Part 2In our Access Economy segment we have been looking at what popular share companies have done (or not done) to make their services accessible to their disabled customers. In part 2 of our Access Economy segment we look at accessibility in ride-share companies. With talk of Uber coming to the Lower Mainland we chat with MLA Stephanie Cadieux .Stephanie Cadieux is the Liberal MLA for Surrey South and the Opposition Critic for Advanced Education serving in the BC legislative assembly . Cadieux also has a disability herself and is in a wheelchair . In fact, she is the first women in...2018-03-011h 00
CiTR -- Dave RadioDave Radio Sept 30 2016Realwheels Theatre "Creeps", Reid Jamieson "Dear Leonard", Western Gold Theatre "Comfort Cottages", Shout Out to Jay Hamburger>2016-09-301h 00
CiTR -- Arts ReportThe Arts Report - 23-May-2012Hosted by Maegan Thomas.
This week we learn about the In the House Festival from Artistic Director Myriam Steinberg, RealWheels' WheelVoicesLive!, Animatron Festival from Little Mountain Gallery runner Ehren Salazar and Headlines' Theatre for Living's David Diamond explains the interactive theatre workshop, Corporations in Our Heads.2012-05-2400 min