TILTing Perspectives: Approaches to Devising New Work Alongside Actors with Disabilities

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Over five years ago, Gail Dalrymple, Robert Pierson, and I sat down to conceive of a performance company that would celebrate the creative work of adult actors with disabilities. We saw the opportunity to establish a community of artists in Austin, Texas, who would tell stories of otherness, all the while challenging audiences to rethink commonly held perceptions of disability. We called it TILT.