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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Susan Nussbaum, 68, Who Pressed for Disability Rights in Her Plays, Dies by Annabelle Williams

In a wheelchair after being hit by a car in her 20s, she became an advocate for people with disabilities in her writing for the stage and as a novelist.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PM

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Neil Marcus, Whose Art Illuminated Disability, Dies at 67 by Annabelle Williams

A playwright and actor, he saw his life as performance art. He was best known for his play “Storm Reading.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PM

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Elka Schumann, Matriarch of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Dies at 85 by Annabelle Williams

She and her husband ran a Vermont-based troupe that has taken on social and political issues in productions featuring enormous puppets.

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