Rolling With the Punches by Joel S. Bailey FEb. 18 4pm EDT
Rolling With the Punches By Joel S. Bailey, Produced by Take My Shot Productions and Kenady Sean Directed by Ben Rauch
Twenty-something and wheelchair-bound Jo's life is turned upside-down when her mother’s boyfriend moves in. When Jo's poor judgment causes a serious accident, she is wrongly placed in an asylum under Chicago’s cruel and archaic ‘Ugly Law’, where deformed and unsightly people must stay out of sight from the public. Her treatment and subsequent escape emboldens her to fight to repeal the unjust law. Its 1974 overturning remains a milestone in the Civil Rights movement for the disabled.
Starring Broadway's Becca Ayers as Loreen and many more!
Online event live streaming the reading of the play with a talkback afterwards with the director, producers and other industry leaders.