Trailer: Break A Leg! on the TECHnically Speaking Podcast

Make sure to check out our interview on the USITT TECHnically Speaking podcast! 

Nicole and Scott joined Jenn Shuron from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology to discuss how they met, the creation of Break A Leg!, and more. 

Listen to the interview on...

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-down-disability-in-the-industry/id1496209270?i=1000541646804

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GedoWHL37EzSI7xPGp3t1 

All other platforms: https://www.spreaker.com/show/technically-speaking_2 


More info: https://www.usitt.org/news/technically-speaking-breaking-down-disability-industry 

Trailer Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1751649/9695633 

Break A Leg! is produced by Scott MacDonald 
Artwork by Sasha & Alexander Schwartz 
https://breakalegpod.buzzsprout.com/ 

Episode Transcript

Nicole Zimmerer (00:06):
And I think the issue, and this is just my
theory, is that even thoughdisabled people have been around
since the beginning of time, theADA is only 31 years old, which
isn't enough time for oursociety to catch up to what
needs to be done to includedisabled people in everyday

(00:28):
life.

Scott MacDonald (00:29):
I think we've found that there's differences
between on-stage and off-, youknow, on-stage there's
representation issues withcasting and kind of what stories
are being told, while off-stage,especially from, you know, the
technical production side, it'soften not talked about at all
and people don't really know howto address it.

Nicole Zimmerer (00:48):
But I do like to have optimism and a glimmer
of hope.

Jenn Shuron (00:53):
Right.

Nicole Zimmerer (00:53):
Because if we talk about it ad nauseum, like
I'm doing with this podcast,like we're doing with this
podcast, maybe somebody willlisten and be like, "Oh, I never
thought about it that way!"Like with every episode, I come
off the recording thinking, "Iam not alone. I'm not a crazy
woman screaming into a void."This is a thing and I get to

(01:14):
talk about it, and I'm sohonored that the universe has
allowed me to do this...
Listen to our full interview onthe USITT TECHnically Speaking
podcast by clicking the link inthe description below.