The Not Broken Monologues

Ash Goodwin

LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah

SYNOPSIS: Seen and unseen disabilities exist in every piece of our lives, whether we recognize them or not. These differences bring about complex experiences and emotions. Join this journey of transformative stories interwoven with joy, pain, heartache, and courage through the eyes of those who are not broken. "The Not Broken Monologues" is an exploration of these complexities and the grief that comes with them. Through the real life stories of people from all walks of life, a singular theme triumphantly emerges - we are disabled, but we are not broken.

Playwright Ash Goodwin created this piece of inclusive, community-building theatre partially as an act of coming to terms with her own disabilities, but also as a way of telling the stories of others and their journeys towards acceptance. Every story included in "The Not Broken Monologues" is based on interviews with actual members of the disabled community. All actors in this production are either disabled or chronically ill because representation and inclusion matter.

GENRE: Theatre, Drama, Original Script, World Premiere

CONTENT RATING: FF - Fairly Fringe-y (PG-13)

ARTIST BIO: “The Not Broken Monologues” comes as the final product of writer and director Ash Goodwin’s work as a two time recipient of the University of Utah’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant. The labor of love now encapsulated in this show is the result of more than 250 hours of research, interviews, and writing. Bringing together her own personal experiences and real-life stories of the individuals she interviewed provides an opportunity to explore grief and disability in a uniquely bidirectional way. Shedding a light on these stories of disability affords an opportunity and responsibility to include disabled creators in each aspect of the production and to strengthen community bonds along the way.

WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/thenotbrokenmonologues

ACCESSIBILITY: This performance features closed captioning and ASL interpretation.