Wry Crips *NEWS* 2018!

In August of 2017, Wry Crips performed a collaboratively written piece (the first time) at Berkeley's Live Oak Theatre. Titled, IRETONIA: A Sc-Fi Fantasy, five performers created a theatrical experience like no other.
Directed by Michaela Goldhaber, IRETONIA is just the first collaborative effort that this newest incarnation of Wry Crips has in store.

NOTE: This footage was shot live at the second performance, and is the only video footage capturing the play. The footage was then 'trapped' virtually in a computer that had received water damage, and all was thought to be lost. But after almost a year later, the footage was recovered and  now made public!

https://youtu.be/Cvoa_lkq6DE

Patty Overland

Afi-Tiombe Kambon

Giovana Giscome

Ciara Lovelace

Marie Jenkins

Director: Michaela Goldhaber

WRY CRIPS IN 2017: SOME UPDATE

THIS BLOGSITE CONTAINS A LOG OF CHRONOLOGICAL HAPPENINGS FOR THE WRITERS & PERFORMERS OF WRY CRIPS DISABLED WOMEN'S READER'S THEATER WORKS.

WRY CRIPS WAS A BIT DORMANT BETWEEN 2012 to 2017 UNTIL A PERFORMANCE WAS ORGANIZED, REHEARSED AND PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN JUNE OF 2017.

BY LATE SUMMER OF 2017, THEATRICAL DIRECTOR MICHAELA GOLDHABER JOINED IN TO HELP DEVELOP AND DIRECT A PIECE CALLED, 'IRETONIA: A SCI FI FANTASY.'
FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING, 'IRETONIA' WAS PERFORMED IN BERKELEY, CA. ON THE STAGE OF LIVE OAK THEATER OPENING ON FRIDAY AUGUST 18th TO A SMALL BUT APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE.

PRESENTED BY 'T1 Presents', T1 Presents is an extension of TheatreFIRST that focuses on collaborative residencies. Learn more about all things TheatreFIRST does!

ON SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 19th, THE PERFORMANCE WAS VIDEOTAPED.
THE CLIPS RECORDED ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EDITED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON!

ANOTHER TWO PERFORMANCES WERE SET FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 25th and SATURDAY AUGUST 26th (SEE MARQUE BELOW) AND FOR ANYONE WHO WAS LOCAL & COULD MAKE IT, YOU EXPERIENCED SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. LIVE OAK THEATER IS A WONDERFUL INTIMATE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE SPACE THAT IS ONE OF THOSE HIDDEN GEMS OF THE EAST BAY!

LIVE OAK THEATER
LOCATED AT 1301 SHATTUCK AVE., BERKELEY

MEANWHILE, PLEASE VISIT THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL  AND THANKS FOR VISITING!

YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND EMAIL TO wrycrips@gmail.com FOR INQUIRIES.

  THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF SOME OF THE CAST MEMBERS

NOTE: NEW PHOTOS WILL EMERGE ON THIS SITE IN A COUPLE WEEKS!

                                AFI TIOMBE KAMBON as CUNTINA WARRIOR WOMAN

    

                                       

                                           PATTY OVERLAND  as THUNDERWOMAN


                                         

                            GIOVANA GISCOME (GIGI) as JENNY, THE INTREPID REPORTER


                                                   

                                              CIARA LOVELACE as THE YOUNG ONE

PHOTOS OF OTHER WRY CRIPS MEMBERS TO COME:
MARIE JENKINS and MICHAELA GOLDHABER

MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PERFORMANCE:

IRETONIA: A SCI FI FANTASY  was dedicated to          LESLIE GORDON. More on Leslie can be read HERE as well.

WRY CRIPS WAS FOUNDED BY PATTY OVERLAND, JUDITH SMITH and LAURA RIFKIN, and has been making theater with disabled women for over 30 years. This is the first time Wry Crips has written a play as an ensemble.

 RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes

WRY CRIPS IS SEEKING NEW MEMBERS NOW!

Wry Crips is a Berkeley-based disabled women's reader's theater group. It began in the early 1980's, has had several performances over the years, was dormant for several years and got revitalized by one of the original founders, Patty Overland, in early 2011. Wry Crips worked on one piece all year to produce a performance in November of 2011 that was attended by almost 100 people on a beautiful afternoon. (You can see youtube clips of the performance and 
blogsite contains information- both links are below).

For anyone who's on facebook, please go to the FAN PAGE for WRY CRIPS and click on LIKE to show your support: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wry-Crips-Disabled-Womens-Readers-Theater/275289542537569



 Sunday July 15 & 29  and August 12 & 19 


 and Sept. 9      2 - 4 pm.

You must contact Patty directly by phone: 
510.705.8895 Patty Overland  

(between 10 am & 6pm) 
    

Wry Crips is open for new members NOW.

     

Meetings will be necessary to get through all the member's writing materials, selection of the production theme, and then rehearsals leading right up to the production. A theme is being chosen this next meeting on Feb. 26.

Qualifications for Wry Crips Members:

1) Females 18 and over who identify and have grown up as female and identify strongly with their either hidden or visible disability.

2) Older Females (30-and-up) who have lived their lives as females for 100% of their adult lives, and identify as female and strongly with their either hidden or visible disability are welcome.

3) Either of the above who also write prose, poetry, short stories, plays and more.

4) Participants must live in the Berkeley area or be able to get to the meetings and rehearsals on time and stay for the full amount of time (2 hours each meeting X twice-a-month).

5) Wry Crips is open to deaf women or hearing impaired women, but that participant would need to provide a sign language interpreter for the meetings. (One will be provided for performance time come November).

6) Wry Crips is seeking a committed director who has had experience equal to working on a minimum of one production prior-to, or, needs to fill out more experience in their resume, or a more experienced director who might be looking for a passion project to work on.

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If you are interested or know someone who is, please have them call Patty Overland at: 510.705.8895 Between the hours of 10 am and 5 pm Tuesday through Friday ONLY - or email wrycrips@gmail.com

Watch for new developments on facebook and at the blogsite: http://wrycrips.blogspot.com 
YouTube: http://youtube.com/wrycrips (SUBSCRIBE & LIKE!)

WRY CRIPS IS ON YOU TUBE!

WRY CRIPS HAS A YOU TUBE CHANNEL:

http://youtube.com/wrycrips

Video clips are now active!!

See & hear Shira Leeder, Vanessa Castro, Patty Overland, Leslie Gordon & Sarah Walton with performance director Iris Crider in WE ARE FEARLESS performed on Saturday Nov. 12, 2011 in Berkeley, Ca.

Interviews are being shot for an introduction that includes some original founders talking about the background of Wry Crips, and will be up by Nov. 30, 2011.

Over 56 audience members enjoyed the readings of the above women for a total of 90 minutes!

Looking forward to 2012!!

WRY CRIPS PRESENTS:

“WE ARE FEARLESS”

An Afternoon of Disabled Women & Our Allies 

Sharing Our Poetry, Songs & Art  

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

SATURDAY  

NOV. 12, 2011 

HARRIET TUBMAN 

TERRACE: 

COMMUNITY 

ROOM 

2870 ADELINE ST. 

BERKELEY 

2 - 4pm  

                      

ASL INTERPRETED : Please contact us by Oct. 24 to request this

Patty Overland   510.705.8895  Between  10 am and 5 pm

Peni Hall and Barbara Ruth performing original material for 

WRY CRIPS READER'S THEATER , (date unknown)