Pericles: An Adaptive Performance for People with Cognitive Disabilities (BOULDER)

  • May 7 - 11, 2025
  • CU Boulder Loft Theatre

    Boulder, Colorado 80302
Description

Pericles: An Adaptive Performance for People with Cognitive Disabilities

A co-production with Flute Theatre

Director and Adaptor, Kelly Hunter
Assistant Director, Natasha Haward 
 

From the mind of international theatrical superstar Kelly Hunter, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Pericles utilizes the Hunter Heartbeat Method – a unique style of storytelling geared towards audiences with all types of cognitive disabilities. Through a series of engaging sensory drama games, the audience will be transported into Shakespeare’s classic tale of adventure, loss, and redemption in this groundbreaking production, which aims to bring the gift of theatre to those who may not have ever experienced its transformational power. No prior knowledge of Shakespeare is necessary! Want to learn more about the Hunter Heartbeat method? Get more info here: https://www.flutetheatre.co.uk/hunter-heartbeat

Participant Tickets ($25): If you are a person with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), this is for you! Participants will join the action on stage with Phamaly actors engaging in sensory drama games. No previous theatre experience or rehearsal is required, and those with high-impact disabilities are welcome! Be part of the classic Shakespearean tale with this innovative theatre method. All participants or their caregivers will receive a call from Phamaly's Community Engagement Manager before the performance with accessibility information. 

Audience Tickets ($15): Audiences are invited to observe the Hunter Heartbeat Method performance. This is not your standard show and will be different every performance. Be prepared to observe 90 minutes of theatre games using a Shakespearean framework and support our IDD participants.  All audience seats are general admission.

NOTICE: Due to the nature of this production, there will be no captions. ASL Interpretation and Audio Description are only available on request with two weeks' notice. Please email info@phamaly.org to submit a request. 

Date & Time

May 7 - 11, 2025

Venue Details

CU Boulder Loft Theatre

Boulder, Colorado 80302 CU Boulder Loft Theatre
Phamaly Theatre Company

Our Mission

Phamaly Theatre Company's mission is to be a creative home for theatre artists with disabilities; to model a disability-affirmative theatrical process; and to upend conventional narratives by transforming individuals, audiences, and the world.

Our Vision

Phamaly Theatre Company strives to create a world in which disability and the differences within the human condition are celebrated and the theatre experience is accessible and welcoming to all.

About the Company: Then

In 1989, PHAMALy (Physically Handicapped Amateur Musical Actors League) was founded by five students from the Boettcher School in Denver, all living with disabilities, who had grown frustrated with the lack of theatrical opportunities for people living with disabilities. In 1990 PHAMALy produced its first show - Guys and Dolls.

PHAMALy's founders were ahead of their time in building an inclusive organization that directly served disenfranchised individuals with disabilities from all racial, ethnic, gender, and class identities. Throughout its history, Phamaly has maintained its dedication to this principle of inclusion while creating innovative reinventions of established works.

About the Company: Now

Today, the organization has changed its name to Phamaly Theatre Company (PTC), but its dedication to exclusively featuring actors with disabilities continues. At every performance, you will see actors with all nature of disabilities: physical, cognitive, intellectual, and emotional. PTC gives actors a supportive space to explore and develop their craft, empowers artists within their disability identity, educates the community about access and inclusion, and entertains audiences with high-quality, award winning theatre.


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