Mixed Blood Theatre

Disability
Liaison & Council

 

Liaison
Rob Ley
rob@mixedblood.com

(612) 382-4379

Advisory Council
Sue Abderholden

NAMI Minnesota

Tim Benjamin
Access Press

Stacey Dinner-Levin
Playwright/Edina Public Schools

Linda Gremilion
Minnesota State Council on Disability

Kim Keprios
ARC Greater Twin Cities

Bill McNally
MS Society of MN

Kaitlyn Mielke
Former Miss Deaf Minnesota

Pat Pulice

Fraser Community Services

Stacy Schamblott
Vision Loss Resources

Mark Siegel
Minnesota Department of Human Services

Melissa Wenszell
MacPhail Center for Music



Partner Organizations

Autism Society of America

Upstream Arts, enhancing the lives of adults and youth with disabilities by fostering creative communication and social independence through the power of arts education.

Center of the Margins:
A festival exploring the complex world of disability

Content and themes about disability, central characters with disabilities, and roles for actors with disabilities— Mixed Blood's fall festival offers it all in a line-up of three disparate but complementary plays that promise to excite, incite and delight.

Gruesome Playground Injuries
by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Aditi Kapil

My Secret Language of Wishes
by Cori Thomas
Directed by Marion McClinton

On the Spectrum
by Ken LaZebnik
World premiere commissioned by Mixed Blood Theatre
Directed by Jack Reuler
Proudly sponsored by Health Partners Institute for Medical Education

Center of Margins Playwrights & Directors give insights
Area journalists have conversations with the Center of the Margins playwrights and directors. Read them here: StarTribune, TC Daily Planet, MinnPost, Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com, City Pages, and Minnesota Women's Press.