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The working title for the sketch-comedy show Vox Phamalia: Pity Pity Bang Bang was “inspiration porn,” reveals Edith Weiss, who co-wrote the show with Jeremy Palmer and the rest of the creative cast at Phamaly Theatre Company. “It’s a series of sketches with a comedic take about living with disabilities, by the people who do,” she explains. “And that makes it honest, not outside-looking-in. If you’ve seen some of our other shows, then you already know a lot of the actors; now you can find out who they are, because this show is written by the actors and about the actors.”
And even though that whole trope of disabled-people-as-inspirational is obviously not what Pity Pity Bang Bang is all about, “in spite of itself, it’s inspirational,” admits Weiss. “It just is. We tried so hard, but damn it….”
The show opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Avenue Theater, 417 East 17th Avenue, where it runs through October 26. Admission is $20 in advance, $24 at the door, and open to those ages sixteen and up. For more information, call 303-321-5925 or visit phamaly.org.
Thu., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m.; Mon., Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Thu., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Starts: Oct. 16. Continues through Oct. 26, 2014
