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GIVING  YOU ACCESS TO US, AND OUR UNIQUE BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE. 
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The Step Right Up Team

VISIT THE STEP RIGHT UP SHOWCASE:
Coming soon! 

CONTACT US
     Please email Michele Decottignies

OUR THANKS TO THE STEP RIGHT UP LIVE EVENT TEAM
CURATORS
     Michele Decottignies, founding artistic Director; Stage Left Productions
     Caleb Marshall, Managing Artistic Director; Canadian College of Performing Arts
     Sarah Conn, Artistic Associate; NAC's National Creation Fund
     Sarah Stanley (consultant), Artistic Producer; NAC's National Creation Fund

PRESENTING ARTISTS
Setting the Stage Series
     Michele Decottignies for DDMAAC

Making History Series
     Adam Grant Warren on CREEPS 
     Lyle Victor Albert & Brian Paisley on SCRAPING THE SURFACE
​     Ruth Ruth Stackhouse on FRIENDLY SPIKE THEATRE BAN

​Making Art Series
     Rachel da Silveira Gorman on REVOLUTIONARY FORMS
     Alan Shain on PUTTING DISABILITY ON DISPLAY
     Karine Rathle on THE SCIENCE OF THE BODY
     Michele Decottignies on STAGE LEFT'S PRODUCTION PORTFOLIO

Decolonizing Disability Series
     Dr. Linden (Lindsay) Crowshoe
     Holliston Logan
     Charlene Hellson
     Nakoda AV Club
     HEAL (Alanna Bluebird-Onespot)

     Michele Decottignies

CripTeases Cabaret
     Caleb Marshall celebrates The Greatest Shows on Earth as our Sideshow Barker
     Lyle Victor Albert pays homage to the real Fab Freaks we took our inspiration from
     ​Karine Rathle washes off the Residue of social disablement in the form of sexual violence
     Miss Bea Havin' (of Calgary's Vigil Aunties) brings her burlesque act to BC for the first time
     ​Miss Monday Blues exposes black liberation, Indigenous sovereignty and body acceptance
     The Closet Freaks strip away layers of oppression in  disability, sexuality & masculinity
         - Alan Shain & Karine Rathle (lead performers)
         - Amanda Reyes, Indie Garrett, Clark Burger & Brayden Lord (chorus members)


PRODUCER/ PRESENTER
     Stage Left Productions
     with much appreciated project funding from the Canada Council for the Arts 
     and a decade of national research through The Deaf, Disability & Mad Arts Alliance of Canada

CO-PRESENTER
     Canadian Arts Heritage Society

LIVE VENUE
     Canadian College for Performing Arts

PRODUCTION TEAM
     Michele Decottignies:  Co-Producer
     Caleb Marshall:   Co-Producer
     Sam Workman:   Production Manager
     R. J. Peters:   Technical Director
     Alison Roberts:   Registration Coordinator
     Tasha Cadence:  Promotional Designer
     Daria Klimaseva:  Event Coordinator
     Jamie Anderson:  Stage Manager
     Megan Farrell:  Assistant Stage Manager
     Jen Swan:  Objective Intimacy Intervener and SM support
     Shannon Carmichael:  Costumer & Props
     Cooper Hiebert:  QLab Technician (sound, lights, projection)
     Thomas Moore:  Carpenter & Technician (follow-spot)
     Stephanie Bright:  Video Capture Technician
     Ian Carmichael:  Technician
     Andrea Lemus:  Technician

     Chieu Da Mai:  Personal Care Attendant
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     Ric Proctor:  Personal Care Attendant
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Because "access" is simply a condition for disability theatre; not the goal. (Michele Decottignies, Stage Left Productions) 

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