Start with a rich base of traditional sketch comedy. Add in a dash of disability justice and sprinkle in a good amount of inclusion. Bake it at 350 degrees with a bunch of sardonic wit, and voila: you have Funny as a Crutch. Ten vibrant short plays tell stories such as the first two disabled folks landing on Plymouth Rock, a disabled woman being picked up for her first one-night stand, a young man who can’t understand why his prosthetic leg isn’t allowed in the army, to a modern take on a classic fairy tale – Cripperella. This laugh-out-loud comedy skewers stereotypes picks apart prejudices and attacks assumptions about disability – from both outside and inside the community.

Who is Phamaly?  Phamaly Theatre Company is the foremost disability-affirmative, nonprofit theatre company in the country. Now in its 35th season as a homegrown, award-winning arts organization, Phamaly produces professional plays, musicals, and original work cast entirely of performers with all nature of disabilities: physical, emotional, intellectual, and cognitive. Phamaly’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.


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