Toronto-based Disability Consultant and Podcaster (and our very own podcast mentor) Drew Gurza joins Myles and Stefanie in conversation about his experiences of theatre, ableism and the importance of authentic disability representation--not only onstage and screen, but behind the scenes as well.

Episode References:

• The director Drew mentions working with is Jonathan Seinen, who can be found here: https://www.jonathanseinen.com/
• The Malteser commercial Drew mentions is called New Boyfriend and you can find it here:
• It turns out it was part of a series of Malteser commercials featuring disabled and non disabled characters. Here’s another fun one: 
• The light side of disability (The Wedding)
• Finally: If you recognize the description of the one man fringe festival show that Stefanie saw in the 90s (she thinks it had a name like a Clean Shave or Close Shave)… and know what that show is, or who the performer was, please send us a message—Stefanie would LOVE to figure this out!!

You can find Drew at...

Facebook: @DrewGurzaTweets

Listen to his podcast Disability After Dark (find it at his website, or wherever you get your podcasts from)

Photo Credit: Alice Xue, 2020

The Disability Stage Right Team is

Angela Chalmers (technical producer/director)

Myles Taylor (co-host and secret repository of technical podcast know-how)

Stefanie Wiens (co-host and podcast originator/producer)

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Disability Stage Right is made possible by a Digital Originals grant from the Canada Council for the Arts