Talleri McRae is a theatre artist, educator, disability scholar, and inclusion/access specialist based in Louisville, KY. Talleri is a proud member of the American Alliance for Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences/USA, and is a contractor for the access department at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Talleri holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Talleri Adkins McRae
Nothing About Us Without Us
Essay
Nothing About Us Without Us
Innovation, Creativity, and Inclusion in Professional Theatre
26 May 2019
The Power of Authenticity
Essay
The Power of Authenticity
Disability On Stage and Off in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
22 November 2017
Creative Access
Essay
Creative Access
Accommodations for Professional Performers with Disabilities
11 August 2017
Community-Specific Theatre
Essay
Community-Specific Theatre
Conversations, Connections, and Considerations
10 April 2015
The Future of Theatre is Accessible
Series
The Future of Theatre is Accessible
Accessible and inclusive theatre is not new. Nevertheless, more often than not, theatre companies today that are striving to include the disability community do so by welcoming disabled actors to their stages and disabled audiences to their performances.
Interesting Thoughts on Access, Inclusion, and Disability
List
Interesting Thoughts on Access, Inclusion, and Disability
I sub-organized into three separate topics:
1) The "Theatre-ing while Disabled" Series by Kate Langsdorf, which is a great overview at all the different ways professional theatre and disability can collide.