Playwright
James Leonard Jr.
Performance Dates
June 3-7, 1980
Creative Team
Director......................Don Paisley
Designer.....................Kathleen Lewicki
Costume Designer.....Tammy Perakis
Synopsis
In Jackson, a small town in rural Indiana, Elizabeth Ann Willow lives with her father and mother. Crippled at birth with polio, Elizabeth Ann is confined to a wheelchair and must wear leg braces, which cuts her off from the other children and prevents her regular attendance at school. Although she tries to reach out and make friends, Elizabeth Ann is increasingly isolated from and then taunted by the others, whose small-town prejudices are reinforced by a polio scare, of which Elizabeth Ann is a chilling embodiment.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445082.And_They_Dance_Real_Slow_in_Jackson_
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson" (1980). 1979-1980 Season. 4.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1979-1980/4