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Rob Ascher

Rob Ascher is a dramaturg, arts administrator, and writer currently based in Iowa City. He likes bread and cats.

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Collaborating and Confronting the Able-Bodied Gaze in Herein Lies the Truth 
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Collaborating and Confronting the Able-Bodied Gaze in Herein Lies the Truth 

28 May 2024

Rob Silverman Ascher chronicles the collaboration between Aaron Pang, a non-fiction storyteller with no formal theatrical training, and Johanna Kasimow, a director with a background in devising and physical theatre, on Herein Lies the Truth: Pang’s story that centers around sex and disability and confronts able-bodied expectations of what a disabled performer ought to share.

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