Why I‘ll Never Make It
Episodes
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Meredith and I continue our conversation from the previous episode as she answers the Final Five questions. She shares her national tour ambitions and her love of interior design as well as what she learned from Ali Stroker.
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
In honor of Dysautonomia Awareness Month, Meredith Aleigha Wells joins the podcast to share her struggles and challenges onstage and in life all from the vantage point of a wheelchair. After becoming disabled at the age of 19, Meredith performed in a college workshop production of the new musical Donny Johns, making UMass Amherst history as the first actor who uses a wheelchair to perform in a Mainstage production.
Meredith graduated with a Bachelor's Degree with Individualized Concentration in Musical Theatre. Immediately after graduation, Meredith moved to Cleveland, Ohio to dance with Dancing Wheels, a physically integrated touring repertory company.
In this episode, she opens up about the hard-fought lessons she has been through and how much more there is learn, both in herself and for others.
Topics discussed in this episode: - Mayo Clinic Physician Philip Fischer, MD - 10 Facts about POTS - Dancing Wheels Company founder Mary Verdi-Fletcher - What does the 30th anniversary of the ADA mean to youth with disabilities? - Youth Today - Able-Bodied Actors Play 95% of Disabled Characters - Variety - Ali Stroker's Tony Award acceptance speech
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