“Disability is an art—an ingenious way to live,” writes Neil Marcus. This award-winning playwright, actor, poet, and performance artist earned national acclaim when he crafted his experiences as a man living with a severe neurological disorder, dystonia, into a powerful staged work. Storm Reading, first produced in the late eighties, challenged audiences to reevaluate conventional ideas about disability and set a standard for performing artists with disabilities. Voted one of Los Angeles’ top ten plays of 1993, it enjoyed a nearly decade-long run. Since then, Neil Marcus’ passionate stance toward life has infused his artistic choices. Believing that “life is a performance,” he has cast his creative net wide, participating in a range of diverse projects.
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