Joan Lipkin

We've heard of wheelchair basketball, tennis and ice hockey played by those with legs that don't function and we've heard of the Special Olympics.In the…

What do a gay mermaid looking for love, a Jewish mother who competitively wants her single son to have the biggest wedding, and a lesbian version of Dr.…

The third annual “Briefs” festival featuring short LGBT plays will be held downtown next weekend at La Perla. This year the plays were selected from over…

Joan Lipkin has been creating theater with people who have disabilities since 1996, when she co-founded the DisAbility Project. An outgrowth of That…

For the second time, That Uppity Theatre Company and The Vital VOICE join forces to present a festival featuring 7 short LGBT plays. Each play lasts just…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 9, 2012 - “Raising Renee” begins joyously in 2003 at the New York City gallery opening of…

In “Briefs: A Festival of Short Lesbian and Gay Plays,” the list of local theater celebrities is anything but brief. The Feb. 24-26 weekend festival…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 26, 2012 - I was on hand at a meeting back in the early 1990s when the Arts and Education…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 8, 2011 - The St. Louis Arts and Education Council has released the names of its 2012 awardees…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 24, 2011 - In the United States, we have the luxury of forgetting (or perhaps never learning)…