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  • Promotional banner for Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts by Alex Bulmer and Debbie Patterson. The left side features a navy blue background with yellow and white text reading “Excerpt from Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts” and “Deaf and Disabled Artists Raise the Curtain on Cripping the Stage.” The Open Book logo appears below. On the right, the book cover is shown with the same title and subtitle on a yellow and light blue geometric background.
    Promotional banner for Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts by Alex Bulmer and Debbie Patterson. The left side features a navy blue background with yellow and white text reading “Excerpt from Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts” and “Deaf and Disabled Artists Raise the Curtain on Cripping the Stage.” The Open Book logo appears below. On the right, the book cover is shown with the same title and subtitle on a yellow and light blue geometric background.
    February 05, 2026

    Read an Excerpt from REBELLIOUS BODIES AND RADICAL ACTS, Edited by Alex Bulmer & Debbie Patterson

    Performance takes on new urgency and possibility in Rebellious Bodies and Radical Acts (Coach House Books), an anthology that centres disabled and Deaf artists working at the forefront of contemporary ...

  • Playwright Debbie Patterson on Why She Will Keep Exploring What It Means to "Die Well"
    Playwright Debbie Patterson on Why She Will Keep Exploring What It Means to "Die Well"
    January 16, 2023

    Playwright Debbie Patterson on Why She Will Keep Exploring What It Means to "Die Well"

    What does it mean to "die well"? If death is the end, is there anything left, at that point, to learn? These are the kinds of questions that fascinate acclaimed Winnipeg theatre creator Debbie Patterson, and ...

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