Victoria Ann Lewis

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Victoria Ann Lewis
NationalityAmerican
Known forDisability theatre
Notable work Knots Landing

Victoria Ann Lewis is an American theatre artist, actress, and scholar. Ann Lewis played Peggy on Knots Landing . She is the editor of Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights.

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Early life

Ann Lewis had polio as a child, leaving her right leg weaker. As a result, she walks with a limp and uses a leg brace. [1]

When Ann Lewis was 14, her parents enrolled her in drama school. She attended Columbia University where she pursued an MA in English literature. [1] Ann Lewis has a Ph.D. in theatre from the University of California at Los Angeles. [2] : 329 

Career

Ann Lewis is the founder and director of Mark Taper Forum's Other Voices Project. [3] The Other Voices Project teaches theatre to disabled people and educates the publi about disability. [4]

In 1983, Ann Lewis produced, developed and performed in Tell Them I'm a Mermaid, a televised musical theatre performance exploring the lives of seven disabled women. [5] She later developed and performed in Who Parks in Those Spaces?, another televised special centring around disability. [6]

From 1984 to 1993, Ann Lewis played Peggy, the secretary, on Knots Landing. In 1993, she played Edna Miles in Light Sensitive at the Old Globe Theatre. [1]

Ann Lewis edited Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights, which was published by Theatre Communications Group in 2006. [7] [8] In 2010, her chapter "Disability and Access: A Manifesto for Actor Training" was published as part of The Politics of American Actor Training. [9] She is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Redlands. [10]

Plays

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  5. ↑ Oppenheim, Irene (December 1, 1985). "Disabled Actors Reach Out on TV". New York Times. p. H32. ProQuest   111181044 . Retrieved April 24, 2021– via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ Smith, Steven (January 16, 1986). "Acting Out Solutions for Disabled Youth". LA Times. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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