Disabled Artistry In The Spotlight At Inaugural Queens Festival

QUEENS, NY — A first-of-its-kind arts festival is coming to Queens.

The Forward Festival of the Arts features performances by Deaf and Disabled artists at the Queens Theatre, with shows from May 13 through 22.

Highlighting work from national artists, the festival includes performances from Denver-based Phamaly Theatre Company, Atlanta-based Full Radius Dance, and Omnium Circus, which hails from Queens.

Molly Joyce, a New York City-based composer who seeks creative inspiration from disability as informed by an impairment to her left hand, will also perform as part of the festival.

Most of these programs cost $25 per-person, but the Queens Theatre will also host free readings of Deaf and Disabled playwrights as part of the festival.

All festival programming — which will take place at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — will include Audio Description, Open Captioning, ASL interpretation, and other accessibility services, according to organizers.

Find out more about the Forward Festival of the Arts here.