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The first review has been posted on Kelly Haydon’s play about Meniere’s Disease, “Vestibular,” now playing through January 28, 2006, at Theatre 5 in Manhattan.
The bottom line: “Kelly R. Haydon’s Vestibular wrings poetry out of a rather sensational bunch of circumstances.”
The details of the when and where of the performances are here.
Revised and Updated
The first review: “poetry.” Read about it here.
“Vestibular” (A Play About Meniere’s Disease)
As vertigo routinely attacks a former dancer stricken with Meniere’s Disease, an informal conversation with his nurse turns into a revelation that challenges the idea of dependency as a passive force.
There will be a seminar after the performance on Monday, January 23, 2006, starting at 9:00 p.m. and lasting about one hour. Details are still incomplete, but at this point in time a panel discussion is envisioned, led by a moderator. The panel may — perhaps — include cast members, a Meniere’s doctor, and a Meniere’s patient, and there will be audience participation.
To volunteer to serve on the seminar panel, to attend in the seminar audience, or to support the project, contact playwright Kelly Haydon at asm_kelly@yahoo.com.
Updated December 1, 2005, here.
A play with a focus on Meniere’s Disease will be performed in New York City in January 2006. “Vestibular,” by playwright Kelly Haydon, will be one of four short plays produced as part of “Neurofest,” a theater festival involving neurological disorders, that will be staged together at Theater 5, 43rd Street at 8th Avenue in Manhattan, and at other locations. (Theater 5 is the home stage of the Mint Theater company.)
“Neurofest” is a collection of plays, both full length and short, about neurological conditions, ranging from aphasia to savantism to autism to Meniere’s Disease to Tourette’s. All show the human mind both hampered and augmented by its neurological state. In “Vestibular,” as vertigo attacks a dancer stricken with Meniere’s Disease, a conversation between him and his nurse evolves into a revelation that challenges dependency as a passive force. “Vestibular” is part of a lengthier ongoing project of stories about music, trauma, and the inner ear.
Details are still being worked out, but at this juncture it looks like there will be a total of nine performances at Theater 5 and at other venues. Performances are about two hours long with an intermission, and have a ticket price of around $20. A highlight will be a seminar after one of the performances (to be announced in advance) at which experts, patients, and others will convene after the performance to discuss the challenges that face “Menierians” (Meniere’s Disease patients).
To be receive ticket information as it becomes available, or to volunteer to attend the after-theater seminar, or for information on how to support the project, contact playwright Kelly Haydon at asm_kelly@yahoo.com.
Source: Kelly Haydon, via email.