Amy and the Orphans – Art Spark Texas https://www.artsparktx.org Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:47:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.artsparktx.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-sm-rotated-sticks-web-32x32.png Amy and the Orphans – Art Spark Texas https://www.artsparktx.org 32 32 Amy and the Orphans – Audio Described Play https://www.artsparktx.org/event/amy-and-the-orphans-audio-described-play/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.artsparktx.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=60239 Audio Describer: Celia Hughes

ABOUT THE SHOW: When their 85-year-old father dies, sparring siblings Maggie and Jake must face a question: How to break the bad news to their sister Amy, who has Down syndrome and has lived in a state home for years. Along the way, the pair find out just how much they don’t know about their family and each other. It seems only Amy knows who she really is.

LOCATION:

Amy and the Orphans at Ground Floor Theatre
Amy and the Orphans by Lindsey Ferrentino is a heartfelt and darkly funny play about three adult siblings reuniting after their father’s death. As Maggie and Jake road-trip to break the news to their sister Amy, who has Down syndrome and was institutionalized for much of her life, long-held family secrets come to light. Inspired by Ferrentino’s own family, the play challenges perceptions of disability and highlights the importance of inclusion, with Amy emerging as the emotional center of the story.

Ground Floor Theatre

979 Springdale Road, Austin

Information and Tickets: HERE

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