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"1 in 5 Americans identify with having a disability and yet when you look at the statistics of how many disabled characters there are on TV, on stage, and in movies nothing about that represents what is real." - Ali Stroker For the latest installment of #LoveOurGirls, I had the honor of sitting down with a Girl We Love - Tony Award-winning actress alistroker, who played Lady Anne opposite me in the Shakespeare in the Park production of “Richard III" last summer. While our conversation was filled with so much joy and laughter, we also took a hard look at the realities of disability representation in the arts and how much further we still have to go. Ali and I were so fortunate that for our production of “Richard III,” inclusivity was front and center as our director, Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara, populated the stage with an incredibly diverse group of actors - including not only Ali, but also deaf actress Monique Holt who plays the Duchess of York, to name a few. I call our produc...

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