Noah Taylor
Mark Mahan
JIM LEBRECHT Inclusivity, Not Just Accessibility
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by Johannah Maynard Edwards
Above: Jim LeBrecht is interviewed via Zoom during his Thursday keynote at the 2022 SETC Convention in Memphis, TN.
James “Jim” LeBrecht (he/him) joined the 2022 SETC Convention virtually as the Thursday keynote, discussing his twin theatrical passions – disability advocacy and sound design – in an interview conducted by sound designer Benjamin G. Stickels. LeBrecht touched on how he came to a life in the theatre, which, in turn, led to a career in film, which led to the award-winning documentary Crip Camp, which he co-directed and co-produced with Nicole Newnham, and how all these things are interwoven with his disability. LeBrecht had this advice for attendees, which became a theme throughout his enlightening and engaging keynote: “I think that for a lot of us in our careers, especially when you’ve been around for a while, you do have these moments where things just happen to fall into place.”
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