San Francisco-based musician, playwright and disabilities advocate Lisa Sniderman partnered with Open Circle Theatre (OCT), the DMV's first professional theatre company promoting artists with and without disabilities, to produce The Grieving Project musical - a proof of concept for radically accessible hybrid theatre.

During the residency, Sniderman joined the theater virtually through a robot (on loan from OhmniLabs), which enabled her to travel anywhere in the theatre, see everything in the room, and participate in conversations as if in person. 

The Grieving Project is a full-length spoken-word and sung multimedia musical. The musical tells the story of four disabled artists, finalists in an arts competition called "The Grieving Project," who meet over Zoom, find their voices and thrive while navigating mental health, relationships, transformation, identity, and grieving their illnesses.

San Francisco-based musician, playwright and disabilities advocate Lisa Sniderman partnered with Open Circle Theatre (OCT), the DMV's first professional theatre company promoting artists with and without disabilities, to produce The Grieving Project musical - a proof of concept for radically accessible hybrid theatre.
During the residency, Sniderman joined the theater virtually through a robot (on loan from OhmniLabs), which enabled her to travel anywhere in the theatre, see everything in the room, and participate in conversations as if in person.
The Grieving Project is a full-length spoken-word and sung multimedia musical. The musical tells the story of four disabled artists, finalists in an arts competition called "The Grieving Project," who meet over Zoom, find their voices and thrive while navigating mental health, relationships, transformation, identity, and grieving their illnesses.