ALT Dickie Hearts and Ryan J. Haddad sit on blue and silver metal bus benches with a pink projection behind them. Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and round, tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. He wears blue jeans and grey and white Nike sneakers with red and black soles. Ryan looks straight out to the audience and smiles with his hands resting on his chest. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He also wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the words “RYAN” printed in white across his chest. He wears light blue jeans and white sneakers with rainbow soles. Dickie two seats down from Ryan with his legs spread out. He communicates in ASL with his eyes looking up towards his left.

ALT Members of the cast and creative team of The Public Theater and The Bushwick Starr’s production of Dark Disabled Stories, written by Ryan J. Haddad and directed by Jordan Fein. Photo by Andres Otero Members of the cast and creative team of The Public Theater and The Bushwick Starr’s production of Dark Disabled Stories, written by Ryan J. Haddad and directed by Jordan Fein. Everyone in the photo is signing “happy opening,” The Step & Repeat behind them says The Public with pink lines and a box behind it and The Bushwick Starr with a star next to it.

ALT Ryan J. Haddad, Alejandra Ospina, and Dickie Hearts stand in front of a white Step & Repeat, posing for a photograph. Ryan wears a magenta suit jacket, a white button-down, black pants, and black dress shoes. His walker stands in front of him. Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and round, tortoiseshell glasses. Dickie wears a light red suit, a floral bowtie, a white button-down, and brown and red dress shoes. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. Alejandra Ospina wears a light blue sweater, a black blouse with white dots on it, and a blue skirt. Alejandra, a light-skinned Latina with short dark hair that is slicked back, sits in her motorized wheelchair. The Step & Repeat behind them says The Public with pink lines and a box behind it and The Bushwick Starr with a star next to it.

ALT Dickie Hearts and Ryan J. Haddad stand on a stage with pink flooring and a pink wall behind them with the words “ACCESSIBLE TO YOU” written in white. The word “YOU” is much larger than the rest of the text. Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and round, tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. His walker stands in front of him. He wears blue jeans and grey and white Nike sneakers with red and black soles. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He also wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the words “RYAN” printed in white across his chest. He wears light blue jeans and white sneakers with rainbow soles. Both actors point to the audience with serious faces. Dickie’s arms are outstretched, and Ryan’s arms are bent. They both point forwards with their index fingers.

ALT Image description: Graphic in black text on top of a background pink outline design that reads: "Dark Disabled Stories BIPOC Critics Lab interview with Gamaliel Arroyo". Including, a Public Theater logo icon and The Bushwick Starr logo icon sideways on the right.

ALT Dickie Hearts and Ryan J. Haddad stand on a pink stage with a pink wall behind them with the caption “I love my body. I’m happy with my body.” projected behind them in white.Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, round tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. His walker stands behind him. He wears blue jeans. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He also wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the words “RYAN” printed in white across his chest. He wears light blue jeans. Ryan smiles widely and looks at Dickie. His arms are bent and he snaps his fingers. Dickie smiles with his mouth open and his eyes closed. He raises his right arm above his head and his arm is bent. His left arm is on his hip. He smiles at Ryan. Words “Sweet Elderly Nurse” are to the right of Ryan and Dickie in large pink letters

ALT Dickie Hearts and Ryan J. Haddad stand on a pink stage with a pink wall behind them with the caption “I love my body. I’m happy with my body.” projected behind them in white.Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, round tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. His walker stands behind him. He wears blue jeans. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He also wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the words “RYAN” printed in white across his chest. He wears light blue jeans. Ryan smiles widely and looks at Dickie. His arms are bent and he snaps his fingers. Dickie smiles with his mouth open and his eyes closed. He raises his right arm above his head and his arm is bent. His left arm is on his hip. He smiles at Ryan. Words “Sweet Elderly Nurse” are to the right of Ryan and Dickie in large pink letters

ALT Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He wears a white tee shirt with a red neckline and red lined sleeves. The name “DICKIE” is written across his chest with two hearts dotting the I’s. He wears light blue jeans. Dickie smiles slightly, looking out to the audience and pointing to himself with his left hand and uses his index finger. He speaks in ASL. In the background, Ryan sits on the bus bench in the dark smiling at Dickie. Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and round, tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. He wears blue jeans. His hands are clasped together.

ALT Alejandra, a light-skinned Latina with short dark hair that is slicked back, sits in her motorized wheelchair. She wears a red headband, glasses, a black sweater, and a navy-blue puffer vest. She also wears a blue denim skirt and grey fuzzy slippers. Her hands rest on her sweater. The floor beneath her is light pink with a white/pink wall behind her. Two blue bus seats with silver metal are next to her.

ALT The word “GROUND” is projected upside-down in large, white capital letters. In smaller text above, the words “A man appears.” are above “GROUND”. Dickie Hearts and Ryan J. Haddad stand on a black stage with a black projection behind them. Ryan is a Lebanese American man with short black hair, brown eyes, and round, tortoiseshell glasses. Ryan wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the word “RYAN” printed in white across his chest and a white button-down shirt underneath it. His walker stands behind him. He wears blue jeans. Ryan faces the back wall with his hands pushing against the wall. Dickie Hearts has olive skin and dark chocolate-colored curly hair. He also wears a navy blue long-sleeve sweatshirt with the words “RYAN” printed in white across his chest. He wears light blue jeans. Dickie faces the audience, giving a slightly confused look. He communicates in ASL.

ALT Image description: Photo of the Dark Disabled Stories playbill cover held up in the foreground, with the set glowing in a blue light in the background of the shot. The playbill cover is in black text on top of a background pink outline design that boldly and largely reads: "Dark Disabled Stories", with a yellow “Playbill" logo strip across at the top.

ALT Image description: Graphic in black text on top of a background pink outline design that reads: "Begins Feb 28 DARK DISABLED STORIES By Ryan J. Haddad Directed by Jordan Fein Produced by The Bushwick Starr Presented by The Public Theater"

ALT Side-by-side headshots of Dickie and Alejandra. There is a white border around the photos, and below, simple black text reads, “Dickie Hearts (he/him), Performer” and “Alejandra Ospina (she/they), Performer.” Dickie has olive skin, curly dark hair, and light scruff. He wears a blue sweater over a pink collared shirt. He rests his fist below his chin in a cheeky smile. Alejandra is a light-skinned Latina with short, dark hair and glasses. She wears an open black cardigan over a blue shirt. The headrest of her wheelchair is visible behind her. She smiles brightly.