The script for Cripping: A Performance Ethnography of Disability and Identity is based upon narrative research conducted by Julie-Ann Scott. The script was created verbatim from interview transcripts. The actors in this film were enrolled in a 400-level undergraduate Communication Studies class entitled Performance Ethnography in Action: A Film Project. Throughout the process students were required to learn about performance ethnography as an artistic research method in pursuit of cultural connection and social justice. Preparing for filming required students to articulate the ethical considerations surrounding embodying another and performing difference. As both professor and director, Dr. Scott entered into the process with them, also portraying participants from her research project. The film is co-directed by William Bolduc and Frank Trimble and is a production of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Communication Studies. Copyright 2015.

Credits

Producers/Directors: Julie-Ann Scott, William Bolduc, Frank Trimble
Edited by: Jeff Wolz
Lauren Busch as Margaret, Rhonda, and Chorus
Christopher Cook as Ernest, Xavier, and Quinton
Ryan Kramer as Yann, Travis, and Victor
Casey Mills as Kale, Ulmer, Herman, and Chorus
Alexandra Nevill as Wendie, Corinne, and Chorus
Elaine Pettigout as Beatrice, Sarah, Nora, and Farrah
Alyssa as Olivia and Chorus
Julie-Ann Scott as Deirdre, Patty, and Ingrid
Andrew Wahlund as Larry, Alvin, and Zeb
Eddie Waters as Jesse and Chorus

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Julie-Ann Scott is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her areas of research and teaching expertise are Performance Ethnography, Storytelling and Personal Narrative, Qualitative Research Methods, Performance as Applied Learning, and Disabled Embodiment and Identity as Performance. Her work can be found in journals such as Text and Performance Quarterly, Qualitative Inquiry, Disability Studies Quarterly, and Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. Please see uncwstorytelling.org for more information about the UNCW Storytelling Performance Troupes and Performance Ethnographic film work. William Bolduc is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He produces, directs and films a variety of projects ranging from study abroad promotional videos, and most recently performance ethnography narratives. When possible he involves students in his productions because of his commitment to providing applied learning opportunities. Frank Trimble is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His research/artistic activity includes academic program design, communication pedagogy, creating educational video programs based on medical research data, communication consulting, documentary scriptwriting, play writing, acting, directing, and choreography.