Podcast: Oli Isaac

This is the front of an artist announcement card for Oli. The design is styled on an American baseball card. The card has a thin white border and the rest of the card is black with turquoise accents. On the left hand corner, there is a triangular cross section of a photo of Oli. In it, Oli - a white non-binary person - has bleached hair and is dressed in a light blue jumper that reads ‘kind human.’ Oli stands in the foreground next to a microphone that is hanging from the ceiling. They have a focused expression and their mouth is slightly open. To the right of the photo, there is the artist's name, Oli, pronouns, they/them, website, clumsybodies.com/oli-isaac/, and artistic practice, theatremaker. Below this is a short artist biography, which reads an artist working across poetry, film, and theatre to explore the failures of language. In a turquoise rectangle below this, the card highlights what the artist’s role is within CRIPtic. For Oli this reads stuttering and speech therapy. Below this are the artist’s social media handles @oliisaac_.

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CRIPtic x Trans Vegas: Trans and Deaf or Disabled Performers

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NOT DYING by Jamie Hale

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The Crip Monologues

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