About PHAMALY
WHAT IS PHAMALY?
The Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical
Artists League (PHAMALY) is a theatre group and
touring company that performs throughout the
greater Denver area. PHAMALY was formed in 1989
when a group of former students of the Boettcher
School in Denver, Colorado, grew frustrated with
the lack of theatrical opportunities for people living
with disabilities, and decided to create a theatre
company that would provide individuals with disabilities
the opportunity to perform. As a not-for-profit
membership organization, PHAMALY is dedicated to
producing traditional theatre in nontraditional ways.
HOW IS PHAMALY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER THEATRE GROUPS?
PHAMALY brings a unique and unusual approach to the
theatre landscape. PHAMALY produces professional
quality live theatre with performers who are physically
and/or developmentally challenged, empowering them
to acquire new and improve upon existing acting skills.
PHAMALY also educates other theatre professionals
in methods of adapting their performances to include
differently abled actors.
WHEN DOES PHAMALY PERFORM?
PHAMALY’s two primary programs are an annual
summer musical theatre production performed by
actors with disabilities, and an outreach touring show
that brings performers with disabilities to businesses,
senior centers, community arts festivals, colleges and
schools. In 2007 PHAMALY presented its first nonmusical
winter show and will continue to do so in
the foreseeable future. PHAMALY collaborates with
a variety of local arts and disability organizations, most
notably the Denver Center for the Performing Arts,
which hosts PHAMALY’s summer productions,
provides meeting, rehearsal and performance space,
ticketing services and other support.
WHO ARE PHAMALY’S SPONSORS?
- Anschutz Family Foundation
- ARRA
- Barbizon
- Ralph & Florence Burgess
Charitable Trust
- Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
- Colorado Council on the Arts
- The Denver Center for the
Performing Arts
- The Denver Foundation
- The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Occasions by Sandy
- The Denver Post Community
- SCFD: The Scientific and Cultural
Facilities District
- Melvin & Elaine Wolf Foundation