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>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:52:05 -0600 >From: J Finch <[log in to unmask]> >To: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [Fwd: New play about Parkinson's] > >"Sanner, Stacey" wrote: >> >> A new play about Parkinson's called "Handshake" will run in NewYork City in >> January. The play will run as a showcase for three weeks at the Miranda >> Theatre, 259 >> W. 30th St., in New York City from January 13 - 30. Tickets are $12, $10 >> for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticket >> Central at 212/279-4200 after Dec. 22nd. >> >> "Handshake" is about a man and his family struggling with Parkinson's -- and >> over whether to move ahead with pallidotomy. >> >> It's also the struggle of one doctor - to persuade his patient that this >> procedure is worth the risk to restore his quality of life, and to convince >> the medical community that quality of life is a suffering patient's right, >> one that must be covered by health insurance. >> >> "Handshake" also addresses the larger issue of isolation caused by the >> disease. For the patient it is from family and friends and even the most >> ordinary pleasures of daily life. For the doctor is isolation caused by his >> own lack of emotional connection to those around him. The play's journey is >> the journey of these two men - to save each other and themselves. >> >> Interestingly, "Handshake" was conceived by a neurosurgeon -- Dr. Robert >> Brodner who was the first doctor to perform a pallidotomy in Florida in >> 1996. He was so moved by the success of this and related surgeries for >> Parkinson's that he enlisted author/playwright Julie Gilbert whose fiction >> and biographies have earned her National Book Critics Circle awards and >> Pulitzer Prize nominations, as well as her theatre work garnering her >> nationwide productions. >> >> One of our goals is to create a better understanding of Parkinson's - to >> share with those who know, and, perhaps more importantly, those who don't, >> the realities of not only of the disease but also the benefits of the new >> treatments available. >> >> Stacey Sanner > >-- >Help us save the horses! Habitat for Horses, Inc. >A lifetime home for abused, endangered horses. >http://www.habitatforhorses.org/