I’M
RIGHT
HERE

BY DARYL LISA FAZIO

A New Comedy-Drama about Healthcare, Disability, Neurodivergence, and Women…and just being human…

LORI ACKERMAN:

I’ve never met a doctor like you.

DR. PAMELA SLUSARSKI:

I can’t tell how you mean that.

Turns out medical answers aren’t just about science…
they’re about seeing the human being right in front of you…

IN THE NEWS

Autism representation onstage increases, challenging stereotypes (Oct/2023)
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ABOUT THE PLAY

Lori Ackerman is a resilient, resourceful spark plug of a mom and truck driver. She’s also got a chronic undiagnosed illness. She’s also been labeled by doctors as “hysterical,” and not the funny kind. When Lori encounters brilliant but struggling neurodiverse family physician Dr. Pamela Slusarski, the two embark on a fact-finding mission that uncovers not just Lori’s truth, but Pamela’s as well, in the process revealing a wonderfully peculiar connection.

PLAY SPECS

RUN TIME: 70 minutes

CAST SIZE: 2

TECHNICAL NEEDS: None—we can do with as much or as little as a setting has available; the play is presented with all the strings and tape and inner gears showing, and that’s part of the vulnerability and accessibility inherent to the story

AGE APPROPRIATENESS: 13+ • There is very mild language and grown-up themes around illness.

PUBLIC READINGS

Our July 31, 2023 reading at Horizon Theatre was a full-house and a big step forward for the project.