Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee  Institute for Accessible Arts Education is proud to present the ABLE  Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.    

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is Laurence Clark.  

Laurence Clark is an award winning stand up comedian, actor, a  performer, screenwriter and playwright who is based in the UK. Laurence  is also the chair of Triple C, a community interest company led by  disabled artists. Triple C aims to drive up the role of disabled people  in the performing arts, and the role of the performing arts in the lives  of disabled people. Triple C also runs the disabled artists network  community (DANC) project, which provides an extensive program of  networking events, mentoring and masterclasses for disabled artists and  other artists. Today, Laurence will be interviewing Melissa Johns.  

Melissa Johns is a British actress best known for her roles in  Coronation Street, Life and Grantchester. She is also the co-creator of  TripleC, an organisation that supports disabled people accessing the  performing arts. Melissa was born without her right forearm and hand. 

The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.

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