We Talk ME/CFS and live performing with Dan Fishback.

Dan Fishback is a playwright and musician in NYC, with a two-decade body of work exploring the shadows of Jewish and queer life in the United States. His musical about Jewish socialists, The Material World, was called "the best downtown musical in years" by Time Out New York in 2012. From 2013 through 2020, Fishback ran The Helix Queer Performance Network--a series of programs designed to bring queer generations together and redress inequities in the world of queer arts and culture. In recent years, as Fishback has struggled with myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS), he has reoriented his artistic practice towards disability justice, with the rock musical Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell & Living in His Apartment, which was commissioned by Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in 2024. Fishback is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace, and sits on the Joe's Pub Council.

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