Ali Stroker Dedicates Historic Tony Win to Kids with Disabilities: You Are 'Represented'
Ali Stroker Dedicates Historic Tony Win to Kids with Disabilities: You Are 'Represented' https://t.co/SDyF0a5V8V
- People (@people) June 10, 2019
Ali Stroker became the first-ever actor in a wheelchair to be nominated and win a Tony Award
Stroker won for her take on Ado Annie Carnes for the Oklahoma! musical revival.
She got her start on the competition show The Glee Project in 2012.
Later became the first actor in a wheelchair in Broadway history in 2015.
"This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation, who has a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. You are." -Ali Stroker #TonyAward
- American Theatre (@AmericanTheatre) June 10, 2019
The Tonys did not provide an accessible ramp to the stage despite knowing there was a disabled nominee favored to win.
Ali Stroker saying that music cut off her speech before she could thank her partner and also saying that most backstage Broadway areas are inaccessible, despite all the attention to front of house areas. pic.twitter.com/Gvo3VRSb5A
- Chris Jones (@ChrisJonesTrib) June 10, 2019
Kind of shitty that there was no ramp to the Tony stage for Ali Stroker, when Oklahoma won best revival. #TonyAwards
- Dominick Evans (@dominickevans) June 10, 2019
Oh look everybody involved in Oklahoma is on that stage except tony winner Ali Stroker because fuck accessibility right??
- jess ♿️ (@startofamoment) June 10, 2019
So happy Ali Stroker won. Pissed that she had to sit back stage, separated from the audience, because the Tonys wouldn’t build a ramp up to the stage. Accessibility is a non-negotiable human right. #TonyAwards
- amanda! (@sentientfulton) June 10, 2019
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