4x4

When professional actress Sherry Jo Ward was diagnosed with Stiff-Person Syndrome, a rare degenerative disease that slowly inhibits mobility, she turned to theatre to tell her story. Funny yet vulnerable, STIFF offers a poignant experience for all audiences.

To view other shows in the 4x4 series, please click the title below:

Show 1: BACKSTAGE AND OTHER STORIES

Show 3: CHORUS OF BEARS

Show 4: RIP

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT

Sherry Jo Ward is a professional theatre artist, seen in acclaimed plays including International Falls and August, Osage County (WaterTower Theatre), Precious Little (Echo Theatre), Mary Stuart (Walking Shadow Theatre), Henry V (Abilene Shakespeare Festival), and A Christmas Carol (Ryman Auditorium), as well as premiering Scripted and Ham and Moon on Rye (Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY). Her screen credits include Endings, In the Middle, and Hulu’s Monsterland, in which she plays a mother who, like Sherry, uses a wheelchair and is a stroke survivor. She has a BA in Theatre from Abilene Christian University and MFA from University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival. This will be Sherry’s final run of the award-winning STIFF. Many thanks to actor husband Thomas and their sons Chris and Adam. Stiff was originally produced by Risk Theater Initiative, directed by Marianne Galloway.

Cast + Crew

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Sherry Jo Ward

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Dionna D. Davis

Stage Manager

Jazmine Carmichael

Assistant Stage Manager

Vallea Woodbury

Production Manager

Gabrielle Stephenson

Set Designer

Elisabeth Cooper

Lighting Designer

Chase Weaver

Props Designer

Tony Fernandez

Costume Designer

Dan Bauman

Sound Designer

Kimberly Binns

Video Designer

Amy Morrow

Master Electrician

Felipe Barral and IGNI Productions

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