About the Project
Colostomy Bag Buddies is a raw, confessional puppet show that challenges societal perceptions of invisible disabilities. Written, directed, and performed by a disabled playwright, this one-of-a-kind performance uses unconventional materials—puppets crafted from colostomy bags—to share an intimate and unapologetic exploration of life with an invisible disability.
The show blurs the boundaries between humor and vulnerability, inviting the audience into a deeply personal narrative. Each puppet becomes a character, a vessel for stories of resilience, identity, and the day-to-day realities of navigating a world often unprepared to accommodate invisible disabilities. Through this inventive and unconventional approach, the show transforms an object often associated with stigma into a tool for empathy, understanding, and even joy.
At its heart, Colostomy Bag Buddies is about expanding perspectives. It tackles themes of shame, acceptance, and the power of self-expression while highlighting the challenges and triumphs of living with a disability that is not immediately visible. By sharing these experiences through a medium as surprising and visceral as puppetry, the play invites audiences to reconsider their assumptions about disability and the hidden struggles many people face.
This deeply personal yet universal story is a testament to the power of art to provoke thought, build connections, and ultimately, humanize the unseen.
Production Team
