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Stories by: amy salloway

Vulnerable Adult

Amy is hired to develop an original musical about traumatic brain injury with the clients of a performing arts center for disabled adults. She begins a friendship with one of the TBI-affected cast members, and soon finds herself having stronger … Continue reading →

Keywords attraction, client, crush, disabilities, disability, ensemble, flirting, illegal, Live, love, Minneapolis, Minnesota, performing arts, playwright, staff, taboo, TBI, theater, traumatic brain injury, vulnerable

The Equalizer

Amy is just about to graduate from college when two things happen simultaneously: she finds her first real relationship with a beautiful, shy man named David; and she gets a mysterious illness that leaves her so tired and drained of … Continue reading →

Keywords autoimmune, boyfriend, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, diagnosis, doctors, equalizer, health, Live, Minneapolis, mystery, relationship, sickness, specialists, St. Paul, Twin Cities

The View from Site B

Amy lives with a great deal of shame towards her large-sized body, and when a massage therapist refuses to work on her because of her weight, she’s despondent. Amy’s psychologist urges her to learn about size acceptance and body image … Continue reading →

Keywords activism, activists, body image, deflowering, dyke, fat, gyros, hot tub, large, lesbian, massage, New Fattitudes, orgy, plus size, process, Radio story, rotate, Seattle, self-esteem, sex party, site A, site B, size, size acceptance, spanking, talking dildo, therapist

Timmy

Amy and her boyfriend David are opposites: she’s an extroverted actress and he’s an extremely shy, quiet musician. While emotional communication isn’t easy for them, one of the ways they connect is through spontaneous “play,” which evolves into the creation … Continue reading →

Keywords boyfriend, breakup, bullying, child, childhood, comfort, communication, connection, games, healing, imaginary, imaginary child, improv, Live, love, Minneapolis, opposites, PCOS, period, pregnancy scare, pregnant, relationship, son, trauma

Greenbush

15-year old Amy is an honors student, a high achiever and an innocent “girl scout,” but her parents are aggressively adversarial towards her: there are blowout fights and screaming arguments on an unpredictable schedule, and often threats to kick Amy … Continue reading →

Keywords 1980’s, adolescence, dysfunctional family, emotional abuse, honors student, institution, Jewish, Live, Madison, mental health, Milwaukee, overachiever, parental abuse, psych ward, suicidal ideation, suicide, teenagers, thespian, tough love, treatment center

Sister Act

Amy understands even as a small child that her relationship with her mother isn’t loving, nurturing or happy, like the ones she sees in storybooks. But when her half-sister is born, her mother casts Abbie as the flawless angel to … Continue reading →

Keywords abusive, actor, actress, Anne Frank, child star, cleaner, cleaning lady, competitive, conditional love, dancer, Diary of Anne Frank, dysfunctional family, emotional abuse, Holocaust, house cleaner, Jewish, Live, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, mom, mother, Nazis, nurse, past life, prison, psychic, reincarnation, retrocognition, show business, sibling rivalry, singer, sister, stage mother, talent agent, triple threat, Yiddish

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