Losses and the Laughter We Grow Into: Kevin Kling

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This image is of Kevin Kling in a new play in Seattle at the end of the month***

March 15, 2012 ON BEING program for the week (podcast available for quite a long time.) Being able-bodied, Kevin Kling says, is always only a temporary condition. Kevin Kling is part funny guy, part poet and playwright, part wise man. He's known for NPR commentaries in his Minnesota accent that sounds straight out of the movie Fargo. You'll hear his own special angle on life's humor and its ruptures. Born with a partially disabled left arm, in his 40s he then lost the use of his fully functional right one after a motorcycle accident nearly killed him. Take in his wisdom on the losses we're born with, and the losses we grow into — and why we turn these things into stories...

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*** March 31 & April 1“Kevin Kling and his collaborator Simone Perrin will return to Seattle Rep to perform their new play, A Fool’s Paradise—a collection of stories and songs to welcome spring and celebrate our willingness to believe." Tickets on sale online or call our Box Office at 206-443-2222.