"There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something."
- John Dewey
Real World Problems. Theatre Inspired Solutions.
Vital: A Fugue on Aging
Vital: A Fugue On Aging is a 30 minute Ethnographic Performance, which seeks to tell the story of caregivers and vulnerable seniors. Commissioned by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) in 2018, Vital: A Fugue on Aging is based on its qualitative study: Vulnerable Older Adults & Caregivers in Washtenaw County, by Abbie Lawrence-Jacobson, Ph.D., LMSW ​
Funded in part by the
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Vital: A Fugue on Aging has been seen at the following gatherings thanks to the generous support of our sponsors:
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Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) Annual Meeting; Ann Arbor, MI
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Healthy Aging Convening; Lansing, MI (Sponsored Michigan Health Endowment)
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Communities Care WNY Respite Pilot Kick-Off; Ellicotville, NY (Sponsored by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation & the Boston Foundation)
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Plenary, Grantmakers on Aging; New York, NY (Sponsored by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation)
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Faith Leader Summit, Buffalo, NY (Sponsored by the Ralph C.Wilson Jr. Foundation)
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​Vital: A Fugue On Aging illustrates through six connected episodic scenes, the ways in which those who are caregivers, and those who are being cared for try to live in and through social and health care systems, economic and the reality that the "aging are taking care of the aging".
The Performance is Framed in the Following Ways:
Context -- The Source of the Material
Fugue #1
Caregiving
Fugue #2
Coordinated Care
Fugue #3
Patchwork Care
Fugue #4
Caregiving is Multidirectional
Coda
Vital: A Fugue on Aging is generative performance designed to catalyze dialogue around caregiving and aging. Each show is followed up by a dialogue/discussion based on the intended audience and/or organization/event.
Who is Vital: A Fugue on Aging for?
Caregivers
Older Adults
Social Service Organizations
Philanthropy
Policy Makers
People.