Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

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Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer is an author, educator, and spiritual director who writes about creativity, spirituality, disability, and the arts. She leads expressive writing workshops and is working on a memoir about ancestor connections and intuition.

Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer is an author, educator, and spiritual director whose work focuses on spirituality, creativity and disability. In addition to Broad Street Review, her personal essays have been featured in Tablet, Shondaland, NBCThink, Wisdom Daily, WHYY and many other publications. Gabrielle is currently working on a speculative memoir about the power of intuition, healing from illness, and ongoing conversations with her ancestors. She writes a Substack called Journey With The Seasons, a weekly practice of meditative reading with creative self-expression prompts. She currently serves as the Director of Virtual Content and Programs for Ritualwell, a position that integrates her passions for creating community, creative ritual, self-expression, and spiritual practice.

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Enjoying family routines that didn’t change much with the pandemic: the writer and her son, George. (Photo by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer.)

One year later, I’m still speaking up about pandemic narratives that ignore disability

What I’m learning about parenting, disability rights, and myself

One year after Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer noticed that family life with autism made for an easier transition to pandemic life, she’s learned a lot about herself and how society views disability.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

May 11, 2021 Essays 4 minute read

Here’s what family life with disabilities taught me about social distancing

Life at a distance

Montgomery County parents calling shutdowns because of COVID-19 "hype" may not realize that fellow parent Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer is at special risk because she's living with Type 1 diabetes. She's also protecting a family member on the autism spectrum.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Mar 17, 2020 Essays 5 minute read

What happens when a parent’s return to work is less than glamorous? Brandi Burgess and Angelica Jackson in ‘Cry It Out.’ (Photo by Daniel Kontz.)

Simpatico Theatre Company presents Molly Smith Meltzer’s ‘Cry It Out’

Life after new life

American people give birth—and what happens next, in a nation with little support for parents? The Philadelphia premiere of ‘Cry It Out’ at Simpatico brings these families’ struggles to life. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Jun 10, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

“Take the world in your two hands and make it new.” DJ Gleason and Lawrence Pressman in ‘Awake and Sing!’ (Photo by Shawn May Photography.)

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Clifford Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’

American myths

‘Awake and Sing!’ is too often written off as a Depression-era period piece, but here it becomes a poignant and timely experience in the American winter of 2019. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Jan 29, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Israeli actor Yehezkel Lazarov brings nuance to the role of Anatevka patriarch Tevye. (Photo by Joan Marcus.)

Broadway Philadelphia presents Fiddler on the Roof

The fiddler's still up there

The touring production of Bartlett Sher's Fiddler on the Roof revival stops in Philadelphia with a new take on Tevye. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Oct 26, 2018 Articles 4 minute read

Jenn Bonawitz and daughter Vanessa in the Penn Museum's Egypt Gallery. (Photo by Victoria Meng)

Philadelphia museums welcome visitors with disabilities

Museums open their doors a little wider

Philadelphia's museums are becoming a lot more welcoming to visitors with disabilities. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, an author, disability educator, and mother of a son with autism, goes inside.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Mar 21, 2017 Articles 4 minute read