andee joyce bio
On the "Space, Place, and Community" episode of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals' ARTS.WORK.LIFE. podcast, in a segment entitled "The Stuff of Legend." (RSS feed), Andee Joyce tells the story of an autistic woman who spent most of her life hidden away, convinced no one would want to listen to her -- and now goes onstage multiple times a week to sing and talk about her autism, getting audiences clapping and swaying to her beat (and laughing and nodding at her jokes) everywhere she goes.
Andee has performed and recorded under the name Normal Fauna, and has several songs appearing on “all the services” under that moniker: “Make You Wanna Dance,” “Positive ID,” and “Brian Wilson is Afraid of the Ocean,” all of which have featured in her show, RHYTHM AND AUTISM. After working for several years as a singer/songwriter in the Portland, OR metro area, Andee is now integrating the music with her spoken word and comedy, in a project with a full-throated call for true inclusion.
RAA comes in all different shapes and sizes, suiting everything from a backyard family show to a library presentation to a full theatrical production. RAA is a thunderously joyous, rhythmically infectious celebration of difference and an open invitation for everyone to be everything they are.
