←Recommendations of A LESSON IN SWIMMING - A Solo Show

What a beautiful play this is! In "A Lesson in Swimming," Michael invites the audience into the terrifying experience of what it's really like to have a stroke, and then through his battle to find his way back to himself afterwards. With hope and humor, friends and family, heaps of courage and a few well-placed show tunes... this play is a wonderful window into vulnerability, empathy, and our shared humanity.

Michael Shutt's, A Lesson in Swimming, is raw, vulnerable, scary, heartbreaking, hilarious and ultimately life-affirming. I'm truly floored how his brilliant solo show takes me through all of these emotions...and leaves me wanting MORE. The only thing better than reading A Lesson in Swimming is watching him perform these words. Thanks to Michael Shutt for sharing his riveting story of survival!

Written from the heart, this solo piece achieves both the personal and universal story by its specifics and evocative imagery. Ranging from the heartbreaking to the surreal, this is an unforgettable story.

Who knew a play about surviving a series of strokes could be not just a little funny but side-splitting funny and gut-punchingingly emotional?! Michael Shutt is that kind of magic storyteller. A Lesson In Swimming is wonderfully constructed, filled with devastating moments, important truths and lifts the curtain on invisible disability in an incredibly engaging and powerful way. Shutt takes us on a journey with this piece, entertains us and brings us inside his brain so we can see/feel/hear what he did when his "brain broke." It's an important story that is above all, life-affirming.