Patrick McKelvey
@pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
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As of twenty-nine minutes ago, I get to publicly share that "Disability Works" won the South Atlantic MLA Book Award!
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As of twenty-nine minutes ago, I get to publicly share that "Disability Works" won the South Atlantic MLA Book Award!
In this episode of SVU, Alec Baldwin is a charismatic journalist who, upon accused of being elitist says: “no, Olivia: I write for the man who rides the 7 train.”
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In this episode of SVU, Alec Baldwin is a charismatic journalist who, upon accused of being elitist says: “no, Olivia: I write for the man who rides the 7 train.”
Thrilled that my Theatre Journal essay on guide dogs and rehabilitation performance cultures is the subject of the first segment on the latest episode of On TAP! Many thanks for the hosts for taking the time to read and discuss this weird essay.
www.ontappod.com
www.ontappod.com
On Tap: A Theatre & Performance Studies Podcast
This podcast looks at topics of current interest to professors and graduate students in the academic field of theatre and performance studies, including new ideas, theories, scholarly methodologies, t...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thrilled that my Theatre Journal essay on guide dogs and rehabilitation performance cultures is the subject of the first segment on the latest episode of On TAP! Many thanks for the hosts for taking the time to read and discuss this weird essay.
www.ontappod.com
www.ontappod.com
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re a homosexual
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re a homosexual
The guy in front of me in the security at La Guardia was traveling with only a medium pizza and a cat?
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The guy in front of me in the security at La Guardia was traveling with only a medium pizza and a cat?
The guy sitting next to me at Prince 🚬 was decked out in all leather and a backwards cap that said 🚬 on it and sighed adoringly whenever gay characters were nice to each other
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The guy sitting next to me at Prince 🚬 was decked out in all leather and a backwards cap that said 🚬 on it and sighed adoringly whenever gay characters were nice to each other
When I told the airport bartender I was flying American he pulled out the bourbon bottle and poured another ounce in my glass
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When I told the airport bartender I was flying American he pulled out the bourbon bottle and poured another ounce in my glass
Waiting on my now delayed flight to NY and someone at the gate was blasting a Cuomo speech from his laptop. I requested he use headphones and now the only thing I can hear is someone else summarizing various episodes of Big Bang Theory. I have erred
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Waiting on my now delayed flight to NY and someone at the gate was blasting a Cuomo speech from his laptop. I requested he use headphones and now the only thing I can hear is someone else summarizing various episodes of Big Bang Theory. I have erred
Sandra Bernhard 'I'm in the mood for a little bit of Burt'
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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Reposted by Patrick McKelvey
TIP/ALLI sneak peek at Lesbian Lives NYC tomorrow!! We’ve got postcards for those curious about the film/pining for their very own @rachelcorbman.bsky.social pinup, so if that’s you come on by!! 👯♀️📽️🌈🚀
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
TIP/ALLI sneak peek at Lesbian Lives NYC tomorrow!! We’ve got postcards for those curious about the film/pining for their very own @rachelcorbman.bsky.social pinup, so if that’s you come on by!! 👯♀️📽️🌈🚀
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
One of my very favorite things in the world is the three seasons of SVU where there is no ADA. Is Casey Novak licensed this week? Which continent is Alex Cabot on? Sharon Stone: do you need SAG pension credits maybe?
New drag persona just dropped
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New drag persona just dropped
Just realized I’m three degrees from Laurie Metcalf. That’s like….really good.
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just realized I’m three degrees from Laurie Metcalf. That’s like….really good.
realizing my vocal fry is so severe voice-to-text transcribes "yes" as "yaz"
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
realizing my vocal fry is so severe voice-to-text transcribes "yes" as "yaz"
Googling “can you download a website?” And then googling “is googling ‘can you download a website’ the digital humanities?”
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Googling “can you download a website?” And then googling “is googling ‘can you download a website’ the digital humanities?”
I like Durham a lot but also why is every bar and restaurant so aggressively....Joybird-coded.
October 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I like Durham a lot but also why is every bar and restaurant so aggressively....Joybird-coded.
"I don't know what it is! It's my mother. It's Connecticut. - It's all these loud noises."
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"I don't know what it is! It's my mother. It's Connecticut. - It's all these loud noises."
Fellowship day 39: realizing the last quarter of the new book is probably the entire book and just runnning with that, maybe
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fellowship day 39: realizing the last quarter of the new book is probably the entire book and just runnning with that, maybe
Long Distance Queer Domesticity
October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Long Distance Queer Domesticity
[seductively] so...is there an Elliot Stablest?
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
[seductively] so...is there an Elliot Stablest?
Very happy to share that Disability Works is a finalist for ASTR’s Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History! Thrilled to be in such great company!
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Very happy to share that Disability Works is a finalist for ASTR’s Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History! Thrilled to be in such great company!
Something I’ve learned from this, my eleventh full series rewatch of SVU, is that they frequently refer to folders as “jackets.”
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Something I’ve learned from this, my eleventh full series rewatch of SVU, is that they frequently refer to folders as “jackets.”
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The June Squibb Industrial Complex
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The June Squibb Industrial Complex
The June Squibb Industrial Complex
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The June Squibb Industrial Complex