Murderball:
Smashing Stereotypes One Hit at a Time – Mark Zupan
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
McAninch Arts Center Mainstage

“Spend two minutes with [Mark] Zupan and you forget he’s sitting in a beat-up chair that's both an extension of him and at the same time completely overshadowed by his piercing intelligence, sharp-edged humor and outspoken, trash-talking personality.”
— Donna Freydkin, USA Today

Mark Zupan is the captain of the U.S. quadriplegic rugby team that, under his leadership, took home a bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. Both the sport, which combines the finesse of soccer with the bone-jarring collisions of a demolition derby, and Zupan are the central focus of Murderball, a film that won the Documentary Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Zupan will explore issues related to stereotypes about the physically disabled, as well as issues related to professional and international athletic competition. He will tell about the night that he passed out in the bed of his best friend’s truck from a night of drinking and his journey to being named captain for Team USA Quad Rugby. He claims that the sport of murderball (quad rugby) saved his life and gave him opportunities he never thought imaginable.

Ticket prices are $13 for community members, $12 for non-C.O.D. students, $10 for senior citizens, $8 for C.O.D. faculty and staff, $7 for C.O.D. students, and a class rate of $6 per student if faculty require attendance for a class. Tickets may be obtained at the MAC Box Office at the McAninch Arts Center on campus in Glen Ellyn. Please call the MAC at (630) 942-4000.

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