Theatre Company (formerly the Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League or ), also known as just (as in "family"), is a theater group and touring company based in Denver, Colorado, formed entirely of people with disabilities from across the spectrum. was founded in 1989 by five people living with disabilities who wanted to create a theatre company that provided individuals like them with the opportunity to perform. Since their debut, Theatre Company (PTC) has produced more and more shows each year, including original works which have received multiple local awards, such as Denver Post Ovation Awards, Westword Awards, and Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Awards. The company's season also includes various touring and educational shows. Origin A group of five students living with disabilities (Kevin Ahl, Richard Britton, Kathleen Traylor, Gregg Vigil, and Teri Westerman Wagner) from the Boettcher School in Denver, Colorado founded Phamaly in 1989. They all shared a frustration for the lack of theatrical opportunities for individuals with disabilities from all identities—racial, ethnic, gender, and class. Beginning in 1990 with their first show Guys and Dolls, the art company has reimagined their work to maintain the principle of inclusion. The spacial and structural challenges characteristic of American theatres persisted in the company's early days as it was founded before the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. PTC performed shows that were traditionally not about disability, such as Oklahoma!, The Wiz, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Democrat in order to "reframe the audience's thinking about what it means to have a disability." Their shows presented the actors as "real" people who face the realities of disability, stretching the able-bodied limitations of the traditional shows. Although PTC is now the leader in theatre with disabled artists, they struggled to be seen as a serious company because their approach is about the normalcy of disability, something not yet represented in current spaces. History (1992-2007) In their successful debut at the Denver Center for Performing Arts (DCPA) with Anything Goes (1992), PTC entered a prevailing community partnership with the DCPA. After their tenth show- Side Show (1999)- Denver Mayor's Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture is awarded to PTC. In 2003, The Pajama Game received the Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Choreography (Debbie Stark). At the turn of the new year, Steve Wilson stepped into the art company as the new artistic director, implementing a new direction for