Phamaly Theatre Company actor Madison Stout, left, performs with Eli Schroeder, right, during a rehearsal of “504: The Musical,” about the 1977 San Francisco disability rights sit-in, at the Tramway Nonprofit Center in Denver on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Stout, who was born with only one bone in her right forearm and right leg, said that by joining the Denver-based professional theater troupe for people with disabilities, she found “freedom from knowing you’re not alone.” Photo by Joe Mahoney/Special to The Colorado Trust
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