With biting humor, Autistic playwright Dave Osmundsen developed his latest stage play, “Bum Bum: or, This Farce Has Autism,” which will premiere at HERE Arts Center from December 4 to 14. Farce meets authenticity in this wild, subversive, and deeply personal satire of performance, representation, and what society really wants from its Disabled artists. The play, produced by EPIC Players, New York’s leading neurodivergent theater company, features a cast of mostly neurodivergent actors. This hilarious original play which flips disability tropes on their head. The talented cast, mostly comprised of neurodivergent actors, will show audiences what they really think about “inspirational stories.” Set during a chaotic live telethon benefiting “Singing and Hearing Autistic Greatness” (aka SAHAG or SHAG), the play follows three Autistic performers as they’re pressured to deliver sanitized, “palatable” routines for a mainstream audience. Lisa is going to perform a little ballet. Sean is going to do a family-friendly comedy routine. And Jason is going to perform with his trusty ventriloquist dummy, Gil McGillicuddy. But the three can only take condescending press reps, problematic pop stars, and the widescale infantilization of autistic people for so long. When they band together to take over the broadcast and perform their less “appropriate” routines, hijinks (naturally) ensue. For more information, visit www.epicplayersnyc.org.