This article was originally posted by Stephanie Jo Kent on Street Leverage. Stephanie Jo Kent explores how Deaf West Theatre’s ground-breaking production of Spring Awakening cast a spotlight on the challenges and possibilities of sign language interpretation. StreetLeverage Note: Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening was invited to perform on the Tony…
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This article was originally posted by Kaitlyn Mielke on MRID. Who Ya Gonna Call? To interpret effectively for Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers in the K-12 and postsecondary education systems, educational sign language interpreters should be savvy on popular culture issues and trends.Think of the…
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This article was originally posted by Sara Shepard on Lawrence Journal-World. Kim Bates woke up Nov. 12 with sore shoulders and a sore back. Her biceps were in pain even before she’d gone to bed. The previous evening she spent two and a half…
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This article was originally posted by K.I. White on Delaware State News. FREDERICA — Angels delivered the first Christmas message. Two millennia later, Bishop Peggy Johnson, of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, delivered her eighth sermon at Thursday’s annual Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service at Barratt’s…
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This article was originally posted by John Paul Ecarma Maunes on Rappler. The entire Filipino deaf community is mourning the untimely demise of veteran Filipino sign Language Interpreter Flordeliza Presnillo on April 8, 2015. She battled breast cancer for nearly 5 years. …
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2015 is coming to a close, and we are so grateful for every one who was involved in the nearly 200 shows that we took part in this year. Thank you to our interpreters, consultants, producers, theatre companies, and of course, AUDIENCE MEMBERS, who made…
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This article was originally posted by Elissa Blake on The Sydney Morning Herald. Billed as a world-first, the Sydney Philharmonia Choir’s presentation of Handel’s Messiah will feature a deaf community “signing” choir on stage alongside a full orchestra and the 400 massed voices of the Symphony…
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This article was originally posted by Sandra Mae Frank on The Washington Post. As a deaf actor, I’m always getting the same questions: What it is like to be a deaf actor? Isn’t it hard? How do you do roles if they are not…
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This article was originally posted on The Guardian. Meet the deaf and hearing artists developing new staging techniques to make accessibility part of the aesthetic. The Deaf and Hearing Ensemble is a group of D/deaf and hearing artists whose work includes British Sign Language (BSL), spoken English,…
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This article was originally posted on BBC News. Spring Awakening has been revived on Broadway, but this time with a predominantly deaf cast. New York has seen a wave of productions bringing deaf actors to the fore, transforming both the theatre scene and the job…
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