"Good People" at Steppenwolf Theater - Interpretered Show

Sign Language-Interpreted
Sunday, October 21 at 7:30pm

Tickets are only $20 for people coming for the ASL.

 

Synopsis

When Margie Walsh loses her job at a South Boston dollar store, she reaches out to old flame Mike, a Southie boy who left the neighborhood and became a successful doctor. Margie's attempt to hit Mike up for a job takes on a threatening cast when she realizes the power a secret from Mike's past holds. From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, Good People looks at the dangerous consequences of choosing to hold on to the past or leaving it behind.

By Pulitzer-Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire 

Directed by ensemble member K. Todd Freeman 

Interpreters: Myron Yoder & Susan Sotnick

Sign Master: Regina Daniels

Vlog will come in soon...Stay tuned

Some Girl(s) Audition at Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre in Colorado

Rocky Mountain Deaf Theater is having an audition in Colorado. Those who are interested in auditioning, contact the director, Nicki Runge, rmdtdeaftheatre@gmail.com or check out RMDT's website (www.RMDeafTheatre.com)

"SPEED-THE-PLOW" TRAILER

Check this out from Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre and they are doing another play called, "Speed-the-Plow".. Also they are doing a preview show/industry. 

More information: Go to www.RMDeafTheatre.com

The ticket for the preview is only $10 (Awesome, right?) Come on out and check the play out!

Thank you and Hope to see you all there. Enjoy! 

RMDT's Adventure in Denver, CO - Summer of 2012

This is where we were all getting ready for showtime during our first opening. We were nervous and excited at the same time. We were praying right before we went onstage to do well. And we did it!!

This event happened when I first flew in the first time. It has been a while since I came to Colorado. The last time I came to Colorado was for Aspen Colorado Camp when I was 6-12 years old. Coming back to this place gave me a good memory. Everyone knew how to handle mountain and they laughed at me because I am not a mountain girl. I am a city girl but I learned that I can always enjoy the mountain around there. It was beautiful to see and everywhere you go, you can see mountain everywhere. Gorgeous place to be!

Left to right (Natalie Austin, Kate Noonan, Nicki Runge, and Betsy Quinn)

As we all knew that this is our last weekend for our show and we were sad. We had to take a silly picture of us together before we ended a good show. Excellent job ladies and miss you girls. 

Top to bottom (Kate, Emma, Me, and Natalie)

Emma V. Balderas and Leslie Burd introduced me to Colorado's burger place. It was delicious and I ate bison (buffalo burger). When I first tasted it, I wanted more. Estes Park, CO is a great place to take your family and friends there. I truly enjoyed my time there. Thanks girls for showing me around the town in CO.

Me, Emma, and Leslie

We were at the 73rd Playhouse Theatre for our rehearsal. The space was cozy and comfortable. 

Emma V. Balderas and Director Nicki Runge

This was Kate's birthday and we went to her job to grab a drink and dinner after our first opening night.   Happy Birthday Kate Noonan :-)

I got to know the ladies! Awesome

Jenny Ballew, Natalie Austin and Me!

This is where we went to Estes Park, CO where there were a wildfire. You could smell it really close but it was safe to go there. The mountain were high and I was nervous, luckily these ladies knew how to make things fun. Thanks ladies! (Emma V. Balderas, Jennifer Roth, Leslie Burd, and Me)

This event was for YES WE CAN and met a lot of people. We presented a short preview for the event and everyone enjoys our preview. We are happy that the shows went well. Thank you everyone for your support and believing in us. 

"Speed-the-Plow" upcoming show in Denver, CO.

Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre (RMDT) is having a show called, " Speed-the-Plow" and it will be showing in August 10th to the 12th at 8pm. More information about the upcoming show and upcoming workshops from RMDT.

More details:

Hope you all will enjoy the show! Come out and support the company. 

DeafNewsPaper Interview with Ken Davis about RMDT/"Daffodlis"

Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre cast members did an interview with DeafNewspaper, Ken Davis on July 14, 2012 after our show. Ken Davis really enjoyed our show and supported us. We all appreciated him and was honored to recieve a support from him and from the community in Colorado.

Here is the link that we did an interview with Ken Davis. Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/VoGIZPk3Lwc

Daffodlis' Trailer of 2012

"Daffodlis"

Directed by Nicki Runge

Written by Raymond Luczak

Starred: Emma V. Balderas, Regina Daniels, Natalie Austin, and Kate Noonan

Website for more information: www.RMDeafTheatre.com

Dates and Times: July 13th to 15th & July 20th to 22nd at 7pm

Location: 73rd Ave Playhouse Theatre
7287 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, CO

Ticket sales: $15 before July 13th, aftwards it's $20 at the door.

Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre's upcoming play "Daffodils"

 

Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre's upcoming play, "Daffodils". Here is the flyer for the play in Denver, Colorado.

Hope to see you all there,

Thank you

Regina Daniels

Deaf Theater: Feel the performance "Murder Me Always" at ICODA

VIDEO SHOWING, CLICK ON THIS LINK  http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=162962

Deaf theater: Feel the performance

BY J. OKRAY
APRIL 14, 2010

© J. Okray 2010/MEDILL

Deafness psychologist Patricia Scherer, is the founder and director of the International Center on Deafness & the Arts in Northbrook.

Hands communicate wildly as actors rush in and out of scenes, their facial and body expressions bringing characters to life - without anyone uttering a word.

This is a performance by those who cannot hear, cannot speak, but can animate a theatrical production.  Burried within the audience, other actors voclaize the lines of the play so those who are able to hear can follow along.

  

Twice a year, the CenterLight Theatre (part of  The International Center on Deafness & the Arts) hosts productions performed by deaf children. The children portray their parts by signing and acting while the actors in the audience provide the voiceovers.

"We used to have full productions and pay the actors," said Patricia Scherer, founder and director of ICODA in Northbrook. But economic challenges have left the center short of funds, she said.

A group of adult actors pulled together to volunteer two months of weekends to produce the most recent play Murder Me Always. The money raised from ticket sales and snacks will support a children's production of Snow White this summer.

"I have had the best time in my life performing for ICODA," said volunteer actor Tom Adamo, 48, of Chicago. "I am proud deaf," he said, adding he has worked with ICODA since 1991 and performed in many plays. "I enjoy entertaining the audience mostly in comedy as it gives them a medication of relaxation and joyfulness."

ICODA offers a unique opportunity for hearing impaired children to experience the arts in an unconventional way.

"The [deaf] kids had nothing for arts programs like music and theatre," said Scherer. "They are all taught art only visually."

Scherer also teaches deaf children about music through strategies such as speakers under the stage that are set to high volume so the kids feel the vibrations in the floor and dance to the rhythm. She uses colored lights to change and flicker with the music and says it is amazing to watch little children dance in unison to the music they cannot hear.

Programs incorporating music and theater are important to deaf children and adults because it offers them an outlet for personal expression. Preliminary research shows that access to such programs can spur kids in particular to advance in education and careers, Scherer said. An informal survey shows her how many of the center's students graduate from college compared to the national average of 5 percent of the deaf population graduating from college, according to Scherer. "A lot more research is still needed though," she said.

Scherer founded ICODA in 1973 with about 10 students participating in extra-curricular programs. The center also offered training for teachers. Since then, over 20,000 people of all ages have received direct services from the many facets of the organization. They include the CenterLight Theatre, Traveling Hands Troupe, Story in Sign, Teacher Training Program, ICODA Dance, Museum on Deafness, Early Intervention and International Creative Arts Camp.

For the future, Scherer is raising funding to buy a 400,000 square-foot warehouse to be renovated into a state-of-the-art facility, fully equipped for the deaf. The center would have a 500-seat theatre, a treatment and intervention lab dedicated to education about the deaf and possible technological aids including the Cochlear implant, and helping deaf children with behavioral conditions. It will also have training centers with distance learning capabilities so teachers and children elsewhere can participate in the programs.

  

"We feel ethically obligated to share this information," said Scherer. "The goal is to spread it to service people everywhere."For more information about ICODA, the upcoming production of Snow White or to help ICODA raise funding, visit their Web site: www.icodaarts.com.

  

Interpreted Show "Amerville"

by Universes

developed with and directed by Chay Yew 

Friday , February 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM                                                         

Interpreters: Josh Ayoub and Vera Washington

Sign Master: Crystal Schwartz

"The performances are rich, strong, and arresting!"

- Chicago Tribune

"The ensemble is galvanizing and brilliant!"
- Chicago Sun-Times

" Powerful and entertaining as well as educational--and well worth the trip!" - Around The Town Chicago

" Moving, exhilarating, bombastic, and badass!" -TimeOut Chicago

Using Hurricane Katrina as a jumping off point, Ameriville is a highly entertaining performance piece fusing hip-hop, poetry, flamenco, standup comedy, music and spoken word. Universes weaves this electrifying 90-minute theatrical exploration of race, class, poverty, immigration and political awareness into a great adventure about what it means to be American.

UNIVERSES is a New York-based American ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse poetry, theater, jazz, hip hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros into their own unique brand of theater-based performances. The members of the Universes ensemble grew up in the housing projects in New York City and starting performing poetry in the electrifying spoken-word scene of the late 1990s, at venues such as The NuYorican Poets Cafe. They have since taken their original pieces around the world, electrifying crowds and sparking conversation about just what it means to be an American citizen, right here and right now.

Location: 2433 North Lincoln Avenue | Chicago, IL 60614

Tickets: 

773.871.3000
TTY: 773.871.0682
tickets@victorygardens.org