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hands up theater wednesday june 29 2011 deaf west theater deaf and hearing audiences together many years ago when i was a teacher at the new york school for the deaf fanwood just north of nyc ed waterstreet came to the school as the artist in residence i m sure he doesn t remember me but i certainly remember him i recall that he was a very impressive person very open warm friendly and a true artist who shared his gifts with the students expertly the theater company he founded deaf west reflects that openness by mounting productions that have deaf and hearing audiences sitting side by side if you re in the los angeles area make sure you stop by and see a deaf west show do it for me who is here on the east coast and then leave me a comment see you in the floodlights cindy posted by cindy gimbrone at 7 00 am no comments labels deaf and hearing audience deaf west monday june 27 2011 are theater sign language interpreters acting photo credit jack may on flickr often when asl interpreters are out in the local community interpreting theater or concerts non signers believe that we are acting here is a good explanation of that from chloe veltman writing for theatre bay area after a recent american sign language asl interpreted performance of russell lees s play nixon s nixon at san jose repertory theatre interpreters charlotte toothman and joe quinn were standing in the theatre lobby chatting when a female audience member approached them you guys were so expressive she said you looked like you were really acting as the founders and codirectors of stage hands of the bay area a local asl interpreting service for live theatre toothman and quinn are used to receiving this kind of feedback from non deaf theatregoers after all a signed performance certainly looks like acting to the untrained eye in nixon s nixon toothman interpreting the role of richard nixon and quinn as henry kissinger appeared to be as involved in the action as the actors on stage often signing their lines to each other rather than out to the audience they seemed to be engaged in a heated conversation when the actor playing kissinger became over animated quinn s gestures appeared larger than life when the onstage nixon raced through half finished sentences toothman interrupted her signed phrases when both actors paced about the stage in thought at one point the interpreters seated on stools directly in front of the stage on the far right pensively rubbed their chins in some ways the process of preparing for an asl interpreted performance is similar to that of an actor toothman and quinn begin by familiarizing themselves with a play or musical by reading the script and or listening to the music they divvy out roles and rehearse together they even work with a director a bilingual native asl expert known in stage hands parlance as the sign master on refining their performance but despite the theatrical setting and the expressiveness of their work asl interpreters consider themselves to be translators not actors every gesture and facial expression serves a linguistic function we re not performing we re providing a service says toothman we try hard to make sure we re not too obtrusive everything we do is in service of the show while toothman considers stage presence to be a positive quality for an interpreter language skills are more important when we hire interpreters we re looking primarily for translation skills she says some interpreters come from a theatre background but having a deep fluency in sign language is more important than having a stage background see the full article the next time you see us interpreting a show remember if you are a non signer it may look like acting but it s not see you in the floodlights cindy posted by cindy gimbrone at 6 00 am 1 comment labels interpreting is not acting wednesday june 22 2011 meet the sign language interpreters who brought interpreting to broadway sadly alan champion recently lost his battle with cancer here s a lovely tribute to candy and alan the pioneers who brought asl interpreting to broadway theater posted by cindy gimbrone at 7 00 am no comments labels alan champion broadway candy penn tuesday june 21 2011 the manifesto of hands up theater photo credit lea cletus kennelly asl interpreter at the folk festival takoma park md our hands are our communication they are our language they are our art we will use our hands to artfully interpret and applaud theater the acting belongs to the theater company we will communicate their story through our hands our hands will be up to interpret and our hands will be up to applaud welcome to our world welcome to hands up theater posted by cindy gimbrone at 7 00 am no comments labels manifesto friday december 12 2008 grapes of wrath sign interpreted performances in march 2009 the theater department at buffalo state college in buffalo new york will present two asl interpreted performances in march 2009 of the grapes of wrath the play is by frank galati and is adapted from the novel by john steinbeck buffalo state s production is directed by joe price dates for the asl interpreted performances will be posted in january 2009 in the meantime for those who are unfamiliar with the historical backdrop of the grapes of wrath it is set in the dust bowl of the 1930 s here is an actual silent movie of a dust storm posted by cindy gimbrone at 10 12 am no comments labels buffalo state dust bowl grapes of wrath friday september 26 2008 hands up theater introduction our hands are our communication they are our language they are our art we will use our hands to artfully interpret and applaud theater the acting belongs to the theater company we will communicate their story through our hands our hands will be up to interpret and up to applaud welcome to our world welcome to hands up theater posted by cindy gimbrone at 2 17 pm no comments labels intro home subscribe to posts atom about me cindy gimbrone i see the world through rose colored safety glasses 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