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ABOUT THE SHOW

Listen...Can You Hear Me Now? is my own autobiographical story of a hearing child raised by deaf parents.

 

Initially inspired and mentored by acting coach Peter Flint who had no previous contact with the Deaf world and told me: We need to know this story.  Listen... was further developed with Jeff Storer of Man Bites Dog Theater and subsequently in Matt Hoverman's Go-Solo Workshop. The show was then dramaturged and directed by Suzanne Bachner,

It was first performed at the Estrogenius and the Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival. The show won Best of Hollywood Fringe, and sold out its run at the New York International Fringe Festival. After  being awarded Best Autobiographical Script at the  United Solo Theatre Festival, Listen…Can You Hear Me Now? was invited back for an Encore presentation. Most recently, Listen... had its first International performance at Treasured Gifts: A Weekend of Coda Storytelling at the Campus St. Jean, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. In addition it has been performed at the Jersey City Theatre Center, and an excerpt shown at the International CODAhaven Conference in Rhode Island.

 

 Listen... Can You Hear Me Now? also had the singular honor of being presented at the historic St Ann's Church For The Deaf, founded by The Rev. Thomas Gallaudet .


PERFORMANCE HISTORY

   THE MARSH THEATER INTERNATIONAL SOLO FESTIVAL  

Berkely, CA 

ASL/Live Captioned

Virtual Production  2020

THE ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL

Rochester, NY

ASL/Live Captioned

Virtual Production 2020

THE  MARSH THEATER: SOLO ARTS HEAL 

Excerpt  and Interview

Virtual Production 2020

TREASURED GIFTS

A WEEKEND OF CODA STORYTELLING

CAMPUS ST. JEAN

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

EDMONTON, CANADA  2019

   ST. ANN'S  CHURCH FOR THE DEAF

 Founded by Thomas H Gallaudet 

New York, NY

 

INTERNATIONAL CODA CONFERENCE

RHODE ISLAND2018 (Excerpt) 

THE SALON: GENERATIONS (excerpt)

                 NEW YORK, NY

UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL 2017 Encore  Performance 

THEATRE ROW, NEW YORK,  NY 

 

JERSEY CITY THEATRE CENTER  

plus talk back

JERSEY CITY, NJ 2017

 

CATHERINE DICKSON HOFMAN BRANCH WARREN COUNTY LIBRARY, NJ 2017

UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL 

Awarded

BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHICL SCRIPT 2016

THEATRE ROW, NEW YORK, NY

 

Official Selection - NY International Fringe Festival 2013

Hebrew Academy Of Nassau County

Excerpt plus Talk Back  for ASL Class 2013

 

Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013

Best of Fringe  

 

 Los Angeles Woman’s Theatre Festival 2009/2010

 

 EstroGenius Sola Voce Festival, N.Y.C. 2009

 

 Women at Work Festival - Stage Left Studio, N.Y.C. 2008

      

A NOTE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT

“It’s rare that we get to see a play that puts the life of the Deaf - and specifically, the experiences of hearing children born to Deaf parents – front and center.”– Lisa Strum, Jersey City Theater Center

Shows about the Deaf are indeed rare: Children of a Lesser God; Spring Awakening; Tribes. Shows about Codas (Children of Deaf Adults) even more so. And I was raised a non-signing Coda, making this story unique even within that community.

 

Your are all welcome to my childhood home where ringing telephones and doorbells light up the house, watching TV requires great feats of concentration, and a little girl becomes the world’s first lip-syncher.  Come on in and meet  all the  many characters wandering in and out of this tale causing much havoc and joy! 

 

Listen… Can You Hear Me Now? explores the vital importance of family communication through experiences that are funny, frustrating and fierce.  My vision and goal  is to  explore and bring to light the very special and largely hidden worlds of the Coda and Deaf Communities, and to bring the Deaf and hearing worlds closer together in an alliance of mutual trust and understanding.

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