OSD's "Neverland" official flyer

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Oregon School for the Deaf : "Neverland"

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I will post more information as it is available, but want to give everyone early notice about this exciting event.

Gayle Robertson, the Fine Arts and Drama Teacher at OSD, is working with students to develop an adaptation of 'Peter Pan,' which they are calling "Neverland." This play will be performed on Wednesday, December 11th and Thursday, December 12th, at 6:30 pm.

Save one of those dates (or both) on your calendar and support OSD's theater students and Fine Arts department! I'm excited to see theater returning to OSD.


In the meantime, remember that OSD currently has their famous (or is that infamous!) "Nightmare Factory" in process. There is still time to visit this annual event where you will have "some scary good times."

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workshop: Theatrical Interpreting Preparation Series (TIPS), part I

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Announcing the Theatrical Interpreting Preparation Series (TIPS), part I, workshop for the 2013-14 season!

We will meet for two Saturdays per month, plus one interpreted performance per month, for a period of four months. The workshop will begin on December 7, 2013; the exact dates and times are on the workshop flyer (see below).

Description: This workshop will provide participants training in and exposure to the process of performance interpreting, using theater as a vehicle. This initial training is intended for new interpreters, but all levels are welcome. We will meet twice a month on Saturdays for four months, beginning December 2013. Participants will learn different approaches to theatrical interpreting and explore topics such as script analysis, incorporating characterization, translation, altering signing style for the venue and the production, linguistic considerations, and more.  Through a series of meetings, combined with exposure to specific interpreted performances, participants will gain the basic skills necessary for a variety of performing arts situations. Completion of this training is a requirement for the advanced mentored training, which goes through the entire process from receiving the script, translation, preparation, to interpreting a performance of the project show. 

You can access the TIPS I flyer here, which includes the dates, fees, included plays, presenter bio, and the registration form.

CEUs are currently pending. Last year's participants received up to 3.6 CEUs (see the flyer for more details).

Fee: $450 includes tickets to all four shows. Preregistration is required with a $100 deposit due by November 25^th; this is non-refundable and includes a ticket to the first play. If paid in full by or on our first meeting, you will receive 10% off the workshop fee.

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Presenter: Dot Hearn, CI & CT, has been doing performance interpreting since 1997. Portland Center Stage, where she has coordinated the interpreting teams since 2003, was one of her first theatrical interpreting venues. She has also interpreted plays at IFCC, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Profile Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Community College (PCC), OSF in Ashland, and more. Dot graduated from the PCC Sign Language Interpreting Program and went on to become adjunct faculty in that program for eleven years. Dot earned a BS degree from Eastern Oregon University, with a Liberal Arts degree and a double minor in Theater and Writing. In 2001, Dot attended the “Interpreting for the Theater” intensive week-long training in New York City, which was held at Juilliard. That training and the instructors have been instrumental in shaping Dot’s approach to theatrical interpreting and her mentoring of interpreters new to this specialty area. 

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"Proof" Interpreted Performance 11/16/13 at PCC

Portland Community College presents
an interpreted performance of

"Proof"
by David Auburn


Date: Saturday, 11/16/13
Time: 7:30 pm
Location:  Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus in the Performing Arts Center (PAC), 12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
Tickets: purchase at the door $10 (groups of 12 pay $5 each)


The Story: "Proof" focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her sister, Claire, who wants to take Catherine back to New York with her, and Hal, a former student of Catherine's father who hopes to find some hint of Robert's genius among his incoherent scribblings. The passion that Hal feels for math both moves and angers Catherine, who, in her exhaustion, is torn between missing her father and resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. For Catherine has inherited at least a part of her father's brilliance -- and perhaps some of his instability as well. As she and Hal become attracted to each other, they push at the edges of each other's knowledge, considering not only the unpredictability of genius but also the human instinct toward love and trust.
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"Fiddler on the Roof" interpreted 10/3

Portland Center Stage presents
an interpreted performance of

Fiddler on the Roof

(musical)

Thursday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm

at The Armory, 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, OR 97209

Call the Box Office for tickets at 503-445-3700 

"Tevye, the loquacious father of five daughters, fights to maintain his family and their traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. He must cope both with his strong-willed daughters—as each one’s choice of husband moves further from tradition—and with the edict of a tyrannical and unjust Tsar."

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$5 Theater Tickets for SNAP & Oregon Trail Card Holders

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Portland Center Stage offers an interpreted performance for each of their plays. Deaf Community members receive special discount pricing for their tickets to these interpreted performances. Right now tickets must be ordered by calling the box office at 503-445-3700. Beginning in November, these special priced tickets can be ordered online by using promo code SIGN. But for the upcoming, outstanding production of "Fiddler on the Roof" (interpreted 10/3) you need to call the box office or buy your tickets in person between noon to 6pm at The Gerding Theatre, 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

But there is an even better deal for SNAP beneficiaries who hold the Oregon Trail Card. Portland Center Stage is a participant in the "Arts for All" program. Click on the link to read more about it - but here are the basics ....

Arts for All (the basic information; see website for more details)

• When single tickets go on sale, individuals with Oregon Trail Cards may purchase tickets to any PCS production for $5 per ticket. Cardholders may purchase a maximum of two tickets per production.
• Arts for All tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the PCS box office at 503-445-3700. However, you must present your Oregon Trail Card before tickets will be issued.
• Anyone who receives food stamps (SNAP) and has the Oregon Trail Card is eligible to purchase $5 tickets; however, SNAP credit on the Oregon Trail Card cannot be used towards the price of the tickets. There are no refunds or exchanges.

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"The Mountaintop" interpreted performance at PCS

Portland Center Stage presents
an interpreted performance of

The Mountaintop

written by Katori Hall

DATE & TIME: Thurs. 9/19/13 at 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Gerding Theatre at The Armory in the Ellen Bye Studio (downstairs), 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
TICKETS: $25; use promo code SIGN to purchase tickets online - or call the box office at 503-445-3700 and request interpreted section tickets. [NOTE: if the SIGN code is not working, please call the box office for tickets at the correct price.]
SIGNING ACCESS TEAM: interpreters Pamela Cancel and Edwin Cancel; sign coach Justin Coleman

THE STORY:

April 4, 1968. Memphis. The Lorraine Motel. A time and place burned into the American psyche. But what about April 3? How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spend his last night on Earth? Playwright Katori Hall creates a surrealistic fantasy in this breakout Broadway hit about a chance encounter between King and a mysterious hotel maid who brings him a cup of coffee and prompts him to confront his life, his legacy and the plight and future of his people. 

The running time for The Mountaintop is approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.

Theatrical Interpreting is Not Acting

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A nice film from Theatre Development Fund (TDF) in New York City, with Candy Broeker-Penn and the late Alan Champion talking about interpreting theatre.

"I don't ever think of it as performing the show. I'm trying to link to the actor - link to the scene." Candy Broeker-Penn.

Open Captioned.




Thank you, TDF!
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"The Mountaintop" interpreted at PCS 9/19/13

Portland Center Stage presents

an interpreted performance of

The Mountaintop

written by Katori Hall

DATE:  Thursday 9/19/13
TIME:   7:30 pm
LOCATION: The Ellen Bye Studio (downstairs)
                          Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 10th, Portland, OR
TICKETS: are available online with the promo code SIGN
                      or call the box office at 503-445-3700)
INTERPRETERS: Pamela Cancel and Edwin Cancel
SIGN COACH: Justin Coleman



To read more about Dr. Martin Luther King, the playwright Katori Hall, the location of this play, click here to look at The Guide (in PDF format) for this play. It provides some good background information about this production.



The Mountaintop won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best Play

 
THE STORY:   April 4, 1968. Memphis. The Lorraine Motel. A time and place burned into the American psyche. But what about April 3? How did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spend his last night on Earth? Playwright Katori Hall creates a surrealistic fantasy in this breakout Broadway hit about a chance encounter between King and a mysterious hotel maid who brings him a cup of coffee and prompts him to confront his life, his legacy and the plight and future of his people. 

Reminder: "Much Ado About Nothing" this Friday in Bend

This Friday, August 23rd, will be the interpreted performance of "Much Ado About Nothing" in Bend, Oregon. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Lay It Out Events and Portland’s Northwest Classical Theatre Company bring one of the Bard's most beloved comedies to Bend.

 Much Ado About Nothing

Interpreted performance on Friday 8/23 at 7:00p

at Drake Park in Bend, OR

Purchase tickets through the NWTC website

Much Ado About Nothing is a classic Shakespearean comedy featuring some of the Bard’s favorite themes, including trysts between lovers, battles of the sexes, deception, love, and marriage. It also features two of Shakespeare’s most enjoyable characters, Beatrice and Benedick. Will this quarreling duo finally admit their attraction to each other, or will their love of trickery keep them apart? Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most in-depth explorations of character, and one of his most enduring love stories. The setting of Sicily, Italy will provide a beautiful set ad is sure to be on of the most romantic evenings of the summer. 

Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Performances start at 7:00 p.m. 

VIP ticket holders receive premium seating, 2 drink tickets and dinner (canapés) by 5 Fusion and Hola. Drinks provided by Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery.  

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