'Sign Mudras' by Jayanthi Raman Dance Company

Beaverton Mayor Doyle to grace the performance of 'Sign Mudras' by Jayanthi Raman Dance Company

Sign Mudras

Saturday March 22nd & Sunday March 23rd at 4:00 pm  

Beaverton City LIbrary auditorium. 

FREE for all, welcome. Suitable for all ages.

'Sign Mudras' is experimental Dance Theater using indian dance and American Sign Language for story telling.

Jayanthi Raman, Ramya Raman & Natya dancers
With special guest: Dot Hearn, ASL Interpreter.

Concert items:
1. Navarasa Kalinga Nardanam: Dance of Krishna by Jayanthi & Ramya Raman featuring live music performance by Violinist EB Jayaprakash and Mridangist-drummer B. Vijayan.
2. Madhurashtakam by 10 students of Natya
3. 'Seasons' - contemporary modern dance with traditional grounding performed to original music score by Vidwan Ganesh Rajagopalan by Jayanthi Raman & Ramya Raman.

All pieces choreographed by award winning choreographer/performer and recent Arts Leadership award recipient from Beaverton Arts Commission, Jayanthi Raman, assisted by Fulbright scholar Ramya Raman.

Funded in part by Community Program Grant from Beaverton Arts Commission.
The new program is funded by the non profit Beaverton Arts and Culture Foundation.

"A Small Fire" Interpreted 3/13 at PCS

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Portland Center Stage presents
an interpreted performance of

"A Small Fire"

Written by Adam Bock

Directed by Rose Riordan

DATE & TIME: March 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Portland Center Stage, The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR. On the main stage.
TICKETS: order online and use promo code SIGN for tickets at the right price, right section, right date; or call the box office at 503-445-3700
INTERPRETERS: Rich Hall and Cheryl Witters
SIGN COACH: Irene Jazowick

SUMMARY:
A Small Fire follows John and Emily Bridges, a long-married couple whose happy, middle-class lives are upended when Emily is overcome by a mysterious disease. As this indomitable woman’s senses are slowly stripped away—smell, taste, sight—she finds herself suddenly and completely dependent on the husband whose endless devotions she had always taken for granted, and their lives transform in ways neither could have imagined.

The show runs 90 minutes with no intermission.

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from a review by Richard Wattenburg in The Oregonian [02 Mar 2014]

A Small Fire Follows a Family’s Struggle With a Strange Isolating Disorder

“Adam Bock’s A Small Fire, currently appearing at Portland Center Stage, might be a small play but it asks some pretty big questions…this lean, spare drama explores the nature of life, love, and human connection — big subjects indeed.”

“Directed by PCS associate artistic director Rose Riordan, who also directed the PCS productions of The Thugs and The Receptionist, the play’s four-member cast works wonderfully well together.

Peggy J. Scott ably portrays Emily’s fiery feistiness and her irascibility, and yet even from the start she allows us to see that beneath the crusty exterior there is a woman, who in her own way really means well. As Emily’s disabilities reduce her to helplessness, some of the abrasive edge that is predominant early on gives way to a reluctant patience and finally at play’s end to something approaching a subdued ecstasy.

Scott’s Emily is nicely complemented by Tom Bloom’s John Bridges. Bloom’s Tom is low-keyed, even tempered. His movements are restrained, thoughtful, and deliberate, and he speaks with an unruffled easy rhythm. Sure, occasionally he allows us a glimpse of a tortured grimace but only when no one else on stage could possibly detect his dismay. As Billy, Emily’s construction company employee, Isaac Lamb gives us a good-hearted teddy bear of a man, and Holleye Gilbert, as John and Emily’s daughter Jenny, very ably conveys the frustrated deep-seated ambivalence she feels toward her mother — a woman who could never offer Jenny the tenderness she so desperately sought.”
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free performance: Sign Mudras, March 22 & 23

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Mark your calendars: 

Sign Mudras: March 22nd & 23rd 

www.jayanthiraman.com 

Sign Mudras: Experimental Dance Theater of Indian classical dance and American Sign Language.

Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 March 2014 at 4:00 pm

Beaverton City Library Auditorium 

Jayanthi Raman, Ramya Raman & Natya dancers 

With special guest: Dot Hearn, ASL Interpreter. 

FREE for all, Welcome.

Funded in part by Community Program Grant from Beaverton Arts Commission. The new program is funded by the non profit Beaverton Arts and Culture Foundation.
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"Bo-Nita" : interpreted performance 2/20

Portland Center Stage presents
an interpreted performance of

Bo-Nita

by Elizabeth Heffron

February 20th at 7:30 pm
128 NW 11th, Portland OR 97209

Tickets $25 with Promo Code SIGN
Purchase ONLINE or 503-445-3700

Interpreter: Dot Hearn
Sign Coach: Justin Coleman

"Life’s not easy for Bo-Nita. It never is for a 13-year-old, but especially one who winds up with a dead, semi-ex-stepfather on her bedroom floor. With humor, pathos and a dash of midwest magical realism, Bo-Nita follows a mother and daughter’s journey through a working-class America of dwindling resources, and the lengths they must go to stay together and keep their beat alive. 

Portland loves storytelling, from The Moth and This American Life on OPB, to Back Fence PDX and local readings of Mortified. Bo-Nita fits that Portland ethos perfectly. It’s as if Bo-Nita is answering the question “what was the most outrageous day of your life?” with a hilarious—and heartbreaking—worst/best-day-of-your-life story. 

Actress Kate Eastwood Norris—who audiences adored in The North Plan two seasons ago—plays Bo-Nita."

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Oregon Association of the Deaf: "in the Can" film

Oregon Association of the Deaf (OAD) is hosting many exciting events and activities. And, among the activities, they are bringing "in the Can," from ASL Films, to Oregon this month. There are several showings in different cities; click on the city names to get more information.

Salem - February 15 at 7:00p
Eugene - February 16 at 2:00p
Portland - February 21 at 7:00p
Portland - February 22 at 7:00p

Reminder: "Enjoy" at CoHo Theater

CoHo Productions presents
TWO interpreted performances of

Enjoy

by Toshiki Okada

Interpreted by Steve Nail and Dot Hearn

Fri 1/31  @ 7:30 pm & Sun 2/2  @ 2:00 pm

CoHo Theater
2257 NW Raleigh St 
Portland, OR 97210
Click to buy tickets 

 

From acclaimed director and playwright Toshiki Okada, Artistic Director of the internationally-lauded chelfitsch Theatre Company, comes a chronicle of post-college ennui and 21st Century relationships in Japan’s Lost Decade Generation.  The static lives of several self-obsessed GenX internet café clerks are thrown out of balance by the presence of a younger female co-worker, who rightly makes them question the meaning of their lives in a shifting socio-economic landscape.

“While these overeducated and underemployed members of the nation’s lost generation keep saying, “you know,” none of them do. Bittersweet drama…distinguished by a style that turns inarticulateness into the sort of poetry that rewards close listening.”        ~ The New York Times

"Chinglish" - PCS interpreted performance 1/30/14

Portland Center Stage presents
an interpreted performance of

"Chinglish"
by David Henry Hwang

Thursday 1/30/14 at 7:30 pm
on the Main Stage at The Armory
128 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR
Purchase tickets online with promo code SIGN

Interpreters: Krista Harmon and Carolyn Brockway
Sign Coach: James Rae

Summary:
An American businessman heads to Asia to score a lucrative contract for his family’s firm—but the deal isn’t the only thing getting lost in translation when he collides with a Communist minister, a bumbling consultant and a suspiciously sexy bureaucrat. Hilarity ensues in this new comedy by Hwang, award-winning playwright of M. Butterfly and Golden Child. 

This play may be particularly interesting to the Deaf Community, because a main part of the story is about cultural and linguistic differences, the use of interpreters, and what can happen due to mistranslations. The translations may be between spoken English and spoken Chinese, but the process and challenges are very like what can happen with interpreting between spoken English and ASL.

TIckets as low as $5 : "Eyes for Consuela"

Profile Theatre
presents an interpreted performance
of

by Sam Shepard

Thursday, January 23rd at 7:30 pm
Profile Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison, Portland, OR
Interpreters: Rich Hall and Dot Hearn

Tickets available online
or by calling the box office 503-242-0080

"Eyes for Consuela" SUMMARY: "Awoken from his dreams, Henry, an American with a quiet past, throws himself into the Mexican jungle chasing after shadows of regret. Entranced by adventure, music, and his own obsession, he finds himself in a game where the rules move to an unknown rhythm and the truth is in the eye of the beholder."

This play runs approximately 85 minutes with no intermission.
TICKET PRICES
Regular tickets are $30.

DISCOUNTED TICKETS are available through these options (you must call the Box Office):
- Chinook Book Coupon.
- Arts Card holders who participate in the Work for Art program.
- Arts for All: $5 tickets for SNAP cardholders (limit 2).
- 30-and-Under Rush: $15 (one hour before curtain at will call for every performance).
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"Neverland" at Oregon School for the Deaf

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Oregon School for the Deaf

presents

"Neverland"

the story of Peter Pan

created and performed by OSD students

January 8, 2014 at 6:30 pm

OSD in the gym

999 Locust Street, Salem, OR

Admission is FREE

This play is performed in American Sign Language 
and will be voice interpreted for the signing impaired. 

Jan - Mar 2014 Interpreted Performances Overview

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More information about each of these interpreted performances will be coming. But I wanted to give you an overview of several interpreted performances in the next three months. There is quite a variety and I am especially excited about some new projects in the works.

You can also check out SignPlay for information on the Broadway Across America, Oregon Children's Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival upcoming shows.

Interpreted performance dates:

Thu 1/23/14 at Profile Theatre

"Eyes for Consuela" by Sam Shepard

Summary: "Awoken from his dreams, Henry, an American with a quiet past, throws himself into the Mexican jungle chasing after shadows of regret. Entranced by adventure, music, and his own obsession, he finds himself in a game where the rules move to an unknown rhythm and the truth is in the eye of the beholder."

Thu 1/30/14 at Portland Center Stage

"Chinglish" by David Henry Hwang

Summary: "An American businessman heads to Asia to score a lucrative contract for his family’s firm—but the deal isn’t the only thing getting lost in translation when he collides with a Communist minister, a bumbling consultant and a suspiciously sexy bureaucrat. Hilarity ensues in this new comedy."

Fri 1/31/14 eve and Sun 2/2/14 matinee 

CoHo Productions

"Enjoy" by Toshiki Okada

note: purchase tickets early, as seating is very limited.

Summary: "... a chronicle of post-college ennui and 21st Century relationships in Japan’s Lost Decade Generation.  The static lives of several self-obsessed GenX internet café clerks are thrown out of balance by the presence of a younger female co-worker, who rightly makes them question the meaning of their lives in a shifting socio-economic landscape."

Thu 2/20/14 at Portland Center Stage

"Bo-Nita" by Elizabeth Heffron

Summary: "Life’s not easy for Bo-Nita. It never is for a 13-year-old, but especially one who winds up with a dead, semi-ex-stepfather on her bedroom floor. With humor, pathos and a dash of midwest magic realism, Bo-Nita follows a mother and daughter’s journey through a working-class America of dwindling resources, and the lengths they must go to stay together and keep their beat alive."

Thu 3/13/14 at Portland Center Stage

"A Small Fire" by Adam Bock

Summary: "A Small Fire follows John and Emily Bridges, a long-married couple whose happy, middle-class lives are upended when Emily falls victim to a mysterious disease. As this indomitable woman’s senses are slowly stripped away—smell, taste, sight—she finds herself suddenly and completely dependent on the husband whose endless devotions she had always taken for granted."

Sat 3/15/14 at Portland Community College, Sylvania 

"The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard

Summary: "Feuding theatre critics Moon and Birdboot, the first a fusty philanderer and the second a pompous and vindictive second stringer, are swept into the whodunit they are viewing. In the hilarious spoof of Agatha Christie-like melodramas that follows, the body under the sofa proves to be the missing first-string critic. As mists rise about isolated Muldoon Manor, Moon and Birdboot become dangerously implicated in the lethal activities of an escaped madman."

Sat 3/22/14 and Sun 3/23/14 

Jayanthi Raman Dance Company

"Sign Mudras" 

An Experimental Dance Theater using Bharatha Natyam and Contemporary Dance with Sign Language for story telling.

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