FallOut: Interpreted and Closed Captioned Performances

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Impetus Arts Presents

FallOut: 

Stories, music, art, dance, and speeches by artists and activists who fall outside the norms of race, ability and/or gender

"We are artists of color with disabilities creating and advocating for Justice! We are multiracial and multicultural disabled dancers and activists! We are immigrant writers! We are black mothers fighting against the institutionalization of our adult children! We are white trans musicians striving for Racial and Disability Justice! We are hard of hearing poets! We are genderqueer chronically ill filmmakers! We are survivors being judged, institutionalized, and held back from housing and careers, yet we create on! We are performing and speaking October 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12 at Zoomtopia Studio 2, 810 SE Belmont.

For further information or to reserve seats, contact Curtis Walker at 971.275.0794 or email. 

Attention:  We really want you to be able to attend and participate fully and we want all of our chronically ill community members to be able to also!  Because chemicals and scents make some of our performers and audience members extremely ill, people wearing scents and chemicals will be asked to leave. Please see the scent free policy below for details.  Be scent & chemical free!**

Trigger Warning: Some performances include mention of abuse, self harm and institutionalization.  Don’t hesitate to contact Curtis for more information."

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Individual performance information

Friday, October 3

7:00pm - Open Mic Night ($5-10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)

                ASL interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes.

                Be scent & chemical free!**

                If you identify as D/deaf, Disabled, Black, Indigenous, as an Immigrant
                and/or a Person of Color please come perform alongside some of the
                cast. Share your dance, storytelling, gender-bending, comedy, poetry,
                musings, singing/music or sing karaoke (make a note of a YouTube Link
                for your karaoke song of choice) and get in free. Audience members
                welcome of all identities.

9:00pm - Short Films (free)

                Close Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**

            •Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty.
            for more information go to:
            http://www.sinsinvalid.org/film.html

            •salaMEanderings, directed and edited by Neil Marcus
            for more information go to:
            http://www-personal.umich.edu/~petra/salamander.html


Saturday, October 4

7:00pm - Feature film screening - R/EVOLVE
                directed by Billie Rain and written and produced by Basil Shadid.
               
($10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)
                Closed Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**
                (No interpreters this performance.)


Sunday, October 5

4:00pm - FallOut Live Performance featuring Bobby Fouther
                ($15, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
                ASL Interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes

                **Be scent & chemical free!**
 other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker

5:30pm - Short Films (free) Close Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**

            •Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty.
            for more information go to:
            http://www.sinsinvalid.org/film.html

            •salaMEanderings, directed and edited by Neil Marcus
            for more information go to:
            http://www-personal.umich.edu/~petra/salamander.html


Friday, October 10

7:00pm - FallOut Live performance featuring Billie Rain and
                 Emi Koyama ($10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)
                 ASL Interpreters: Kassie Hughes and Carolyn Brockway

                  Be scent & chemical free!**
 other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker


Saturday, October 11

7:00pm - Guest Speaker Emi Koyama -
               Negative Survivorship
               ($10, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
                ASL Interpreters : Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes

               **Be scent and chemical free!**

         Negative Survivorship: Reclaiming “Victim” and Embracing Unhealthy Coping.


9:00pm - Feature Length Film Heart Breaks Open
                directed by Billie Rain, produced by Basil Shadid
                ($10, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
                Closed Captioned!   Be scent & chemical free!**


Sunday, October 12

4:00pm - FallOut  Final live performance featuring Billie Rain, and Bobby Fouther ($15, no one turned away for lack of funds *)
                ASL Interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes

                Be scent & chemical free!**

                other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker

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* We are committed to our no one turned away for lack of funds policy. People at the door will be trained to happily accept whatever you can afford.

**Scent free policy

Because some of the artists and audience members have multiple chemical sensitivities (MSC) and get extremely ill from perfumes and chemicals, all audience members are required to be chemical and scent free for all events. For the safety of the artists, presenters, and audience members, those wearing chemicals and perfumes will be asked to leave and return scent free. FallOut organizers advise that scents and chemicals include but are not limited to perfume, deodorant, hairspray, gel, cigarette and pot smoke and much of mainstream  makeup, and that audience members should be prepared in advance to use only scent free shampoo, soap, make-up, and laundry detergent a full 24 hours before attending, as well as to come in clothing that has not been smoked in, including during show intermissions. FallOut organizers will provide even more information on how to be scent free on this website by a week before the performance including inexpensive or free home remedies/alternatives, and product suggestions. Those who wish to attend that are low income or need assistance purchasing products are encouraged to contact Curtis Walker at 971.275.0794.

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note: photos are from past Impetus Arts productions.

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Northwest Children's Theater and School Interpreted Performances

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Katie Ortolano has been a longtime advocate for making theater accessible to the Deaf Community. She has done it again in her position at Northwest Children's Theater and School. Thanks to Katie's persistence and advocacy, Northwest Children's Theater and School will have one interpreted performance for each of their four productions this 2014-15 season.

The interpreted performance dates and times are:

 

 Sherlock Holmes 
 10/18/14 at 11am








Mary Poppins 
12/17/14 at noon

The Jungle Book
2/21/25 at noon

 The Little Mermaid
  5/16/15 at noon


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Tickets are available now. There are also season subscription packages available.

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Actor needed for 'Chris' in "Static": Portland OR

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Third Rail Repertory Theatre is putting on "Static" by Dan Rebellato as part of their 2014-15 season. 

They are still looking for an actor to play Chris, a late deafened male who eventually learns sign language. The character is late 30s to early 40s. The actor needs to speak and sign.

From the playwright:

A young woman's life is thrown into disorder when her husband dies suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. Her ability to cope with her  loss is confused when she discovers a compilation tape, apparently made for her, even though her husband was, by the time he died, profoundly deaf. She begins to believe that he has sent her a message and that even now he is talking to her from beyond death. With the help of her friend, she unravels the secret of the tape. 

Static is written to be performed bilingually, in English and Sign Language. These are two slightly different plays overlaid on each other. Both audiences should be able to enjoy their play but be aware that there is another different play unfolding at the same time. 

The play will run at Third Rail Repertory Theatre from April 24 - May 17, 2015.

Contact the "Static" director, Scott Yarbrough, if you meet the criteria and are interested in learning more.
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October Overview

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We will post more details soon - but want to give you a taste of what is coming your way in October at Portland Center Stage (PCS), so that you can look ahead on your calendar.

There are two interpreted performances next month. Check back in a couple of weeks for more information.




The first will be Dreamgirls on Thursday, October 9th at 7:30 pm on the Main Stage.

This is a musical and will be interpreted by Pamela and Edwin Cancel; the sign coach is Irene Jazowick.

The second interpreted play in October will be The Typographer's Dream on Thursday, October 23rd at 7:30 pm in the Ellen Bye Studio.

“Funny, provocative, psychologically revealing, intellectually stimulating...” Interpreted by Dot Hearn, Dana Walls, and Kassie Hughes; the sign coach is Irene Jazowick.



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Update on Tickets for Sunday 9/7 at Profile Theatre

The interpreted performance of  Profile Theatre's Festival of One Acts is on Sun. 9/7 at 1:00 pm .

Make sure your seats in the interpreted section. ** You can still order your tickets by emailing the Box Office at boxoffice@profiletheatre.org . ** If you have already purchased your tickets, you can email the Box Office to make sure you are in the correct seats!

Six directors tackle nine of Shepard’s vast and varied short plays and memoirs. With live music by a different band each night, this festival is a celebration not to be missed.

The interpreted performance is SERIES A:  Rhythm, The War in Heaven, The Curse of the Raven’s Black Feather, Hail from Nowhere, Just Space, and Evanescence or Shakespeare in the Alley

The performance lasts approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.

Artistic Director, Adriana Baer, talks about the Festival.(The video does have CC.)

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Profile Theatre's Festival of One Acts interpreted Sunday 9/7

What: Festival of One Acts by Sam Shepard (Series A)

Where: Profile Theatre, Morrison Stage, 1515 SW Morrison, Portland, OR

Date & Time: Sunday, September 7th at 1:00 pm

Interpreters: There will be five interpreters for these six one act plays: Dot Hearn, Carolyn Brockway, Dana Walls, Kassie Hughes, Cheryl Witters.

Tickets: prices range from $5 (Arts for All program) to $30. Click on this ticket link for more information, pricing, and discount options. Box office 503-242-0080.

Run time: 80 minutes

We will be interpreting...

SERIES A :

Rhythm

Directed by Pat Patton

The War in Heaven
Directed by Olga Sanchez

The Curse of the Raven’s Black Feather
Directed by Pat Patton

Hail from Nowhere
Directed by Matthew B. Zrebski

Just Space
Directed by Matthew B. Zrebski

Evanescence, or Shakespeare in the Alley
Directed by Jess Smith

"Twelfth Night" interpreted performance in Bend 8/23

...reminder...
Lay It Out Events and Northwest Classical Theatre Company

present an interpreted performance for

Shakespeare in the Park, Bend OR 

"Twelfth Night"

  by William Shakespeare

Sat. 8/23/14 at 7:00 pm; gates open at 5:00

Drake Park in Bend, OR (click link for directions)
Interpreted by Dot Hearn and Kassie Hughes.

For tickets  in the interpreted section, contact 
 Lay It Out Events at (541) 323-0964 or by email.

Hope to see you in one of these seats next Saturday!

We have been following Northwest Classical Theatre Company on their Willamette Shakespeare wine tour as we prepare to interpret "Twelfth Night" in Bend. We have been to six performances at three wineries in the Willamette Valley over the last three weeks and we are ready to take our hands East next week for the Lay It Out Events production. 

Actors Theatre of Louisville seeking Deaf actor for "Tribes"

Goodman Theatre Casting (Chicago, IL) is working with the Actors Theatre of Louisville to cast TRIBES, a play written by Nina Raine, as part of ATL’s 14-15 season.

We are currently casting the role of BILLY, a man in his early/mid-twenties. Billy is the lone deaf member of a hearing family, was taught to lip read by his mother at a very young age, and is only now learning sign. We are searching for a deaf or hard of hearing actor who is ASL fluent and voices to play this role.

Production Information:TRIBES

Written by Nina Raine

Directed by Evan Cabnet

Actors Theatre of Louisville, Artistic Director: Les Waters

Actors Theatre of Louisville, Associate Director: Zan Sawyer-Dailey

www.actorstheatre.org

Casting Director:  Adam Belcuore, Goodman Theatre Casting

Production description:

Billy is the youngest of three adult siblings in a boisterous family. He was born deaf to a hearing family and was raised to lip read, but has never really been heard. When he meets Sylvia, who is losing her hearing and grew up using sign language, he is introduced to new perspectives that tug at the bonds that have defined his life until now. Tribes is an emotionally charged drama about the struggle to find a voice when no one’s truly listening, and the power of language to lock us out—or let us in.

Searching for:

BILLY: Open ethnicity, mid-late 20s.  Billy, deaf from birth, has been raised in a hearing family who did not want him to learn to sign, nor participate in the Deaf community and culture. Billy meets a young hearing woman who is now losing her hearing. She is fluent in ASL, having been raised by deaf parents and within the Deaf community. When their lives intersect, Billy discovers his own ability to communicate and desire to learn ASL.  He's charming and quick witted; his family sees him as reserved and a little shy, but only because they aren't paying enough to attention to recognize the funny, outspoken, and complicated young man underneath.  Seeking a deaf or hard of hearing actor who is ASL fluent and voices. 

Contract:

LORT D ($650/week is top for this venue), presented at Bingham Theatre, 315 seat arena stage

Actors Theatre of Louisville Commitment Dates:

THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

First Rehearsal           Oct. 15, 2014

First Tech                    Nov. 7-13, 2014

First Preview               Nov. 11, 12, 2014

Open                            Nov. 13, 2014

Close                           Dec. 7, 2014 (No possible extension)

Interested in submitting for the project? Submit to Goodman Theatre Casting:

Please email Casting@goodmantheatre.org with a picture (headshot and resume preferred, if available) and a short note of why you are interested in auditioning.

·         Please list “TRIBES SUBMISSION” in the subject line.

·         Please note, submitting does not guarantee an audition

We will be accepting submissions through August 18, 2014

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Deaf Actor needed for "Tribes" at Artists Repertory Theatre

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Artists Repertory Theatre is seeking a Deaf actor for the lead role of Billy in "Tribes."

Read the full casting call information on BACKSTAGE (click the link).

The basic details (click the BACKSTAGE link for audition information):

PRODUCTION DESCRIPTION
Casting a contemporary drama, "Tribes," which centers on Billy, the only deaf member of a competitively comedic and intellectual family. Unsupported by his parents and siblings, he reaches out to the deaf community and learns sign language, creating funny but fierce tensions at home. Billy finally confronts his childhood resentments, while he and his family struggle with the intricacies of language and the human need to belong to a tribe.

SEEKING
Male, ages 20-28, Caucasian

ROLE DESCRIPTION
Billy: (Lead) the youngest son in his family, deaf and an expert lip reader, intelligent and compassionate, youthful and inexperienced, recently moved back in with his parents after university, was raised by hearing parents who purposefully kept their son away from other deaf people, so he wouldn't develop a "minority mindset," finds a sense of belonging in the deaf community and in his relationship with Sylvia as she teaches him sign language; role requires extensive sign language.

The production announcement on the A.R.T. website

Tribes

February 3, 2015 - March 1, 2015

By Nina Raine

Directed By Dámaso Rodriguez**

A scintillating contemporary drama centered around Billy, the only deaf member of his family, whose search for family acceptance as he delves into the deaf community sparks often funny but fierce tensions at home. Grappling with the significance of language and the urge to belong, this Portland debut follows triumphant productions Off-Broadway, at London’s Royal Court and Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre. 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.

Designs by Resident Artists Kristeen Willis Crosser & Sharath Patel 

Portland Premiere

Bend Shakespeare in the Park: "Twelfth Night" Sat. 8/23

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Lay It Out Events and Northwest Classical Theatre Company

present an interpreted performance for

Shakespeare in the Park, Bend OR

"Twelfth Night"

  by William Shakespeare

Sat. 8/23/14 at 7:00 pm; gates open at 5:00

Drake Park in Bend, OR (click link for directions)
Interpreted by Dot Hearn and Kassie Hughes.

For tickets  in the interpreted section, contact 
 Lay It Out Events at (541) 323-0964 or by email.

from Lay It Out Events:

The Shakespeare in the Park series is one of the benchmark cultural events in Central Oregon. Lay It Out Events and Portland’s Northwest Classical Theatre Company are again bringing the Bard back to Bend and Sunriver for three brilliant performances of Shakespeare’s quintessential comedy: Twelfth Night.

All of the trappings are there: A plucky, young heroine disguised as a boy, mistaken identities, happy marriages, and perhaps the bawdiest joke in all of his plays! Twelfth Night is a comedy that’s not afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve.  

VIP ticket holders (only $75) will receive premium seating, 2 drink tickets and dinner (canapés) by 5 Fusion. Drinks provided by Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery. (Bend Show only)

5 Fusion Menu for each VIP Guest (private fenced off area)
Crab Cakes
California Roll
Orzo Salad
Green Salad with Pears, Blue Cheese, Walnuts
Chicken Teryaki roulade w rice
Prosciutto wrapped melon w champagne Gelee
House Made Desert

Wine
Beer (provided by Deschutes Brewery)
Martini’s (provided by Bendistillery

ADA Seating Accommodations: We have placed seats on hold for those needing accommodation. Please contact Lay It Out Events at (541) 323-0964 or by email for access to those seats and more information. 

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