Every family has its own language. Watch CODA now on Apple TV+.
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) Ruby is the only hearing person in her Deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Plot: Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), is the sole hearing member of a Deaf family as a CODA.
Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo).
Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.
CODA now stream on AppleTV+ on the 13th of August, 2021.
Deaf Russian actors touch audiences with the language of the heart.
MOSCOW, Russia -- At Moscow’s Nedoslov Theatre, Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors put on plays in sign language. The theatre was set up to give acting opportunities to graduates of the Russian State Specialized Institute of Arts, which is the only institution in the world to prepare actors with hearing difficulties.
There, they learn to translate well-known stories or Shakespearean sonnets into gestures, speaking in the wordless but expressive language of the body. When on stage, they have special ways of communicating with each other and catching the beat of music they can’t hear but can dance to.
RTD follows the actors inside and outside the theatre. Some work mundane jobs in factories. Others have ventured into performing arts that would seem off limits, such as the hip hop dancer who ‘pops’ in street dance battles to the twins belting out pop ballads in Russian Sign Language before adoring female fans.
Their teachers, directors and coaches explain the role words play in Deaf People’s lives, and how art gives them the confidence to take on the wider world. The shows that students and graduates put on touch mixed Deaf and Hearing audiences because they use the only language everyone can understand, that of the heart.
International Festival of Deaf Artists upcoming on Oct, 23-25, 2020.
ANTALYA, Turkey -- The next level of the International Festival of Deaf Artists will run from October, 23th to 25th, 2020. The festival is a celebration of diversity, culture, unique differences and similarities through performance art.
The Deaf TV Show host Aksu Ali of Turkey, using International Sign, announces the upcoming events will be the first step into international diversity, the festival will be held in Antalya Turkey. More information about the date and location soon.
Uluslararası farklılık için birinci basamak, festival Antalya Turkiye’de yapılacak.
Tarihi ve yeri hakkında daha fazla bilgi yakında açıklanacaktır.
Deaf man killed in crash off Taylor Road in Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Montgomery police say a Deaf Montgomery man was killed in a single-car wreck early this morning.
Police say 34-year-old Rodney Vaughans, Jr. was killed when his car hit a tree. The wreck happened around 5AM in the 300 block of Taylor Road North near Brownwood Lane. Police are still investigating what led up to the crash.
A Montgomery man was killed in a crash early Friday morning.
According to Montgomery Police Captain Regina Duckett, at around 5 a.m. officers and fire medics responded to the 300 block of Taylor Road North in reference to a single-vehicle crash involving a 2009 Dodge Charger. The driver, Rodney Vaughans Jr., 34, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Duckett said an investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling north on Taylor Road North when it left the roadway near Brownwood Lane and hit a tree.
Stop Doing That! With Nyle DiMarco - 2019 Act 3 - Full Frontal on TBS.
Welcome to Stop Doing That! Your training experience for responsible policing. Today, cadet Nyle DiMarco will demonstrate how you can interact with Deaf people peacefully. Produced by Tyler Hall with Julie Levitsky. Edited by Daphne Gomez.
The 28-year-old model and advocate wrote on Facebook "In this video, I will compare clips of Hearing actors playing Deaf with my proper American Sign Language, in the hopes of better explaining you why we should cast Deaf actors for deaf characters. Please keep an open mind."
Representation truly matters.
BIO: Nyle DiMarco is an actor, model and activist. He is a native New Yorker and was born into a large multigenerational Deaf family. He is an alumni of Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts University in the world for the Deaf, with a B.A. in mathematics.
Nyle is the first Deaf person to win America's Next Top Model Cycle 22 and Dancing With The Stars Season 22. As an actor, Nyle's castings have included: the lead in the independent film In the Can, an ASL Films production, as Garret on ABC Family's Switched at Birth, and Difficult People Hulu Series. As a founder of Nyle DiMarco Foundation and an honorary spokesman for Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K), Nyle is passionate about language and literacy and advocacy within the Deaf Community.
Nyle is a signer and creative collaborator on The ASL App (by Ink & Salt), an App created by native Deaf signers to teach conversational American Sign Language (ASL). Nyle DiMarco is Deaf and uses American Sign Language. American Sign Language requires the use of facial expressions and body movements, his Deafness amplifies his natural talent. His Deafness is an asset and not a limitation, he is amicable and able to communicate easily.
How comes your Deaf friend knows more than what you do?
A young Deaf actress Jonna Delvert is going to share her experiences with you guys as Swedish actor herself. Delvert want everyone to know that Deaf people really can do anything they want to do! "Deaf People Know Everything" is only English captioning is available right now while she use Swedish Sign Language.
A group of talented Deaf Regina high school students will soon be taking their show on the road to Edmonton Sound Off Festival.
REGINA, Saskatchewan -- After two, sold-out performances this summer of the one-act play Deaf Crows by the Thom Collegiate students, they were inundated with requests to do other shows. Teacher Joanne Weber said most were turned down because they’re simply not set up to tour. But they couldn’t pass up the invitation to perform next month at the Sound Off Deaf Theatre Festival in Edmonton. A first for Canada, the festival will showcase the work of Deaf playwrights and actors, which presents a unique educational benefit for the students, said Weber.
“These kids will have a chance to be part of a vibrant Deaf community, if only for about three days,” she said, explaining such opportunities are lacking in a small community like Regina.
Fundraising events by the students’ parents combined with a highly successful GoFundMe campaign to generate the money to cover travel expenses for the group of 17, including students and chaperones. They perform Feb. 17, 18, and 19 in Edmonton.
Weber calls the outpouring of support “amazing,” with contributions even coming in from theatre companies from in and outside the province. Momentum grew when a U.S.-based sign language news service did a feature story on the group.
Last year the students at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at Thom worked with artist-in-residence Chrystene Ells and Berny Hi, a Regina filmmaker, to create visual art, write a script and develop acting skills. Wearing crow masks that they fashioned, the students shared their experiences and challenges growing up in a hearing world -- such as being excluded during games like telephone and hide and seek or struggling to be understood by classmates. The actors signed their lines, and a storyteller interpreted for the hearing audience, except for one part so hearing people might appreciate the deaf experience of seeing but not necessarily comprehending what’s going on.
The original plan was for one Regina show, but when it sold out, a second was added.
Weber, who is herself Deaf, is surprised how Deaf Crows took off. “I have basically toiled in obscurity all these years. And it’s weird to get all this spotlight on the performance. It seemed to have touched some kind of a raw nerve … It’s so interesting because at the same time we have the human rights commission investigating complaints about how poor these deaf people are served in this province.”
In written surveys, audience members called Deaf Crows “inspiring,” “captivating,” “thought provoking” and “powerful.”
She said the students and their parents saw the benefits. “It’s really amazing how those kids have been transformed,” said Weber. “They’ve really come alive,” she added, explaining how they’ve gone from feeling isolated to working together in a community.
“For the first time, their experiences were valued and recognized.”
In a video prepared for the fundraising campaign, student Fatima Nafisa, signs, “I don’t want Deaf Crows to be over.”
Now that they’re headed to Edmonton, the students are back in rehearsals, re-learning lines, and sorting out how they’re going to re-create the same magic in a theatre far different from Regina’s Artesian.
The students are also working on a visual art installation planned for the Dunlop Gallery in October. And the success of Deaf Crows has also led to the creation of a non-profit theatre group (the Deaf Crows Collective) that’s looking to develop more pieces.
In the fundraising campaign video, student Alex Bristow, signs: “All people want the same thing -- to be equal, strong and feel like they are supported.”
“The term is abhorrent and should never be used. The fact that we are talking about this during a very important moment in American history has upset me deeply,” Matlin said in a statement on Friday.
Three staffers on the reality TV show, who requested anonymity due to non-disclosure agreements, told the Daily Beast that Trump often treated Matlin with disrespect and called her “retarded,” both behind her back and in front of her. A former Apprentice contestant also told People that Trump made sexual comments to Matlin and other women on the show.
“I am Deaf. There are millions of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people like me, in the United States and around the world who face discrimination and misunderstanding like this on a daily basis. It is unacceptable,” said Matlin, who has indicated her support for Hillary Clinton throughout the campaign.
“As a person who is Deaf, as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as an actor, I have a voice. And I’m using that voice to make myself heard… and vote.”
Troupe seeks to collaborate with the Iowa Deaf community to create authentic portrayals.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Gazette: The Deaf Community has spoken, and Theatre Cedar Rapids has listened.
The community theater is postponing its production of “Tribes,” after two weeks of rehearsals and protests over casting hearing actors in the roles of two Deaf characters.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Leslie Charipar, the theater’s artistic director said: “In light of conversation among and feedback from the Deaf community and after a great deal of conversation and soul-searching with TCR staff, Tribes director David Schneider, and the cast of Tribes, TCR has decided to postpone our production of Tribes until we can gain the support of the Deaf community and collaborate with them in finding Deaf actors to play the Deaf roles as well as ensure that we are portraying the Deaf experience in an authentic and respectful way.”
New production dates haven’t been chosen yet.
“It might be possible that it’s next year,” said Casey Prince, TCR’s executive director. “What we’re most excited about is quickly getting people plugged into the production.”
TCR will contact ticketholders; information also is posted on the theater’s website.
Those options could include workshops to promote education and understanding between the Hearing and Deaf communities, from sign language and culture to theater studies.
“This postponement is our sincere and earnest way to meet our mission of serving the entire community and specifically to do right by the Deaf community as we share their stories in an authentic and collaborative way,” Charipar said.
The message spread on social media as swiftly as the protests posted the past two weeks.
“WOW! Thank you, TCR for listening to the Deaf community,” wrote Carly Armour of Iowa City, who helped initiate the early discussions on Facebook and spoke passionately - using American Sign Language and her voice - during a public forum Tuesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. “This decision will not only bridge the gap between the theater and Deaf communities but also create a STRONG partnership for years to come. Thank you to our community - Deaf and Hearing allies - for coming together to make this change!”
“We will work together to help and heal,” wrote Robert Vizzini of Cedar Rapids, chairman of the Cedar Rapids Association of the Deaf, reiterating what he said at the forum.
Prince, who attended that event, made good on his promise to take their comments back to his team, continuing a discussion already underway at the theater.
“We’ll regroup,” he said, “(and) get feedback from those who want to participate going forward.”
The cast’s reaction was “very emotional,” he said. “They were very invested in the piece for their own personal reasons. The story, the material really resonated with them. In light of the public nature of this conversation that’s been playing out, they connected with each other over a short two weeks in a way that some casts never do over multiple months. I’m certainly sad for those who are sad, but I’m very happy that they found each other and grew through the material with the limited time that they did.”
“I hope this proves to you that we were listening and silently observing,” cast member Mindy Oberreuter said via Facebook, where much of the controversy played out. “I truly hope both sides can move forward in collaboration. The very heart of theater is telling a story, and we want to tell it honestly and correctly. We all love theater that is why we are a part of this group. ... I wish you all could have seen our rehearsal on Monday night. I don’t know if the universe was telling us something, but it was beautiful. We rehearsed the second act and if you are familiar with the show’s end, you know how emotional and raw it is. It ends with love and tears and hugs.”
WATCH [CC] - Lyric Theatre's "Fiddler on the Roof" Incorporates American Sign Language, Deaf and Hearing Actors.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Over half a century after its premiere on Broadway, the songs of Fiddler on the Roof are known around the world. From joyous “If I Were a Rich Man” to haunting “Sunrise, Sunset,” the musical focuses on the story of a Jewish milkman and his family’s troubles in rural Russia at the turn of the 20th century.
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While the show certainly has its lighthearted moments, Fiddler on the Roof is, at its core, about the importance of family and tradition and the tensions surrounding them.
That is something Michael Baron could relate to when he took on directing duties for Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s production of the musical, which runs July 26-30 at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave.
“As a Jewish musical theater director, Fiddler on the Roof has always been high on my bucket list of shows to direct,” Baron said. “It’s a show I’ve seen countless times and whose music has been played at almost every Jewish wedding and bar mitzvah I’ve attended, including my own.”
That notability can be seen as both a benefit and a detriment. At this point, Fiddler on the Roof is essentially synonymous with musical theater.
Between being one of the most-performed high school musicals and having multiple Broadway productions and a film adaptation, Fiddler has become difficult to ignore.
For this reason, audiences have likely seen it in one form or another, making it continuously harder to make the material fresh again.
But in an interesting twist, Lyric Theatre’s version incorporates American Sign Language and two Deaf actors portray love-struck characters Hodel and Perchik.
Two interpreters will be incorporated onstage to fully communicate to Deaf viewers.
New opportunities: Baron planned on utilizing the performers after discussing it with a friend, Deaf actor Christopher Tester.
After brainstorming how it might be possible and what Lyric would need to provide to make it happen, Baron said it seemed like a wonderful opportunity to showcase an underrepresented community.
“Our goal is to create a new village for Fiddler that is accessible to both hearing and Deaf patrons,” he said. “I hope this collaboration reveals new insights by bringing hearing and Deaf actors to the Lyric stage for the first time.”
And it certainly helps when performers are as passionate and talented as Sandra Mae Frank.
“I didn’t want to be an actress at first because it’s already tough enough to be an actor alone, but to be a Deaf actress?” she said. “I just did it anyway by taking the risk and moving forward with theater because I eat, breathe and dream it. It’s my life. It’s who I am.”
Frank, who became Deaf due to an unknown cause at the age of 3, doesn’t want to work in theater simply because it’s her passion.
She also wants to use it as a tool for educating others.
“Everyone has their own struggles in their own ways, but for me, as a Deaf actress, I also have to be an advocate and teach others about my culture,” she said.
Frank uses ASL as her main form of communication, which comes with its own set of challenges.
“It gets hard once in a while being vulnerable and bringing my culture to the public, but it’s also very beautiful letting my culture be a part of the story,” she said. “And depending on what the context is about, it brings more depth to a story by adding a different perspective from a Deaf character than how it’d usually be done if performed by a hearing actor.”
Frank certainly thinks the addition of ASL to the story of Fiddler on the Roof makes perfect sense.
In the musical, Hodel is the intelligent and free-spirited 17-year-old daughter of main character Tevye.
Over the course of the story, she falls in love with Perchik, a scholar and Bolshevik revolutionary who is exiled to Siberia.
“I love that Hodel and Perchik are Deaf, and it makes total sense,” Frank said. “Hodel resisted Perchik at first because of tradition, but to me, adding the deafness to the character gives it more purpose. She’s so hesitant, but she sees this handsome, deaf stranger, and it stirs up these feelings.”
Elaborate plans: With only two weeks from the beginning of rehearsals to opening night, Lyric Theatre hopes to put on one of the biggest and most ambitious productions of Fiddler on the Roof.
Its actors and production staff have certainly put in the work. Baron notes the planning for the show started nearly a year in advance, coordinating everything from casting across the nation to meetings with the choreographer and music director.
“The process to create this show has many facets,” he said. “From collaborating with scenic, costume, lighting, props and sound designers to create a wholly original production based on Jewish folk art built here in Oklahoma, consulting experts like Rabbi Vered Harris of Temple B’nai Israel, and so much more.”
But even with flashy musical numbers and elaborate sets, Frank and Baron agree the heart of the show lies in the more restrained and emotional moments.
“Fiddler is about the sometimes difficult balance between tradition, religion and family, which is always something audiences can relate to,” Baron said. “The fact that it uses such moving music that evokes emotion from the actors and audience makes it a special evening of theater always worth revisiting.”
Frank echoed that sentiment and said she hopes audiences leave the show filled with a new appreciation for the musical.
“I hope they feel a sense of joy and that no matter where you are in life or what defines you, family is where your home is and where you’ll find love,” she said.
Fiddler on the Roof
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-July 28, 8 p.m. July 20, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. July 30
Find "Hell No" & "Light Me Up" on iTunes when you pre-order Ingrid's new record "It Doesn't Have To Make Sense" - http://flyt.it/idhtms?ID=youtube.
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"Hell No" Written by Ingrid Michaelson, Barry Dean, Luke Laird.
Produced by Cason Cooley & Katie Herzig.
Video Directed by Michael Arden.
Video Shot and Edited by Dream Machine Creative.
Actors:
Miles Barbee
Josh Castille
Daniel Durant
Treshelle Edmond
Amelia Hensley
Lauren "Ren" Putz.
WATCH [CC] - GoFundMe - The Deaf Talent Project for the community.
We are a Deaf fimmaking team and there is nothing we are more passionate about than seeing the accurate representation of the Deaf on the media and equal access to jobs for all peoples with disabilities in the entertainment industry.
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This is why we support the #DeafTalent movement and this is why we are working to create a #DeafTalent PSA where Deaf talent in front of and behind a the camera can show the world their skills. Our project will showcase popular Deaf professionals in entertainmnet fields such as: acting, directing, modeling, writing, dancing etc. connecting them and thier work with the public. Now we need your help! Donate to help the project: HERE.
In order to make a high quality product that does justice to the talent of it's 100% Deaf cast and crew we need to fundraise money to rent filming equipment, studios space, food for the cast and crew, flying out some of the name talent signed onto the project, and marketing to make sure this project gets in front of the people who make decisions in the industry.
So, please donate whatever you can to help us achieve our goal! If you can't donate funds but have another way of helping us spread the world about Deaf talent whether it be through food donations, connections to publicity for the project, or simply by sharing this campaign every little bit helps! Donate to help the project: https://www.gofundme.com/deaftalent. We are so grateful for all of your love and support! Read More.
WATCH [CC] - "My Junk" sing along performance by Deaf West outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre goes viral on social media.
NEW YORK CITY -- The cast of Deaf West's revival of 'Spring Awakening' is currently running on Broadway and GMA. They performs "My Junk" after the cancellation of both shows on 1/23/16 goes viral on the internet. Here's the compilation of video from the fans in New York City.
Filming by Claire KIewra - 1-23-16 Totally Fucked performance outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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Here's another filming by Audrey Hill - Totally Fucked - Snow storm sing along.
Starring: Anna Bumgarner-Call, Daniel Bush, and Ron Preston.
Also starring: McCoy Bush, Cheryl Cruse Weston, Brent Forgey, and Jimmy Liles.
Assistant director: Christy Nicole Bacon.
Produced by: Robert Bacon, Kim Bacon, and James Bacon.
Sign Language consultant: Bob Slagley.
Musical score by: Benjamin Adgate.
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WATCH [CC] - 'The Silent Heroes' official trailer - A Story of 13 Real Deaf Children and their Dreams, Courage and Passion.
NEW DELHI, India -- THE SILENT HEROES is world's first film with Real Deaf actors and is perhaps the first attempt by a film maker to create story with these special children as Heroes and not as sympathy seeking individuals.
This is an adventurous-emotional story of 13 REAL Deaf children on a Himalayan mission, their struggle for survival, their courage and their heroism.
Mahesh Bhatt, Kamal Biran, Mates Entertainment and 13 Deaf Kids.
Michael Arden, who makes his directorial Broadway debut at the helm of the production, also shares some feelings about the musical's journey from a Los Angeles black box theater to the biggest stage on the East Coast.
The Oscar winner Marlee Matlin takes on the Great White Way for the first time in Michael Arden's Deaf West Theater production of the Tony-winning musical... Read The Full Story.
#DeafTalent - Campaign: Hollywood, stop hiring hearing actors for Deaf roles. Deaf people have the right to represent themselves!
As a result of this #DeafTalent campaign, the world will have a much better understanding of the Deaf community’s standpoint on not allowing Deaf roles to be given out to hearing people. Many people do not realize that they have been oppressing Deaf actors for many years now.
We hope that this new awareness will also create many more job opportunities for Deaf people all over, both in front and behind the camera, as well as other places. We believe that this campaign will ignite many new discussions and ideas and help cause a shift in societal awareness.
Huffington Post - The #DeafTalent hashtag began making waves after a NY Daily News interview with Catalina Sandino Moreno raised red flags in the Deaf community. Moreno, a hearing actress, was cast to play a Deaf woman in the leading role of her new film Medeas. But in the NYDN interview, it became clear that Moreno has had very little exposure to deafness or Deaf culture.
In honor of the musical’s big night, Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created this sketch. The portrait includes Austin P. McKenzie as Melchior, Daniel N. Durant as Moritz, Sandra Mae Frank as Wendla, and the key supporting cast including Oscar winner Marlee Matlin as a variety of adult characters, along with Broadway.com
Audience Choice Award winners Krysta Rodriguez as Ilse and Andy Mientus as Hanschen and more! Broadway.com wishes the cast of Spring Awakening a happy opening. Make sure you get "Totally F**ked" at the after-party...
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Deaf News: Michael W. Hubbs announced that he was hositpalized by stress symptoms. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Michael (Mike) Hubbs of short...
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