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ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE DATES (2017)<\/b> Aiden Scott, Mark Myers, Pamela Beish, Kurt Cullison, Beth Myers, Christine Fowler, Valerie Dalrymple<\/p><\/div>\n For each scene, the signers are always performing toward downstage and the speakers are always in the \u201cradio station\u201d sides of the stage, (each side of the stage).\u00a0 Time is being represented by space, mimicking time representation in American Sign Language.\u00a0 In other words, the stage represents a human body.\u00a0 Upstage (the far back) represents the past, just as leaning backwards when signing in American Sign Language (ASL) represents the past.\u00a0Likewise, standing straight in ASL represents current time, and center stage also represents current time.\u00a0 Finally both downstage and the audience area represent the future, just as leaning forward when signing in ASL represents the future.\u00a0 Welcome to Def world symbolism!\u00a0 There is other symbolism as well.\u00a0 Images projected inside the giant wreath represent Scrooge’s mind: his thoughts, his dreams, his memories, his nightmares.\u00a0 The boxes of Gizmos represent Scrooge’s guilty conscience.\u00a0 Most of the action on stage right (the left side, if you are facing the stage from the audience) represents the dream world, the spirit world.\u00a0 Most of the action on the other side of the stage (near the door and counter) represents the real world, here in 21st-century Northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n Kisha Leland<\/p><\/div>\n Charles Dickens\u2019 wonderful novel,\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0is not at all the first Christmas ghost story. For example, another great class is the medieval\u00a0Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/em><\/a>, a story that begins in King Arthur’s court, where he his hosting a Christmas feast, when a green knight enters the hall with the challenge for some brave knight to chop off his head.\u00a0 While Christmas is a Christian holiday that was created in the Middle Ages, it was a feast intended to replace celebrations associated with the Winter Solstice. It\u2019s a party! Wealthier medieval Christian kings gave out gifts (as they did at most big feasts of the year). The Christmas tree and many other contemporary symbols of Christmas are are taken from older, non-Christian religious systems.\u00a0\u00a0By the way,\u00a0a\u00a0carol<\/em>\u00a0is a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas; to go caroling is to go singing, particularly Christmas songs. Some songs are beautiful, while others are deeply disturbing, and still others are simple silly fun.\u00a0\u00a0Charles Dickens\u2019 wonderful ghost story is a “song” that\u00a0is full of British 19th-century\u00a0values.<\/p>\n Eric Kildow seeking a donation for Kent Trumbull Theatre from Scrooge (Kurt Cullison)<\/p><\/div>\n This play is loosely based upon the Charles Dickens\u2019 classic.\u00a0In fact, many of the characters\u2019 names have been changed, to note just how loose this adaptation truly is. Charles Dickens wrote a wonderful ghost story full of Victorian Christian ethos and humanism. This play, however, is ANOTHER ghost story,\u00a0ANOTHER Christmas Carol<\/em>, set in 21st-century United States (Northeast Ohio, even), attempting embrace an ethos that recognizes\u00a0diversity, equity, and inclusion. It attempts to embrace, for example, the Articles of\u00a0The Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>, as developed by founding members of the\u00a0United Nations.\u00a0 Ebenezer Scrooge is an\u00a0Ohioan in 2017, running a store that has been highly successful in selling Gizmos. (We have no idea what Gizmos are, but they have made him very rich.)<\/p>\n This play was a joint Deaf\/hearing production.\u00a0The intended audience was both hearing and Deaf: those who were signing-impaired were able to follow the play through the speakers\u2019 performance and those who were hearing-impaired were able to follow the play through the signers\u2019 performance.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone had a voice, be it signed or spoken. It might be best to think of the speakers as performing something akin to a radio play, while the signers were performing something akin to a dance. Speakers also provided additional sound effects (with their throats and mouths, but also with various types of musical instruments and other tools). Signers also provided additional visual effects (such as with led-gloves and flags or streamers, but also with dance and pantomime).<\/p>\n Director’s Notes<\/strong> Assistant Director\/Sign Master’s Notes<\/strong> Assistant Signmaster\/Assistant Videographer’s Notes<\/strong> Being an Assistant Videographer is helping me to learn something that is possibly related to my future graduate work in education.\u00a0 It has been a good way to start gaining the experience and building my porfolio.\u00a0 I am looking forward to playing around with the camera more, in the future. Poster by Dave Ruple<\/p><\/div>\n KSU at Trumbull Nursing Program \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE DATES (2017) Kent State Trumbull Theatre December 1 & 2, 8:00pm\u00a0&\u00a0December\u00a03, 3:00pm December 8 & 9, 8:00pm & December 10, 3:00pm About this Play and Production For each scene, the signers are always performing toward downstage and the speakers are always in the \u201cradio station\u201d sides of the stage, (each side of the stage).\u00a0 Time is being represented<\/p>\n
\nKent State Trumbull Theatre<\/i>
\nDecember 1 & 2, 8:00pm\u00a0&\u00a0December\u00a03, 3:00pm
\nDecember 8 & 9, 8:00pm & December 10, 3:00pm<\/p>\n![\"Aiden](\"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/everyone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/acc7-1024x789.jpg\")
About this Play and Production<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Notes about Some of the Characters<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
The Cast and Crew<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
From the Production Program<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThis show started out as a very small idea: to gather together a few Deaf and hearing individuals and put on a very small, almost informal, performance for the holidays: a group storytelling of sorts.\u00a0 But then, like Grinch’s heart (yes I know, wrong story), it grew and grew until it became three times its normal size: a full length, original play that includes all sorts of audio-visual expressions.\u00a0 I especially wish to thank Farah Kish-Leland and Lauren Albaugh for taking the lead\u00a0 in creating the four gesture songs, for helping the actors to transcribe the script from English to ASL, for their numerous creative ideas and other insightful contributions, and for their wonderful support in this venture. However, we three were not at all the only creators of this show, not at all!\u00a0 Composed by the cast and directors, in both English and American Sign Language, this show belongs to everyone involved\u2014cast and crew, Deaf and hearing\u2014we all made this Charles Dickens story into something new and different, yet still slightly familiar.\u00a0 Often, understanding each other was a challenge, but not insurmountable (some of us are signing impaired; some of us are Deaf).\u00a0 It has been a lot of work, and everyone worked a lot.\u00a0 This has been an awesome cast and crew, and I am deeply honored to have had this opportunity to learn so much from them.\u00a0 No matter the end result, this experience has demonstrated just how kind the human heart can be, just how creatively the human mind can flow, and just how high the human spirit can soar.
\nCarol L. Robinson, Ph.D.<\/em>
\n Associate Professor of English<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI am very honored and proud to be a part of such a talented group of people.\u00a0 Our production makes me proud to see hearing and deaf people working together towards the same goal, lending all the best from hearing and deaf cultures.\u00a0 I can’t say enough about how honored I am that Dr. Carol Robinson asked me to work with her on this project.\u00a0 She has guided me and taught me a great deal.\u00a0 This has truly been an enriching experience.
\nFarah Kish-Leland<\/em>
\n American Sign Language Instructor<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBeing an Assistnt Sign Master has been a wonderful experience.\u00a0 I have been deeply driven to improve my knowledge in translating English to ASL while looking to gain experience in the theatre and stage.\u00a0 I was very thrilled to be a part of this production of ANOTHER Christmas Carol<\/em>.\u00a0 I have been enjoying it so much.\u00a0 Additionally, while I was hesitant at first to accept the additional role as a cast member in the performance, due to lack of time, it turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made, a great opportunity to gain experience in using ASL in a theatre setting.\u00a0 I am deeply honored to have worked with such wonderful people.<\/p>\n
\nLauren Albaugh<\/em>
\n American Sign Language Instructor<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/everyone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-6.28.12-PM-1024x1022.png\")
Special Thanks<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nScott Randby
\nDr. Carol Robinson’s Senior Seminar on Deaf Culture students
\nVincent Lighting
\nKent Trumbull Diversity in Action Council
\nHugh A. Glauser School of Music
\nDr. Lance Grahn
\nDr. Daniel Palmer
\nElaine Petrosky
\nLoralee Barnes
\nHarry Packard and the Staff of the Gelbke Library
\nMarion Woofter and Reprographics
\nChris Popadak and the Switchboard Staff
\nBob Rhine and the Maintenance Staff
\nGary Bateman and the Security Staff<\/p>\n![\"stage](\"http:\/\/houndingproductions.org\/everyone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/acc4-1024x646.jpg\")
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