New Adventures

Friday, November 15, 2013

Sad Map

This maps has popped up on a few of my friends Facebook pages, so I decided to give it a try. I was a little bummed at how I have not traveled THAT much, yes I have traveled just not west..... Time to go west!

What the colors represent:

red for states where you've not spent much time or seen very much.
amber for states where you've at least slept and seen some sights.
blue for states you've spent a lot of time in or seen a fair amount of.
green for states you've spent a great deal of time in on multiple visits.

Of course white means you have not spent any time.

If you would like to make your own map go to:

http://www.defocus.net/visitedstates/generate.html

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Where has the time gone?

Oh my July was my last post. A lot has happened. I will catch up with you all soon. Lots to post, trip to CA, summer tour, fall tour, meeting one of the founding members and first actors with NTD, and all that jazz.

The fall tour is winding down and we are about to go on holiday break. Knock on wood this year we had no snow, no hurricane, no weather mishaps with our tour.

Oh and on a personal note I am about to become an AUNT! Yippie! To bad the package of cute clothes and books was lost in the mail. Sigh.

Have a wonderful holiday season my friends! Catch up with you soon.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Something New

Something new- we spent two weeks in late May at the Eugene O'Neill Theater working on new works. We created a show entitled "See Our Signs". One fun challenge is the Tangrams. The Barn where we were rehearsing and performing is also where we were last year and also where NTD started. Fun to keep continuing the NTD history.

Tangrams

This is the house that Jack Built

Typical scene in rehearsal

Two ducks and a fox

Entrance to the Theater Center

The Barn

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Journeys of Identity

Journeys of Identity is a play written by Garrett Zuercher. It is about the start of Deaf education here in America. We (NTD) were asked by another not-for profit organization here in CT to perform for their kick off event. We had two weeks to put together this show. We were able to make it about a 30 minute piece. We also brought in two other actors to join us for this project. Both were non deaf actors, which was cool for me! I was able to switch roles a bit and I did very little (only 3 lines) of speaking. For the rest of the show I was a Shadow Interpreter. Which means I run around the stage signing all the parts. We had a great time these two weeks. For most of our rehearsals and the performance we were at the Old State House in Hartford CT. This building is now a museum but it is the location that ASD (American School for the Deaf) became a reality. Which was what our play was about! It was very cool to work in a place where history took place. We had two performances one in the afternoon with students from ASD, and then the evening was the kick off for the Walk 4 Hearing. One of the coolest parts of our afternoon show with ASD is seeing the kids again but seeing them make the connection between where they go to school and what they saw on stage. They made the connection between the buildings they go to school in where the names are the same as our characters. They made the connection between history and today. For our evening show we had a great audience, but before we went on the Governor of CT was at this kick off. I was in the "balcony" getting ready to go on stage, so I was not able to meet him. :( It was a busy two weeks, but some of the most rewarding!

Some of these photos were taken by Lindsey Phelan, check out her photography at http://www.lindseyphelan.com (or facebook/instagram)

Day of rehearsal in the Old State House, Hartford CT.

Weekend rehearsal at O'Neill Center

A view from the balcony

Characters: Alice Cogswell and Thomas Gallaudet

Characters: Laurence Cleric, Thomas Gallaudet, Governor Wolcott

Final dress

Characters: Shadow Interpreter and Dr. Mason Cogswell

The Purple group

The blue group

Together

Old state house at night

BOW: Joey, Taylor, Skyler, Chrissy, Christina

Friday, May 17, 2013

Maybe in a Moment

When I first started this adventure I had just finished a project with Thresholds and Trilogy. This project is still near and dear to my heart. I recently learned that one of my acting partners passed away. This video is in her honor. It was a piece she and I worked and created together about her life. The video was taken during a set up for a post show party which leads to other funny side stories. The last thing we sign is "I hope one day my heart and mind become one."

Friday, May 3, 2013

Texas

TEXAS!!
Our first plane trip!
On Monday we flew from CT to Dallas, to Corpus Christi TX. We traveld with 5 checked bags and 3 carry on bags. We had a fun adventure getting to the airport, we almost lost one of our bags on highway. We arrived in Texas without losing a bag!

One of the students came to help us get off the plane and to our hotel.

We arrived just as the sun was setting!

The next day we had most of the day to explore and enjoy our hotel on the beach. The day was a bit overcast but great warm temperatures.

For Lunch we were recommended the Tango Tea Room and we LOVED it. IF you are in Corpus Christi you need to try it. It is vegan, vegetarian, and make sure you have a brownie (not vegan), they are as big as your head!

Of course after lunch we went swimming! Then we got ready for this:

The night had come very humid!

These are the students at Del Mar College. They are all learning sign language and working to become interpreters. They raised money to bring us to them, and then the money from the show was used for a few of the students to go to an interpreting conference in Texas. They also presented us with flowers after the show and took us out to dinner.