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Meet James Caverly
Actor James Caverly What is your hometown? Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan and I am currently living nowhere in particular. Were you born deaf? I was born Deaf, yes. I am …
Raising a Deaf Child: A Parent’s Perspective
The document cannot be copied, reproduced or distributed in any form (paper, electronic or otherwise) without the express written permission of the author. Raising a Deaf Child: A Hearing Parent’s Perspective John Pirone is the Director of the Deaf Studies …
Best of Intentions
Playwright Nina Raine Nina Raine gets things done. Starting out as an assistant director in the West End of London, she branched off into writing plays in her free time. When theatres shied away from producing her first script, Rabbit, …
In the Round
Scenic Designer Cristina Todesco Tribes is hardly the first time Cristina Todesco has worked with SpeakEasy; her scenic designs have been seen on our stages multiple times in the past few years, including our productions of Red, Reckless, and last …
Notes From the Director
Notes from the Director Production History TRIBES had its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2010 where it was nominated for an Oliver Award for Best Play. It premiered Off-Broadway in 2012, an equally acclaimed run …
Tribes
Born deaf into an argumentative academic family, Billy was pushed to assimilate into the hearing world as best he could by reading lips and staying out of the way. But when a young woman introduces him to the Deaf community, …
Kurt Vonnegut’s Make Up Your Mind
Roland Stackhouse thinks our greatest obstacle is indecisiveness-and he has the answer! Make Up Your Mind, Inc. But just as business takes off, romance rears its head, and Stackhouse finds himself in a world of wealthy coquettes, paid enforcers, blue …
The Color Purple
All her life, Celie has known only hardship and cruelty. Her abusive father married her off at the age of 14 to a callous man who separated her from her only true friend in the world, her sister Nettie. But …
The Whale
Charlie has hidden himself away in his Northern Idaho apartment and is quietly eating himself to death in the wake of a personal tragedy. With his health deteriorating, Charlie makes one last desperate attempt to connect with his estranged daughter …
Carrie the musical
Carrie White has always been an outsider. Relentlessly tormented at school and tyrannized by a fanatical mother, she begins to have hope that things will change when she is unexpectedly asked to her senior prom. Little does she know what …
Third Time’s a Charm
In the Heights > Special Features Nicole Paloma Sarro: Third Time’s a Charm Since graduating from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in Los Angeles just two years ago, Nicole Paloma Sarro has made a career of IN THE …
Getting in the Groove
Robert Hoveland: Getting in the Groove A native of Plano, Texas, Robert Hoveland started playing trombone when he was 11 years old. It all started when, “they handed me a trombone at the sixth grade instrument fair and said, ‘Here, …
