Deaf News Briefs: “Orpheus and Erica,” TSD Supt. finalists
John Maucere, Amber Zion, Wawa Snipe in “Orpheus and Erica”
Three well-known Deaf actors and artists, John Maucere, Warren “Wawa” Snipe, and Amber Zion, will be a part of a unique opera and play that delivers ASL performances along with voice singers who sing in Italian. There will be English supertitles on screen for both the ASL performances and the voiced songs.
The name of the performance is “ORPHEUS AND ERICA” and it will take place at a venue at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. There are three shows, on March 21, 23, and 25 at 8 pm. Tickets are $35.
Here is a promotional clip and several images.
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An information sheet said the play “tells the story of love and loss through the ages seen through the classic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and an original, modern tale of a newly married Deaf couple facing difficult decisions as disease enters their lives.”
The script was translated into ASL by Willy Conley, who is a Deaf director, actor, and long-time theater professor at Gallaudet University. The English poetry was translated into ASL poetry by Maucere and Zion.
Alex Lev is one of the play’s co-directors. Lev is hearing and fluent in ASL and worked with Maucere and Zion in the silent film, “What?”
So if you’re in the Virginia / Maryland / D.C. area, maybe you can grab the opportunity to watch this performance. For more information, go to www.victoryhallopera.org.
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Texas School for the Deaf announces two deaf finalists for superintendent position
The Texas School for the Deaf’s Governing Board announced on Friday that it interviewed two finalists for the next TSD Superintendent. Both are deaf. They are Peter Bailey, who is the superintendent of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Stella Egbert, who is the director of instruction at TSD.
The board announced that they would be hosting “meet and greets” with both finalists next week. You can find more information on TSD’s Facebook page. The board said it intends to make their final decision by April 15, 2023.
TSD’s current superintendent, Claire Bugen, announced in August that she would be retiring after 25 years as superintendent.
ORPHEUS AND ERICA:
https://www.victoryhallopera.org/orpheus-erica
TSD: