2 streaming video files (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
SUMMARY: Experimental theater work presented in American Sign Language and spoken English "as equal methods of communication within the theatrical framework." Created in collaboration with Hands On, a producer of performances for the deaf and hearing-impaired.
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Credits (note)
Written and directed by Ain Gordon. Lighting: Roma Flowers.
Performer (note)
Cast (in order of appearance): David Vaughan (narrator), Cathy Markland (interpreter #1), Nina Howes (the eldest and deadest relative), Claude Shirts (interpreter #2), Candace Brecker and Meg Sewell (the split twins), Leslie Daniels (Cousin Estelle, Stella, Ella, etc.), Bill Moody (Aunt Blah, etc.), Chuck Coggins (Uncle [Cough], etc.), Gayle Tufts (Aunt Tess, Tessie, Essie, etc.), Carole Addabbo and Penny Boyer (the Siamese twins), Valda Setterfield (the split twins' mother).
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Dec. 3, 1988. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater Winter Events 1988-1989.
Funding (note)
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.