SOUND

Full Length Drama
4M, 4F (with additional ensemble)

In the idyllic setting of Martha’s Vineyard, a fiercely protective deaf man and his hearing ex-wife battle over the morality of an impending cochlear implant surgery for their daughter, which will restore her hearing. The conflict is exacerbated by the girl’s torn desires – caught between her parents’ deep-seated betrayals. Woven between the scenes a parallel story emerges, where we discover Alexander Graham Bell, 130 years earlier, whose obsession to find a cure for deafness in the same location leaves loss and betrayal of another kind. SOUND is a deeply theatrical exploration into the worlds of both hearing and deaf cultures to reveal the complex relationship the Deaf world has with the hearing.

Gregory Award Outstanding New Play Nominee

Azeotrope at ACTLab – World Premiere
Opening Night: September 11, 2015

Directed by Desdemona Chiang & Howie Seago

Assistant Director: Jessica Kiely
Scenic Designer: Adam Zopfi-Hulse
Costume Designer: Christine Tschirgi
Lighting Designer: Jessica Trundy
Sound Designer: Mariah Brougher
Video Designer: AJ Epstein
ASL Interpreter: Amy Harris

George…………………………………………………………………..Ryan Schlect
Barbara………………………………………………………..…Lindsay W. Evans

Allison……………………………………………………….Cheyenna Clearbrook
Mabel…………………………………………………..….Elizabeth Ayers Gibson
Bell…………………………………………………….…Richard Nguyen Sloniker
Mr. Pease/Voice of George…………………………………….Andrew Wilkes
Therapist/Nurse/Voice of Barbara…………………………….Jessica Kiely
Technician/Audiologist/Nurse/Voice of Allison……….Stephanie Kim

Bay Area Playwrights Festival (July 2014)

Directed by Graham M. Smith
ASL Direction by JAC Cook
Dramaturg: Karen Piemme

George……………………………………………..John W. Guido
Barbara…………………………………………..…Michele Leavy

Allison………………………………………………….Diedre Tubb
Frisner………………………………………….….Greg Anderson
Mabel………………………………………………….Rosie Hallett
Bell…………………………………………………..Cassidy Brown
Mr. Pease……………………………Brandon Kazen-Maddox
Technician/Audiologist/Nurse…………..Cathleen Ridley
ASL Interpreter……………………Brandon Kazen-Maddox

ASL interpreter…………………………………Cathleen Ridley

Playwrights Realm INK’D Festival Workshop Presentation – Studio Theatre at Pershing Square Signature Center (May 15th 2013)

Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
ASL Direction by David Rivera
Designed by Leah Gelpe

George………………………………….Russell Harvard
Barbara………………………………Kate Finch

Allison……………………………………Kristin Williams
Frisner……………………………….John W. Guido
Mabel……………………………..….Melissa Miller
Bell……………………………………Matt Citron
Mr. Pease……………………………Jon Wolfe Nelson
Technician/Audiologist/Nurse…….Shiva Kalaiselvan
ASL Interpreter/Stage Directions…………Robbie Berry

ASL interpreter……………………….Craig Ridgway

Reading May 23, 2011, The Civilians

Directed by Donya Washington

George…………………………. Thomas Dellamonica (ASL) /Matt Dellapina(vocal)
Barbara……………………Alexandria Wailes (ASL) / Makela Spielman (vocal)
Frisner…………………….John McGinty (ASL) / Robbie Sublett (vocal)
Mabel…………………..….Emily Ackerman
Bell……………………..…Greg McFadden
Brenda…………………….Mara Stephens
Mr. Pease…………………John McGinty
Stage Directions…………Jonathan Horvath

ASL interpretation……….Stacey Bostwick