Full Length Drama (4M, 4F)
with additional ensemble
Bilingual – English, ASL

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.

SOUND received its world premiere on September 11, 2015 at Azeotrope/ACT Seattle

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

Azeotrope at ACT Seattle

SEP 2015 – WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Desdemona Chiang & Howie Seago

Reviews

Bay Area Playwrights Festival

JUL 2014

Director: Graham M. Smith
ASL Director: JAC Cook
Dramaturg: Karen Piemme

Playwrights Realm
INK’D Festival

MAY 2013 – Signature Theater, NYC

Director: Ken Rus Schmoll
ASL Director: David Rivera
Designed by Leah Gelpe
Stage Directions: Robbie Berry

The Civilians
R&D Reading

MAY 2011

Director: Donya Washington
Stage Directions: Jonathan Horvath