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An adapted classic with a deaf twist: the story of Frankenstein transformed. Tickets just went on sale for the streaming of Deafenstein, an original play written and directed by Anna Wood-Jacobowitz, ’21.
Deaf sisters Danielle and Gabrielle produce a film inspired by their favorite childhood tale, Frankenstein, but are faced with their division by language and identity. Expecting a story based in truth and history, Gabrielle is shocked when Danielle unveils her dark interpretation of the mad scientist and his creation, the Creature, and his fiancée Mabel. Ultimately, the sisters navigate healing from their community’s traumas, as well as their own.
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, the National Theatre of the Deaf, the Gallaudet University Theatre Arts and Dance Program, and Connecticut Deaf Theatre came together to co-produce a workshop of Deafenstein, written and directed by Anna Wood-Jacobowitz, on the Gallaudet University campus from April 25 to May 31. Learn more about the production’s journey at the NTD website.
Following strict safety protocols, a team of students, faculty, and guest artists were able to rehearse and film several performances of selected scenes from Deafenstein. There will be ten performances, from October 31 to November 15.
Be sure to catch a glimpse of the Deafenstein world! Tickets are available at gu.live/deafenstein.
Richard Risser Lytle, a retired faculty member in the Gallaudet University Department of Education, passed away on November 26, 2021 at his home in Ocean View, Delaware. He was 74 years old. The cause of death was an aggressive form of colon cancer. Dr. Lytle began his career at what is now the Laurent Clerc...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Gallaudet University Athletics Department is proud to welcome home Warren P. Keller, ’10, as its new Athletic Director, as announced by President Roberta J. Cordano and Dean Travis Imel on Thursday, December 2. Keller, 35, brings over 11 years of experience working in Deaf education and athletics. He joins Gallaudet after...
It is not often one can say they have met an NFL player, but our audiology graduate students and football players had that exciting opportunity on November 4. In October, retired NFL tight end Tim Wright reached out to Benjamin Harden, director of Gallaudet’s Hearing and Speech Center, about his new business venture, Dome Audio....
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