Here are the character sign names for this weekend’s production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone at Oakland University. This show is SOLD OUT!!  If want to see more shadowed shows, please tell us! “Like” us on facebook and Twitter. Danny McDougallDanny McDougall, PhD, CSC — “Dr. Danny” — owns andContinue Reading

March is bustling with shadow interpreted performances! Featured in this vBlog is terptheatre’s night with Dead Man’s Cell Phone — produced by Oakland University’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance.  March 23rd is quickly coming upon us, so if you haven’t purchased your tickets yet you might want to ringContinue Reading

  Before 9/11, there was Lockerbie. Oakland University’s first interpreted show of the season (there will be three this year) is ‘The Women of Lockerbie.’  This moving play is based on the true story of the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.Continue Reading

Map of Treasure Island

Wild Swan‘s Treasure Island is almost upon us!  Next week, Jim Hawkins goes on the adventure of a lifetime across the sea to Treasure Island.  No swashbuckling tale would be complete without good and evil (or sometimes evil and evil) battling it out for an epic win. To help theContinue Reading

Map of Treasure Island

TerpTheatre continues to enjoy it’s 25+ years of partnership with Wild Swan Theater as rehearsals get underway for the upcoming performances of Treasure Island. Wild Swan Theater continues to be a progressive beacon within the arts community as it continues to provide sign language interpreters for every single public performanceContinue Reading

Close-up of Jamie Fidler's Eye

Well, Bells Are Ringing is done! The interpreted performance on February 12 was a great success, with a large audience from the Deaf community.  Everyone at TerpTheatre is so thankful for the members of the cast of Bells Are Ringing, including its director, creative team and crew.  We’re especially excitedContinue Reading

James Cech and Jamie Fidler

So, Jamie and James have finished their performance of Bells Are Ringing, and we’re dying to know … Did you come to the show? What did you think? J & J started their day at the afternoon performance of Bells Are Ringing at 2 o’clock.  They had been rehearsing on-stageContinue Reading

Allison Kochanski rehearsing for Bells Are Ringing.

TerpTheatre typically rehearses for a show for about 5 weeks before the performance.  Hundreds of hours are spent at the theatre and at home, translating lines from English to ASL, memorizing those lines, and then working with the actors on how move with them throughout the production. Here is aContinue Reading

Close-up of Jamie Fidler's Eye

One of the things that hearing people don’t know about ASL [ American Sign Language ] is that names aren’t generally spelled each time.  Most membersof the Deaf community have ‘sign names‘ – unique signs that identify an individual.  Each sign name is really specific to one person.  This means thatContinue Reading

Close-up of Bells Are Ringing costume pieces.

Have you ever heard the expression, “It takes a village”?  Well, it takes at least a neighborhood to put costumes on the cast of Bells Are Ringing. Most people who go to see a play or musical the size of Bells would be shocked to find out how many peopleContinue Reading