The American Deaf Play Creators' Festival, supported by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, brings top artists to Rochester. Featured performers include Chuck Baird, Luane Davis, Susan Jackson, Megg Masterjohn, and Shanny Mow, alongside RIT/NTID students Matt Hochkeppel, Mel Westlake, and Ed Wing.
Produced by Matthew Scott Moore, founder of DEAFLIFE magazine, the festival includes workshops, a staged reading of Eddie Swayze’s new play The Clone of Cecelia, and MainStage performances of Squanto Spoke English and The Golden Arrow.
Julie Stewart Matt Hochkeppel Mel Westlake
Megg Masterjohn, Julie Stewart, Luane Davis, Susan Jackson, Matt Machkeppel, Mel Westlake, Ed Wing
Mel Westlake, Matt Hochkeppel, Luane Davis, Susan Jackson, Megg Masterjohn (front), Ed Wing, Julie Stewart
Matt Hochkeppel
Megg Masterjohn Matt Hochkeppel Susan Jackson
Luane Davis Chuck Baird Mel Westlake
Megg Masterjohn Ed Wing Luane Davis
L to R: Chuck Baird, Luane Davis, Mel Westlake, Ed Wing
L to R: Susan Jackson, Matthew Moore, Robert F. Panara, Shanny Mow