NTID Theatre History: American Deaf Play Creators' Festival: November 1998

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American Deaf Play Creators' Festival II: November 5-8, 1988

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.

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

Set Photo

Squanto Spoke English

Luane Davis      Chuck Baird       Mel Westlake

Megg Masterjohn        Ed Wing       Luane Davis

L to R: Chuck Baird, Luane Davis, Mel Westlake, Ed Wing

Directors and Producers

L to R: Susan Jackson, Matthew Moore, Robert F. Panara, Shanny Mow

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