NTID Performing Arts presented a new original play honoring Robert F. Panara, RIT’s first Deaf professor, founder of NTID’s theatre program, and the first advisor of the NTID Drama Club. Written and directed by Dr. Bonnie Meath-Lang, former Artistic Director, the play was a fantasy inspired by the literary and historical influences in Panara’s life.
“That’s how I think of Bob—a joyful, spirited individual who embraced all of his life experiences and made something good of them. As both an artist and educator, he succeeded in creating a future where new students and educators carry on what he began in the field of theatre by and for Deaf people.”— Dr. Bonnie Meath-Lang
The Rustle of a Star: A Tribute of the Life and Art of Robert F. Panara
L to R: Amiz Stanton, Donald Slate, Joseph Davis, Heather Devilbiss, Kevin Bernadt, Athena Rees, Michelle Buonvecchio
Patrick Graybill
L to R: Heather Devilbiss, Audrey Debije, Amiz Stanton, Ruthie Jordan, Mary Vreeland
Adam Stone Brian Strother
Thomas Warfield Holly Schroeder
Holly Schroeder
L to R: Heather Devilbiss, Jessica Herman, John Nemeth, John Panara, Patrick Graybill, Holly Schroeder, Douglas Blalack, Peter Bounsanga
L to R: Heather Devilbiss, Audrey Debije, Amiz Stanton, Donald Slate, Joseph Davis, Felicia Roll, Jessica Sweeney, Ruthie Jordan, Athena Rees
Douglas M. Blalack Jessica Herman Peter Bounsanga
Joseph Davis Donald Slate
Kimberly McCachren Donald Slate
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