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Theater director Stephanie McCrea knew almost from the moment Cheyenne Ellis started her audition that the 14-year-old had to have a part in Evergreen High School’s production of “Night of the Living Dead.”
Ellis, who’s deaf, just did a terrific job, said McCrea, 32, of Vancouver.
“She signed her monologue,” McCrea said. “I was amazed at what a great performer she was. I thought, you know, I just have to make this work.”
McCrea asked students in advanced American Sign Language classes at Evergreen if they’d be willing to translate the entire show for deaf audience members who wanted to watch.
“It happened kind of organically,” McCrea said. “They got involved, and then the Washington School for the Deaf said they were excited about it. So now we have two full performances that will be all in ASL.”
Performances on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5 will have ASL translators throughout the entire performance. Performers will also speak their lines, and Ellis will sign her lines while a translator speaks them out loud.
Other performances on Nov. 4, 11 and 12 will be done without full ASL translation, but an ASL student will translate Ellis’ signing for non-ASL speakers in the audience.
“There really hasn’t been a lot out there for the deaf community as far as theater productions, so this is really cool,” McCrea said.
Performances will be at 7 each night at the EHS auditorium, 14300 N.E. 18th St., Vancouver. Cost is $5 for students, $7 for adults.
Theater director Stephanie McCrea knew almost from the moment Cheyenne Ellis started her audition that the 14-year-old had to have a part in Evergreen High School’s production of “Night of the Living Dead.”
Ellis, who’s deaf, just did a terrific job, said McCrea, 32, of Vancouver.
“She signed her monologue,” McCrea said. “I was amazed at what a great performer she was. I thought, you know, I just have to make this work.”
McCrea asked students in advanced American Sign Language classes at Evergreen if they’d be willing to translate the entire show for deaf audience members who wanted to watch.
“It happened kind of organically,” McCrea said. “They got involved, and then the Washington School for the Deaf said they were excited about it. So now we have two full performances that will be all in ASL.”
Performances on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5 will have ASL translators throughout the entire performance. Performers will also speak their lines, and Ellis will sign her lines while a translator speaks them out loud.
Other performances on Nov. 4, 11 and 12 will be done without full ASL translation, but an ASL student will translate Ellis’ signing for non-ASL speakers in the audience.
“There really hasn’t been a lot out there for the deaf community as far as theater productions, so this is really cool,” McCrea said.
Performances will be at 7 each night at the EHS auditorium, 14300 N.E. 18th St., Vancouver. Cost is $5 for students, $7 for adults.