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Fremont Bulletin Online - "Silent Salzburg" debuts at School for the Deaf
In honor of deaf awareness month, "Silent Salzburg," a new play by "Deaf Daughter, Hearing Father" author Richard Medugno, will receive a work-in-progress staging at Fremont's California School for the Deaf's Little Theatre Sept. 22-24.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency a Bay Area non-profit organization that supports the local deaf community.
"Silent Salzburg" is the story of an Austrian Christian family that goes into hiding in Salzburg in 1940 to protect their deaf teenage son from sterilization or worse by the Nazis. Though the plot is not based on a true story, many of the play's events are based upon historical circumstances.
The full-length drama features six characters, two of which are deaf and played by high school students who attend the California School for the Deaf-Fremont.
Serving as director of the production is professional deaf actress Megg Davis.
A veteran of the National Theatre for the Deaf and Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, Davis communicates to the cast in both American Sign Language and voice.
"The play will be accessible to both deaf and hearing audiences," said Davis, who has a 3-year-old daughter attending the school. "We are going to have ASL interpreters shadowing the hearing actors and, when the deaf actors are signing, we will have characters on stage voicing for them. I am really excited about this project bringing a new play to life that is written specifically for both deaf and hearing audiences and with a subject matter that is historical but still resonates today."
Medugno, a Fremont resident, said he was inspired to write "Silent Salzburg" when he thought about Anne Frank and her family, and how using sign language in a hiding situation could be a huge benefit.
"I also thought about the irony of a Christian family who might have been supporters of the Nazis and Hitler being confronted with a difficult choice when their own child is marked for treatment or extermination because of a disability," Medugno said.
The cast includes Heidi Burns of Fremont, an elementary school teacher; Butch Welby, a Fremont resident; Michelle Foletta, senior at Washington High School; Dack Virnig of San Jose and Miranda Medugno of Fremont, both California School for the Deaf students.
All seats are $10 and available online at Welcome to DCARA or from the school's outreach department at 794-3707.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24.
The school's Little Theatre is located at 39350 Gallaudet Drive.
In honor of deaf awareness month, "Silent Salzburg," a new play by "Deaf Daughter, Hearing Father" author Richard Medugno, will receive a work-in-progress staging at Fremont's California School for the Deaf's Little Theatre Sept. 22-24.
Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency a Bay Area non-profit organization that supports the local deaf community.
"Silent Salzburg" is the story of an Austrian Christian family that goes into hiding in Salzburg in 1940 to protect their deaf teenage son from sterilization or worse by the Nazis. Though the plot is not based on a true story, many of the play's events are based upon historical circumstances.
The full-length drama features six characters, two of which are deaf and played by high school students who attend the California School for the Deaf-Fremont.
Serving as director of the production is professional deaf actress Megg Davis.
A veteran of the National Theatre for the Deaf and Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, Davis communicates to the cast in both American Sign Language and voice.
"The play will be accessible to both deaf and hearing audiences," said Davis, who has a 3-year-old daughter attending the school. "We are going to have ASL interpreters shadowing the hearing actors and, when the deaf actors are signing, we will have characters on stage voicing for them. I am really excited about this project bringing a new play to life that is written specifically for both deaf and hearing audiences and with a subject matter that is historical but still resonates today."
Medugno, a Fremont resident, said he was inspired to write "Silent Salzburg" when he thought about Anne Frank and her family, and how using sign language in a hiding situation could be a huge benefit.
"I also thought about the irony of a Christian family who might have been supporters of the Nazis and Hitler being confronted with a difficult choice when their own child is marked for treatment or extermination because of a disability," Medugno said.
The cast includes Heidi Burns of Fremont, an elementary school teacher; Butch Welby, a Fremont resident; Michelle Foletta, senior at Washington High School; Dack Virnig of San Jose and Miranda Medugno of Fremont, both California School for the Deaf students.
All seats are $10 and available online at Welcome to DCARA or from the school's outreach department at 794-3707.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24.
The school's Little Theatre is located at 39350 Gallaudet Drive.