
NIOVISION.
THE WINDOW staged workshop, produced by WACO + NIOVISION + DWT.
The Window Staged Workshop Facts:
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Natasha Ofili’s first play that she wrote and first time producing a staged theatre workshop under NIOVISION (2nd project produced; The Multi was the 1st)
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WACO Theater’s first time producing a play written by a Black Deaf woman (Natasha Ofili); the first play produced that is about and involves people with disabilities (deaf, cerebral palsy)
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Became creative with providing access in four different language modalities:
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American Sign Language
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Spoken English
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Closed captions were projected above the stage
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DeafBlind interpreting
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Predominantly BIPOC and deaf cast and crew
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Use of visual projection to display the closed captions and “notes” (created by a deaf video projections designer, Michael Epstein)
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Over 40 people attended the staged workshop at WACO Theater


