Tonight is the final dress rehearsal for the California School for the Deaf annual spring play. It's titled "And the Story Goes On..." and is student written under the direction of Heidi Burns. My Miranda is acting in the show and has also written one of the pieces. It's about her experience with anorexia when she was in junior high school. It was a horrible experience for her and for family. The staging of this episode is powerful and a little painful for me, as I remember the events all too well. Fortunately, I don't have to voice for any of the actors in this part of the show, so I can just sit back and take it all in.
This will be the 6th show that I have voiced for CSD. I started out voicing for "Grease" in 2002. That was quite an experience...seeing Deaf kids pull off a musical. They played the songs from the Broadway cast, signing and dancing to it.
Voicing for young deaf actors is always a challenge...especially when they don't stick with the script that you are trying to read from. The core team of 4 or 5 that does it every year has gotten quite close over the years. I always look forward to this. Check out the show if you can. Public evening performances are April 2, 3, 4 in Fremont.
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