Deaf Arts Engagement Hub

06/16/2026

🎭 CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS 🎭

OR Festival 7 is seeking original 10-minute plays from Deaf and Hard of Hearing playwrights.

🌟 Celebrate your culture.
🌟 Share your lived experiences.
🌟 Explore creativity and storytelling.
🌟 Use Visual Vernacular, comedy, drama, personal experiences, or any artistic expression that brings your story to life.

We encourage submissions from multicultural communities, diverse identities, youth, seniors, emerging playwrights, and experienced writers alike.

✨ Your Stories.
✨ Your Voices.
✨ Your Stage.
✨ Your Future.

📅 Submission Deadline:
January 1, 2027
🕚 11:59 PM

Together, let’s create a stage where Deaf stories from every culture can be seen, shared, and celebrated.

❓ Have questions?
Please DM me anytime. I’d be happy to help.

Or Festival

04/16/2026

11/08/2024

The OR Festival is seeking Deaf and Hard of Hearing Directors for 10-minute plays in Vancouver.

Are you interested?
Take a look at the ASL vlog linked in my bio. https://youtu.be/639Xo7we6BU

Please send your application to [email protected] or complete the submission form available on our festival website: https://orfestival.com/wp/director-application/

Deadline Dec 1st, 2024 at midnight

11/02/2024

Check out ASL vlog for more information

https://youtu.be/jhJnFS1_WKg?feature=shared

10/01/2024

It’s that time of year again!

Festival 6 Playwright Submissions

*Accepting 10-minute scripts from deaf or hard of hearing playwrights
*Opportunity to showcase talent and stories on stage
*More information available in an ASL video https://linktr.ee/deaf_arts_engagment_hub

08/16/2024

Attention Deaf interpreters and ASL interpreters! If you’re interested in interpreting theater performances, don’t miss this chance—apply now!

Seeking ASL and Deaf interpreters who are interested in joining a free and supported professional development program to learn and grow their skills for interpretation for the stage.

Interpreters will have the mentorship of two leading ASL interpreters, Carmelle Cachero and Elizabeth Morris, to grow their skills in interpretation for performance. Interpreters selected for this program will observe and shadow the mentors during two GCTC productions. Then, during a third production, mentees will interpret a section of the show in front of a live audience and receive feedback from Deaf audience members.

This opportunity will give interpreters a chance to learn and grow their ASL skills from a culturally informed Deaf perspective, from ASL interpreter leaders in the National Capital Region and meet industry professionals in the performing arts.

Applications are due September 2nd 11:59 PM EST. More information about this program is available on our website, at gctc.ca/asl-training-arts.

[Image Description: Text reads “GCTC seeking Applications: ASL Interpreter Training Program for the Performing Arts. Applications due September 2nd, 11:59 EST.” Background image from the production "The First Stone" (2023). Three performers are onstage wearing a mix of African wax printed fabric, cotton t-shirts, and jean shorts. Behind them, a Deaf performer dressed in white is projected on a larger screen as they use ASL.]

Photo by Curtis Perry.

05/15/2024

I'm flying to Winnipeg soon! I've always loved the community there.

I will perform alongside MSD (Manitoba School of the Deaf) students, featuring poetry, storytelling, visual vernacular, and drama. The event will be English interpreted. Bring family members who aren't fluent in ASL! Thanks to the Winnipeg Arts Council and Alice Crawford from Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf for their support!!

I'm looking forward to the Free Gathered Series Workshops at Deaf Centre Manitoba and teaching participants to learn about visual storytelling and visual vernacular on June 8th and 9th followed by mini-performances on June 9th! Open to anyone with some fluency in ASL. Limited spots are available. Register by June 2nd. Contact Alice at [email protected] for more info. See you there!!😍😍!