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10/15/2026

Alcestis 2020 in THREE words? 🤔🎭

Meet some of our lovely cast and crew as they take on the challenge of describing the show in just three words!

Come see what it’s all about!
📅 October 30 – November 8
📍 Gallaudet University Performing Arts
🎟️ Get your tickets now! Link in bio.

Video Description: Several cast and crew members of Alcestis 2020 appear on screen, each sharing three words to describe the upcoming production. The video offers a fun glimpse into the people and perspectives behind the show at Gallaudet University Performing Arts.

The countdown is on! 🎭 Gallaudet University Performing Arts presents ALCESTIS 2020, written by Deaf playwright Garrett Z...
10/06/2026

The countdown is on! 🎭 Gallaudet University Performing Arts presents ALCESTIS 2020, written by Deaf playwright Garrett Zuercher and directed by Professor MoMo Holt!

Join us in the Eastman Black Box Theatre for this Deaf-created production about family secrets being revealed during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

📅Weekends October 30 to November 8
📍Eastman Black Box Theatre, Gallaudet University
👉🏼ASL, spoken English, and open captioning
⏱️100 minutes, no intermission
Contains adult themes. Recommended for ages 13 and up.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in our bio. Free for GU students!

🎭 Visual Vernacular 101 Workshop!Join us for this unique opportunity tomorrow!📅 Thursday, September 17⏰ 11:00a to 12:20p...
09/16/2026

🎭 Visual Vernacular 101 Workshop!

Join us for this unique opportunity tomorrow!

📅 Thursday, September 17
⏰ 11:00a to 12:20p
📍 Dance Studio, Field House
Enter through the Weight Room

Led by professional Deaf theatre artist Landon Krentz from Calgary, Canada, this workshop introduces Visual Vernacular (VV), a highly visual form of storytelling rooted in Deaf culture and signed language.

Explore how movement, facial expression, gesture, rhythm, space, perspective, and the body can transform an idea into a vivid visual story.

No previous VV or performance experience is required. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Auditions for the world premiere of Alcestis 2020 are happening tonight!📅 Wednesday, September 9⏰ 6–9 p.m.📍 Elstad Annex...
09/09/2026

Auditions for the world premiere of Alcestis 2020 are happening tonight!

📅 Wednesday, September 9
⏰ 6–9 p.m.
📍 Elstad Annex, Room 130

Interested performers should email [email protected] with the character or characters they are interested in and their preferred meeting time. Walk-ins are also welcome!

We are seeking actors for four roles, including Deaf and hearing characters with varying levels of ASL fluency.

Don’t want to perform but still want to get involved? We are also seeking:
• Assistant Stage Manager
• Photographer/Videographer
• Costume Team Members

Stop by tonight or email for more info!

This modern adaptation of Euripides’ tragedy explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a mixed-race gay family in rural Georgia as long-buried secrets rise to the surface.

Alcestis 2020
By Garrett Zuercher
Directed by Monique “MoMo” Holt, MFA

ID: Seven black, white, and red graphics share audition details, character descriptions, production team openings, and directions for Alcestis 2020.

🎭 AUDITIONS: Gallaudet’s 2026–27 Theatre SeasonAudition for the world premiere of Alcestis 2020 by Garrett Zuercher or S...
08/25/2026

🎭 AUDITIONS: Gallaudet’s 2026–27 Theatre Season

Audition for the world premiere of Alcestis 2020 by Garrett Zuercher or Shakespeare’s Henry IV.

📅 Thursday, August 27
🕓 4–7 p.m.
📍 SAC 1010

Open to Gallaudet students of all majors, faculty, staff, recent alumni, and local DMV actors. No theatre experience? You are still encouraged to audition!

Prepare up to two minutes of original ASL storytelling or a memorized dramatic monologue. Walk-ins are welcome.

Swipe and zoom in for show descriptions, available roles, rehearsal commitments, and academic-credit opportunities.

[Image description: Eight black-background graphics announce Gallaudet Performing Arts’ 2026–27 theatre auditions for *Alcestis 2020* and *Henry IV*. The carousel includes artwork for both productions, casting breakdowns, audition and eligibility information, academic-credit opportunities, and frequently asked questions.]

We are accepting online auditions for our 2026-27 season now through August 24th. Our Fall 2026 production is a world p...
06/24/2026

We are accepting online auditions for our 2026-27 season now through August 24th. Our Fall 2026 production is a world premiere of Deaf playwright Garrett Zeurcher's ALCESTIS 2020, and our Spring 2027 production is the first full ASL staging of Shakespeare's timelessly relevant HENRY IV. If you are at (or around) Gallaudet this coming year, you can audition for either, or both--up to you!

Info in the images below, or at the link.

https://gallaudet.edu/performing-arts/2026-27-season-online-audition-info-summer-only/

Online audition form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmCYBLzrmdQ4hWwrdI05Gy226r7H4tqEP4FaDD1qMeDMYxSg/viewform

WHAT'S THE PLAY ABOUT?! Each play's brief summary may be found in the comments below.

05/15/2026

🎓 Performing Arts Class of 2026! 🎓

Today is your day! From rehearsals and productions to late nights backstage and unforgettable performances, you made your mark on Gallaudet University Performing Arts in so many ways. We are endlessly proud of all you’ve accomplished and so excited to see where your journeys take you next.

Congratulations to August Bird, Candace Broadnax, Courtney Bronson, Danyeal Davis, Elghin Hebrado (minor), Tyler Furzland, Dazlyn Lopez, Jeremy Pitts, and Ray Poukish!

We will share our traditional signature videos at a later time. Captions in comments. Enjoy a few messages from your Performing Arts faculty and staff as we celebrate YOU! 🤟

Video Description: Photos of each graduating student in action on or offstage followed by video testimonials from GUPA faculty and staff.

05/14/2026

Tomorrow is the Gallaudet University Class of 2026 graduation! 🎓 As commencement approaches once again, we also want to pause and celebrate our Class of 2025 theatre and dance graduates by finally sharing their graduation acknowledgment video. Though this post arrives later than we hoped, our appreciation for these students and their impact on our program has never faded. Their creativity, resilience, artistry, and presence helped shape our community in meaningful ways, and they deserve to be recognized and celebrated. ❤️✨

As always, congratulations from the entire Gallaudet University Performing Arts family! 🎭👏

Video Description: GUPA faculty and staff share their well wishes alongside photos and names of our graduating 2025 theatre and dance majors and minors: Steven Guerrier, Theatre Major and Dance Minor; Marilyn Puebla, Dance Minor; Krystal Sanders, Theatre Minor; Jordan Tennison, Theatre Major; and Taylor Victor, Theatre Major.

Faculty/staff congratulatory captions are included in the comments below ⬇️

05/14/2026

🎓 Tomorrow is the Gallaudet University Class of 2026 graduation! 🎉 Before we celebrate our 2026 theatre and dance majors and minors, we also want to take a moment to recognize our Class of 2024 graduates now that we were finally able to add some missing photos. We are excited to share our much belated 2024 graduation acknowledgment video, which also features our cherished tradition of graduating seniors signing the kitchen/green room wall with their names and graduation year. Captions are below.

👏 Congratulations from the entire Gallaudet University Performing Arts family! 🎭💃

Professor MoMo: “Hello all theatre majors and minors who are our graduating seniors. I want to say congratulations for all of your hard work, perseverance, and success! Today, you receive your degree! Again, congratulations to all of you. I look forward to seeing you break ground and break barriers!”

Technical Director Keith: “Woohoo! You graduated! Celebrate! Congratulations to all of you! Love you all, and I will miss you!”

Lighting Supervisor Norah: “Class of 2024! Cheers! Congratulations! As you move forward in your lives, it is important to remember that you will always have a home here. Yay!”

Video Description: GUPA faculty and staff share their well wishes alongside photos and names of our graduating 2024 majors and minors: Shanesha Brown, dance minor; Shaylene Cochran, theatre major; Rose Hersh, theatre minor; Ashley Kennedy, theatre minor; Timothy Knisley, theatre major; Gabriel Romanauskas, theatre major; and Philip Wismer, theatre major. 🎭🎓

👻 Ghosted is officially back.Earlier this semester, we had to postpone this workshop unexpectedly. We know many of you w...
05/04/2026

👻 Ghosted is officially back.

Earlier this semester, we had to postpone this workshop unexpectedly. We know many of you were excited, and we felt that too.

Now we are finally bringing Ghosted: A Satire to life, and we would love to see you there!

Written by Courtney Bronson
Co-directed by Norah Matthews and Courtney Bronson

🗓 Friday, May 8
🕢 7:30 PM. Doors at 7 PM
📍 Eastman Black Box Studio Theatre
🎟 FREE and open to all

This is a staged workshop production, a chance to experience new work in progress and support the artists shaping it.

Thank you for sticking with us. Let’s give this piece the audience it has been waiting for!

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