[Perform-Talk] Making sure this got to the list.Needing assistance from blind theater performers

Wed Aug 29 20:09:30 UTC 2018

Hi, Jessica,

That is not unlike using a carpet strip for a model runway in a fashion show. Dise had similar props at the Colorado school. The home ec department did a fashio show one year with clothing we had made, and used the carpet runner. Very cool idea.

Judy
sent from the BrailleSense U2 Mini 

----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica Raichle via Perform-talk  <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
To:  perform-talk at nfbnet.org
CC: jdraichle at gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 1:02 pm
Subject: Re: [Perform-Talk] Making sure this got to the list.FW: Needing assistance from blind theater performers

>
>
> Hi Masha and All:
>      When I was at the Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually
> Impaired, they had a piece of carpet that ran along the front of the stage,
> maybe a foot or so wide.  My senior year we put on The Best Christmas
> Pageant Ever and my parents were very impressed, saying that, if a person
> didn't know the students were all bl/visually impaired, you would never
> have realized it.  Not sure if this helps anyone or not, but thought I'd
> put it out there.
> May God go with you!
> Sincerely,
> Jessica
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:17 PM Judy Jones via Perform-talk <
> perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Julie,
>
> Please contact me off-list, as Donna is very interested in hearing from you
> and anyone else in performing.
>
> I have also sent her the link to sign up to this list.
>
> Thanks a ton.
>
> Judy Jones
> Sonshines59 at gmail.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perform-talk [mailto:perform-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Julie McGinnity via Perform-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 3:25 PM
> To: Performing Arts Division list
> Cc: Julie McGinnity
> Subject: Re: [Perform-Talk] Making sure this got to the list.FW: Needing
> assistance from blind theater performers
>
> Hi Judy,
>
> Yes, plenty of blind people are involved in performance on stage.  I
> learned to act in opera training, but many of the same blindness
> skills apply.
>
> I am so sorry and disheartened that your friend's theater group
> doesn't want to accept her as a member now that she is blind.  Yes,
> she can most certainly challenge them, and yes, she definitely should
> if she wants to continue acting.  Like everything else in our blind
> lives, there are several ways to navigate the stage and deal with
> other access issues related to acting.
>
> Scripts in accessible format are a must.  Whatever that means for your
> friend...  Braille, large print, electronic...  The theater should be
> able to provide her with an electronic version of whatever they're
> using.  And she can memorize it or work on a way to read it in
> rehearsals.
>
> She doesn't need to be guided on and off stage.  She can spend time
> before and after rehearsals familiarizing herself with the space with
> her cane.  Of course, if she wants to use sighted guide in certain
> situations, then that is her choice.  And that is a valid choice too.
> Sometimes it's easier to follow people by touching them as you go off
> stage or by allowing them to guide.  But I can't stress enough that
> this is always her choice and should never be taken out of her
> control.
>
> I don't know your friend's situation: what blindness skills she has,
> whether she uses a cane or can read Braille, etc.  What I recommend
> personally may depend on her specific needs.  I am happy to answer
> more questions though.  I am also available if you and she need help
> advocating with her.  Theater companies cannot discriminate based on
> disability.  Let me know what kind of support you may need.
>
> Julie
>
>
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> On 8/25/18, Judy Jones via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Thank you, Amy.  Will keep a watch on the list in hopes to get a
> response.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Perform-talk [mailto:perform-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> > Amy
> > Sabo via Perform-talk
> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:13 PM
> > To: Performing Arts Division list
> > Cc: Amy Sabo
> > Subject: Re: [Perform-Talk] Making sure this got to the list.FW: Needing
> > assistance from blind theater performers
> >
> > yes, judy this did go through the list.. I hope that your friend knows
> > that you are there for her and, also is this list too! I hope that
> > someone here on this list can assist her on these ideas in acting. I
> > too have never done any acting myself at all either. thanks again and,
> > I will talk to you soon!
> >
> >
> >
> > hugs,
> > amy
> >
> > On 8/24/18, Judy Jones via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> Hello, Everyone,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I sent this e-mail right after signing up for the list, but not sure if
> >> it
> >> god on, so am re-sending.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Judy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Judy Jones [mailto:sonshines59 at gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 5:41 PM
> >> To: perform-talk at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: Needing assistance from blind theater performers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> My name is Judy Jones, and I have become acquainted with a lady who
> lives
> >> in
> >> our area and has been quite involved in the local community's theater
> >> group.
> >> However, since she has become blind, they are not willing to accept her.
> >> They basically told her that now she has lost her vision, there is no
> > place
> >> for her.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When she told me this, I told her about the NFB's performing arts
> > division.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One thing she mentioned in conversation is that, in order to get
> > off-stage,
> >> she could hold onto someone's shoulder as a guide.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I quickly told her, that all she would have to do instead is to learn
> the
> >> stage area so she could move independently.  She agreed.  But it was
> >> definitely new food for thought for her to realize she didn't have to
> >> take
> >> the community group's word and accept defeat, when she would really
> still
> >> like to be involved.  It simply hadn't dawned on her she could challenge
> >> their misconception.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The only anything near any acting I did was in a high school play, where
> >> I
> >> played a lead character, but that was years ago, and I'm certainly no
> >> professional by any stretch of the imagination.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am requesting e-mail from anyone involved in the theater and acting,
> as
> > I
> >> would like to help hook her up for some mentoring from you guys.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Please write me off-list, and we'll take it from there.
> >>
> >> My e-mail is
> >>
> >> Sonshines59 at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks loads for your help in helping this lady to realize her dream of
> >> continued acting.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Judy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> -
> Julie A. McGinnity
> MM Vocal Performance, 2015; President, National Federation of the
> Blind Performing Arts Division; First Vice President, National
> Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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