[Perform-Talk] Perform-Talk Digest, Vol 194, Issue 3

[Tiffany]

I wish I had some suggestions.
I have a degree in theater and definitely faced a lot of able ism. Some teachers were really inclusive and some were not. I took all of the theater classes and had experience in tech, directing, stage managing and acting as well as some design work. The only classes I actually did not take of course were the stagecraft ones. The ones with sets and costumes and make up. 
Instead of doing those classes my teachers created individual independent studies they were more about acting and reading plays. So of course I didn’t really get the experience at the other students did. I had limited experience with painting sets and making set designs using tactile drawing boards. Or using tape to outline a drawing for example and then you can paint inside the lines.
For set designs and drawing pictures I used one of those raised line ))drawing boards I think you can get from Maxiaids where it has special paper and a pen and you press down on it on top of a type of rubbery mat they send you and it makes a 3-D raised drawing so you can feel it and people can see it. There there’s also a similar version on there that is a wooden board and you can use regular paper and pen with it and it also makes raised lines.
I also like making diagrams and pictures with popsicle sticks and any other tactile things you have around.
It is also possible for blind people to learn how to do make up and learn costuming and how to use power tools to build sets for example. However I find in a group setting that doesn’t work as well and you really need a blind person to learn from who knows the skills and that could be hard to find. And many of these projects would also probably take longer to do so going at the average speed of a big class would be tricky because you have to learn how to do the type of work before you can do the project. For example you would have to learn how to sew adaptively before you could make a costume or you would have to learn how to do make up adaptively before learning how to do stage make up.

Tiffany 

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> Hi all,
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> I am working with a high school student who went from having low vision to being totally blind a couple weeks ago. They are enrolled in a theatre design class that they love. They are hoping they can still stay in it and participate non-visually. I participated in theatre a little myself back in the day and am totally blind, but I just did acting and wasn't involved in crew at all. I looked at the course syllabus, and it all has to do with scenery, costumes, and make-up. Supplies needed for the class include drawing pads and colored pencils. Any ideas for ways that the student can still be in the class and enjoy it? They still have visual memory and can fall back on that to offer ideas, of course, and maybe add tactile elements to costumes or props, but I'd like to go in more prepared with thoughts if possible. Again, this is a theatre design class, as opposed to theatre production or management. Thanks for any input.
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