“Composing and performing music without hearing it is like imagining
chocolate cake but never
getting to eat it.” --Jay Alan Zimmerman
Where:
Canadian Embassy
When:
Fri. July 21 @ 19:30edt ( 7:30pm)
Sat. July 22 @ 12:00edt (12:00 noon)
Sun. July 23 @ 17:30edt ( 5:30pm)
Wed. July 26 @ 22:00edt (10:00pm)
Thu. July 27 @ 17:00edt (
5:00pm)
Podcast:
Please enjoy the attached short sound bite about the show also
found at www.deafmusical
.com.
The Show: Music is an art form
appreciated by the ears. But
how does a deaf person appreciate music, let alone write an
entertaining multi-media pop musical for the hearing world to enjoy?
Jay Alan Zimmerman single-handedly
takes on the most difficult and challenging task a composer could ever
face in his exciting new show: writing and
performing a multi-media pop musical when you can’t hear half the notes
on your piano. Will he give up his music to his
growing deafness or go on with the show? Through
songs, video, and sign language, he explores both possibilities as he
touchingly and comically recounts his journey from a normal life of
hearing to the day his hearing began to disappear and his life since.
Jay’s
performance is really good fun and a moving piece of theater about
dealing with unwanted change…one you are likely to remember for a long
time.
The Team:
Directed by:
G Beaudin
Executive Producer: Paul Katz -
Commit Media
Producer: Jane Petrov - SkyTown
Entertainment
Producer: Roy Havrilack -
SkyTown Entertainment
Stage Manager/Lighting:
Christina Caparelli
Assistant Stage
Manager: Kimberly Gretton
Sound Technician: Patrick Blake
Production
Assistant: Mary Croke
Production Assistant: Richard
Foody
Dramaturg: Craig
Pospisil
Scene
and Character Coach: Silkie O-Ishi
Vocal Coach:
Stephanie Samaras
Music Producer,
Mixing & Mastering /Guitar: Joe Davi
Website: Shannon
McGarrity
Actor in Video:
Kevin Massey
Female Vocals in Video: Cheryl
Alexander & Louisa Bradshaw
Photography: Barbara Norman
Show Videographer: Justin Swain
Special Thanks: Elsa Vieira