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Louder Than Words is a Musical centered around communication, specifically song, dance, dialogue, and sign language. Christian Andrews and Ian Macdonald, in collaboration with Deaf Education major, Claire Stacy, have devised a musical that will explore how American Sign Language (ASL) can be a therapeutic way to combat the lasting effects of damaged mental health. Nick Drashner and the School of Theatre and Dance have aided in the creation a demo reel of the original score, composed by Emily Dezort and Hope Kennedy. This will allow the team to begin the first steps of producing a full length musical, including marketing materials, a full length script, designer presentations, ect. With help from the Flash Grant from the College of the Arts, they want to see an open dialogue amongst the members of our community about working with our disabilities, versus trying to cure them. They log their process through a weekly update video, and the outreach of the performance. They intend to hold a "Director Speaks" after the presentation where questions can be asked and a conversation be opened up amongst the audience and the team.
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Faculty Mentor
Nicholas Drashner Eric Van Baars
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Louder Than Words is a Musical centered around communication. Christian Andrews and Ian Macdonald, in collaboration with Deaf Education major, Claire Stacy, has devised a musical that will explore how American Sign Language (ASL) can be a therapeutic way to combat the lasting effects of damaged mental health. We will create a demo reel of our music, composed by Emily Dezort and Hope Kennedy, and begin the first steps of producing a full length musical, starting with marketing materials, starting designs, a full script and musical score. With the help of this Flash Grant from the College of the Arts, we want to see an open dialogue amongst the members of our community about working with our disabilities, versus trying to cure them. |
| Permalink | https://oaks.kent.edu/ugresearch/2020/art/louder-words-musical |
Andrews, C. (n.d.). Louder Than Words: The Musical (1–). https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10290
Andrews, Christian. n.d. “Louder Than Words: The Musical”. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10290.
Andrews, Christian. Louder Than Words: The Musical. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/10290.