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In 2021, we collaborated with the National Theatre of the Deaf and Gallaudet University to produce a student-led and student-run bubble workshop of an original script called Deafenstein, written by Anna Wood-Jacobowitz.
The cohort had 21 people - a combination of professional artists, faculty, and students living on campus during the pandemic to focus on this workshop. The performances were filmed and edited into a film that streamed during the fall season of 2021.
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Deaf sisters Danielle and Gabrielle produce a film inspired by their favorite childhood tale, Frankenstein, but are faced with their division by language and identity. Expecting a story based in truth and history, Gabrielle is shocked when Danielle unveils her dark interpretation of the mad scientist and his creation, the Creature, and his fiancee Mabel. Ultimately, the sisters navigate healing from the community's traumas, as well as their own.
Hailing from Maryland, Anna Wood-Jacobowitz considers herself devoted to two things in this world: storytelling and her love of animals. In the mornings as a child, she would recount the stories of her dreams to her family, and jot them down as play or movie ideas. When in high school, Anna grew her love of theatre when she wrote a stage adaptation of the Disney movie Frozen, and directed the school production. As a Gallaudet student, Anna has been involved with every theatrical production, either as an actor or as part of the production team. She also interned at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. as a casting intern. In 2020, her original script, Deafenstein, was chosen to be NTD & CDT’s Mainstage Production for the Oiol Festival, and has since been focused on the growth of the vision with every pivot along the way!
Connecticut Deaf Theatre provides theatrical experiences showcasing American Sign Language and Deaf Culture through performing arts and artistic efforts in the state of Connecticut and the region of New England.
Established in 2020, CDT is a 501C3 nonprofit tax-exempt professional theatre company that trains and employs Deaf, DeafBlind, Hard of Hearing, and hearing artists with a model for collaboration bringing harmony between diverse peoples and languages.