DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, September 9, 2016
-- no deaf actor in the Tribes play
Theatre Cedar Rapids, in Iowa, was planning to show
the all-time famous play "Tribes" featuring a deaf
person dealing with a dysfunctional hearing family.
The Artistic Director said he posted a casting
call for a deaf actor. But no deaf actors showed
up for the audition. Deaf people do not want to
act? Don't know - but the artistic director
said he only contacted one deaf organization,
not bothering to contact all other deaf organizations
in the state. The Iowa Association of the Deaf
protested the idea of a hearing actor, knowing
nothing about ASL to play a deaf role. Because
of the backlash, the theatrical group is
seriously considering cancelling the production!
A picture is at:
http://deafdigest.com/the-tribes-play/
-- a comment about Dunkin Donuts refusal to serve the deaf
After reading the story yesterday about Dunkin Donuts
refusing to serve a deaf regular customer because
she couldn't use the voice kiosk, a comment from
someone was this:
I find it strange that Dunkin Donuta was doing this.
Back during the eighties, Dunkin Donut sponsored
local news closed captions in the Boston area
and it continued for years!
Dunkin Donuts corporate management quickly
apologized for the manager's dumb act.
-- video to help with job hunting
In Great Britain, a deaf man, with experience
as dog groomer, lost his job because his boss
passed away and the business closed. He was
not successful in finding another dog grooming
job. No one wanted to hire him because of his
deafness. Not giving up, he produced a video of
himself grooming a dog and has been showing it
to dog grooming salons in his home town area.
DeafDigest hopes he will succeed in getting
a new dog grooming job.
Latest deaf jobs:
http://deafdigest.com/category/jobs/
Barry's collections of past articles (with today's update)
-- professional photographer, many magazine credits
http://deafdigest.com/collections/barrys-collections/
09/04/16 Blue and Gold editions at:
http://deafdigest.com/newsletters/
