Happenings For this Week

For over 20 years, IRT has been dedicated to supporting the work by and for the Deaf. The Emerging Deaf Artists Festival will feature an array of exciting new talent during the first week of June, 2009. The centerpiece of the festival will be a presentation of Willy Conley's play "Broken Spokes," performed by students from RIT/NTID (Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf), June 5-7, 2009. After the show on June 5th there will be talk back with Willy Conley.

Details of the week:
June 2nd- 7pm A talk back with Ann Marie"Jade" Bryan, Owner/CEO/Producer of Jade Films and Entertainment
June 3rd- 8pm Open Mic Deaf Jam
June 4-7pm Film Screening of the RIT/NTID performance of Othello and live performance
June 5-8pm Show..Broken Spokes-after the show talk back with Willy Conley
June 5-7-Show..Broken Spokes-Friday/Sat.8pm Sunday 3pm

If you are interested in being a part of the Open Mic night please contact Renee Pena rpena@irttheater.org

To purchase tickets for Broken Spokes contact Theatermania all other events are $5 suggested donation at the door-
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/155297

or call

Tickets by Phone: 212-352-3101
866-811-4111(toll free)

IRT
154 Christopher St.,Suite 3B
New York,NY 10014
212-206-6875

Weekend Happenings April 3rd-5th, 2009

In New York City:

Discovery Programs (www.discoveryprograms.com) in Hippo In the Park are doing a (drumroll please)

Puppets in the Park

All Ages are Welcome, but its best for 1 to 5 years old

April 4th,2009

1st show at 10:30am

2nd show at 11:30am

It's Free!

Hippo Park is 91st Street and Riverside Drive!


and

In Philadelphia

At the Please Touch Museum

April is Celebrate Stories Month:

Join them at the Please Touch Playhouse at 11Am, 1 and 3pm to hear "There is Something Under My Bed"

to check out details go to www.pleasetouchmuseum.org