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Important and Exciting update!
This thanksgiving, we kicked off the season with a special Holiday Salon! There we launched our campaign to raise funds for Deaf and HOH accessibility resources. Thanks to our talented vocalists, musicians, and friends and family - we raised over $800 dollars!
Learn more below!
Raising Funds for Deaf and HOH Accessibility
We are determined to see inclusive folk storytelling on broadway. One way we see that is creating a role for a Deaf or HOH actor that is not doubled by a hearing person. While there are numerous plays that feature canonically Deaf and HOH characters, the first Deaf character in a musical did not appear on broadway till 1978, in Elizabeth Swados's RUNAWAYS. Since then, almost all roles for Deaf and HOH performers are roles that were originally written as hearing, and are accompanied by shadow actors/interpreters who share the role with the Deaf or HOH actor. While these are amazing performances, we want to contribute to the musical cannon with a role for Deaf and HOH performers that is not shadowed or doubled by a hearing performer, but interpreted in real time within the story.
WHAT WE NEED:
In 2026 we want to present a industry presentation of Colorado Silver. Crucial to the development will be:
Director of Artistic Sign Language: is a Deaf professional who ensures that American Sign Language (ASL) is integrated authentically and effectively into theatrical or film productions. This role is crucial for maintaining cultural accuracy and enhancing storytelling through ASL. (startasl.com)
multiple rehearsal and performance interpreters
and other tools that make the process more accessible fostering an accessible rehearsal room for our Deaf/HOH actor and character
The estimated cost for these is 10-13k. This is a resource we feel strongly about providing - and strongly about doing right. But as an oyster server, and a freelance director, we know we can not provide this resource on our own.
More about Deaf and HOH theatre performers:
Hard of Hearing Shouldn’t Have to Be This Hard , by Jo Brook, Actor/Singer & Fiddler
Equal Accessibility for Deaf and Hearing Audiences ? It’s Possible! How a new staging of ‘Cinderella’ is bringing Deaf/hearing theatre out of the ‘shadows.’
More about miller & harlow
More about COLORADO SILVER
donations also support:
rehearsal and performance spaces (4-6k)
actors (2-4k)
musicians (2-4k)
sheet music and materials (500-1k)
and the occasional new guitar string ($6.99)
Every cent counts and every cent goes a long way.
If you feel called to support Miller & Harlow donations can be made to:
Venmo: @millerandharlow
if you wish to donate in other ways - email us at millerandharlow@gmail.com
