Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Geiser, Janie.
2. Bogan, Neill.
3. Monett, Barbara.
4. O'Connor, Pamella.
5. Miller, Kevin M.
6. White, David R.
7. Taylor, Lynnette.
8. Prevor, Beth.
9. Moody, Bill.
10. Jason, Jack.
11. Epsten, Chip.
12. Friedland, Kim.
13. Flowers, Roma.
14. Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967.
15. Jottay Theatre (Company)
16. Hands On (Organization)
17. Dance Theater Workshop.
18. National Performance Network.
19. Video D Studios.

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (125 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Two performances of a program of puppet plays. The first work, Blue night, has no dialogue and was recorded only once. The works on disc 3 include interpretation in American Sign Language for the deaf and hearing-impaired, produced by members of Hands On. Project coordinator: Beth Prevor. Interpreter director: Bill Moody. Interpreter: Lynnette Taylor. The program concludes with a discussion among the company, Hands On members, David White (executive director of Dance Theater Workshop), and the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.

Subject

1. Sign language
2. Deaf > Means of communication
3. Puppet plays, American

Genre/Form

1. Plays.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1. Blue night (ca. 12 min.) / conception/design, Janie Geiser; additional design (shadow sequence), Teri Epsten; music, Chip Epsten; puppeteers, the Company.
2. Disc 2. The third bank of the river (ca. 24 min.) / music, Chip Epsten; text, based on Jođao Guimarđaes Rosa's short story The third bank of the river, adapted by Neill Bogan; design, Geiser; puppeteers, Barbara Monett, Pamella O'Connor, and Geiser; performed by Kevin Miller (the father), with Neill Bogan (narrator).
3. Little Eddie (ca. 11 min.) / music/sounds, Chip Epsten and Kim Friedland; story/design, Geiser; puppeteers, Miller, Monett, and Geiser; narrator, O'Connor.
4. Hangman (ca. 14 min.) / music/sound, Chip Epsten; based on stories and drawings by an Atlanta youth; puppeteers, Miller, Monett, Geiser, and Bogan; voice on tape, Ali Saledo.
5. Disc 3. Hangman (ca. 14 min.) / same credits as above -- Little Eddie (ca. 11 min.) / same credits as above -- Speech by David White, with sign interpretation by Jack Jason -- The third bank of the river (ca. 25 min.) / same credits as above -- Discussion (ca. 9 min.).

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2699

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, Roma Flowers.

Event (note)

1. Discs 1 and 2 videotaped in a special session by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on October 3, 1986. Disc 3 videotaped in performance on October 5, 1986, during a sign-interpreted performance produced by Hands On.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Janie Geiser's Jottay Theatre [videorecording] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop in association with the National Performance Network during the ninth annual season of The Out-of-Towners ; directed by Janie Geiser.

Imprint

1. 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Discs 1 and 2 videotaped in a special session by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on October 3, 1986. Disc 3 videotaped in performance on October 5, 1986, during a sign-interpreted performance produced by Hands On.

Credits

1. Lighting, Roma Flowers.

Performer

1. Performed by Janie Geiser's Jottay Theatre.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3806.

Local subject

1. Sign-interpreted performances.

Added author

1. Geiser, Janie. Director
2. Geiser, Janie. Conceptor
3. Geiser, Janie. Designer
4. Geiser, Janie. Performer
5. Geiser, Janie. Author
6. Bogan, Neill. Narrator
7. Bogan, Neill. Performer
8. Monett, Barbara. Performer
9. O'Connor, Pamella. Performer
10. O'Connor, Pamella. Narrator
11. Miller, Kevin M. Performer
12. White, David R. Speaker
13. Taylor, Lynnette.
14. Prevor, Beth.
15. Moody, Bill.
16. Jason, Jack.
17. Epsten, Chip. Composer
18. Friedland, Kim. Composer
19. Flowers, Roma. Lighting designer
20. Rosa, João Guimarães, 1908-1967. Author
21. Jottay Theatre (Company)
22. Hands On (Organization)
23. Dance Theater Workshop.
24. National Performance Network.
25. Video D Studios.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2699