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A Reflection on Tribes the Play
“Tribes” by Nina Raine at Barrow Street TheatreI didn’t know what to expect from the play. I went with one goal: to watch border-crossing enact in hybrid spaces when a Deaf actor works with non-Deaf actors and to do “research” for my dissertation. So here’s my short reflective poem about the play: Clamor Of sound and silence Language Signed or spoken By them We live, love Or not Tell me Don’t leave me Out Speak my language Understand me By Whose terms? Two paths Onward we trod Center or edge…
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Vignettes: NYC 12.26.12 – 12.27.12
“No gum popping. Gum popping. Gum popping.””Zero tolerance policy.” We turned to look at each other, my fellow passenger, a black lady with a British accent. She rolled her eyes and gestured with her right hand, saying in silence, “What’s up with this driver?” The passengers obeyed. The trip to NYC passed uneventfully. I didn’t need a pepper spray after all, vanquishing an acquaintance’s hypothesis that I was headed for catastrophe by taking a Greyhound bus to the Big Apple. She didn’t talk to me during most of the journey.…
