CONSULTING SERVICES
SIGNmation is a producer of new media, open caption screenings and ASL-interpreted panels within film, theatre festivals and the entertainment industry. We produce and promote deaf artists and ASL productions, both live and streaming, with culturally accessible content for arts, theater, film and television. We offer creative consulting for fiscal budgets, grants and community outreach for its clients’ productions.
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Book ASL Interpreters!
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Learn ASL from Deaf Professionals! Individual, Group, Live and Online. Will match ASL instructor with your production, film, and set.
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Seeking to make your film accessible, play or production? Hire Deaf professionals for authenticity in story, set and outreach.
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Writes and applies for funding for upcoming projects
2023: WINNER of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge American Award $10,000 to Deaf Austin Theatre for production of The Laramie Project in American Sign Language (ASL) and English in Fall 2023
2015: WINNER of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge Grant Award: Awarded for Boundaries BashFest16: Performing Arts and Access Festival Moreno Valley Cultural Arts Foundation, CA. September 2016 Two-day festival
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Seeking Deaf Lens or Representation for a theater, film or media panel? Contact Us.
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Curates and moderates panels or arrange assistance as needed
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Put a line in your budget for Accessibility and Outreach
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Is your theater accessible? Seeking new audience engagements?
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Book it with SIGNmation!
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Seeking Director of Artistic Sign Language
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Budget for Accessibility. How to Market and Outreach.
upcoming ASL INTERPREted EVENTS & performances
HARRIET TUBMAN EFFECT: INTO THE WOODS
2023
SIGNMATION AND BROADWAY SIGNS! PARTNERSHIP WITH HARRIET TUBMAN EFFECT (HTE)
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TUESDAYS, 3PM ON ZOOM
COME JOIN US FOR SOME FREE ASL CLASSES! EVERY TUESDAYS FROM 3-4PM. EMAIL FOR ZOOM INVITATION.
broadway signs! pride a benefit for deaf austin theatre
AUGUST 3, 2023 @ 7PM
BROADWAY SIGNS! PARTNERS WITH DEAF AUSTIN THEATRE FOR A NIGHT OF FUN!
SeleCted PREVIOUS ASL INTERPREted EVENTS
MAY 2023: Kimberly Akimbo: the Musical
The most Tony award-winning show of the season!
KIMBERLY AKIMBO features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Rabbit Hole), music by Tony Award winner JEANINE TESORI (Fun Home), choreography by DANNY MEFFORD (Dear Evan Hansen) and direction by award-winning director JESSICA STONE.
Kimberly (Tony Award winner VICTORIA CLARK) is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush…and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.
Signmation and Broadway SIGNs! partnered with Access Broadway
2020 AFB Leadership Conference: A Conversation with Haben Girma, Disability Rights Lawyer and Author
AFB president and CEO, Dr. Kirk Adams, chatted with Haben Girma about her memoir Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. The conversation also revolved around the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the intersection of racism and ableism, and the importance of accessible online spaces during the pandemic. An advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities, Girma was the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the 2018 Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
ASL Interpretation provided by SIGNmation
2020: Let’s go to the “TheaterMaker’s Summit” Together!
Kickstart 2021 with TheatreMakers Virtual Summit 2020 Replay “Making Theatre in a New World,” featuring Josh Castille!
The TheatreMakers Summit is a gathering of the world’s top theatrical talent. Featuring 100 Broadway A-listers from Hamilton, Moulin Rouge and more.
SIGNmation Sponsored and coordinated the ASL Interpretation for all Sessions, Cabaret, Live Convos!
Meet the Biz with David Zimmerman Workshops:
ASL Interpreting services produced by SIGNmation
Michael Sprouse, James McGowan, Hilary Baack, John Autry, Modela Kurzet, and David Zimmerman
Sundance Film Festival 2014 with director Jade Bryan of “The Shattered Mind” and Maleni Chaitoo, web series creator “Don’t Shoot the Messenger”
“An Evening with Kat and Karen Kramer” 2014