Signing Shadows, facebook.com/signingshadows
It's an admirable move when local theater companies include ASL interpreters at their shows so Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can enjoy them, too. But Signing Shadows is, as they say, a whole 'nother thing. They're capable of providing the traditional off-to-the-side sign-language interpretation you may have seen before, but where they excel is in "shadow interpretations": Their interpreters perform right alongside the actors onstage, providing a fully accessible and comprehensive communication of the role rather than a sort of ASL version of closed captioning. Their dedication to their craft is awesome, in both the currently popular and the original connotations of that word, and they thoroughly deserve to be recognized as one of the best things in Orlando.
Arts & Culture: Best of Orlando 2019: Orlando's best artists, writers, comedians, museums and more
Photo illustration by Adam McCabe
Arts & Culture
1. Orlando Fringe Festival, orlandofringe.org
2. Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, wpsaf.org
3. Mount Dora Arts Festival, mountdoraartsfestival.org
1. Les Vixens Burlesque, facebook.com/lvburlesque
2. Corsets and Cuties, corsetsandcuties.com
3 Cherry Bomb Burlesque, cherrybombburlesque.com
1. SAK Comedy Lab, sak.com
2. Orlando Improv, theimprovorlando.com
3. Bull & Bush Shit Sandwich, bullandbushorlando.com
1. Orlando Ballet, orlandoballet.org
2. Phantasmagoria, phantasmagoriaorlando.com
3. VarieTease, thevenueorlando.com
1. Florida Film Festival, floridafilmfestival.com
2. Orlando Film Festival, orlandofilmfest.com
3. FilmSlam at Enzian, facebook.com/filmslam
1 CityArts, facebook.com/cityartsfactory
2 Snap! Orlando, snaporlando.com
3 Downtown Arts Collective, downtownartscollective.com
1. Orlando Story Club, orlandostoryclub.com
2. Get Lit: Closed Mic, facebook.com/ncbekpoet
3. Queer Quills, facebook.com/queerquills
1. Benjamin Ptashinsky
2. Carlos Navarro, iamcarlosnavarro.com
3. Blue Star, facebook.com/babybluestar
