$10 at the door for the 2 hour workshop

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November 7, 2009
Denver, CO
Keith Wann, Crom Saunders
and Wormy
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February 20, 2010
Irvine, California
Keith Wann, Crom Saunders
and Wormy
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March 6, 2010
Rhode Island
Keith Wann, Crom Saunders
and Wormy
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April 17, 2010
Minneapolis, MN
Keith Wann, Crom Saunders
and Wormy
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May 13, 2010
Norfolk, VA
Keith Wann, Crom Saunders
and Wormy

Your ASL Performers

Keith Wann
Brooklyn, NY - Clearwater, FL - a RV!

Keith Wann, a child of deaf adults, is one of America’s funniest ASL comedians. Keith tours around the ASL Nation performing both of his one man shows “Watching Two Worlds Collide” rated G to R (depending on the audience request) and his K.I.D.S.show (Keith's Inspirational Deaf Stories), for family audiences and Schools.
He also performs as a Storyteller for Festivals featuring
family and children stories in ASL.
Keith has gone Hollywood and was filmed in some PEPSI commercials to build hype for the SuperBowl commercial. He has also been on a few TV shows as an extra, including Law and Order and Court TV and also appeared in Mosdeux's Resonare as the Demented Apple Farmer...and just finished filming another film playing a deranged prison convict in the film How I Killed My Girlfriend's Cat.
Keith was also involved with Sia,
as her ASL consultant in her music video featuring ASL!
Keith is working on a collection of CODA/KODA stories for a book.
He also teaches workshops for interpreters to analyze lyrics and ASL, the journey to certification, and Improvisation for ASL students.
Keith has worked solo and in collaboration with other great ASL artists bringing to stage Coda stories, Deaf culture, Improv, Sketch comedy,
and ASL student bashing.
Keith lives in Brooklyn, NY and works part-time as an interpreter certified CI CT and NIC:Master. Keith completed a program at Julliard on interpreting Broadway plays and has interpreted Shrek, Hedda, 39 Steps, Hamlet, and Little Shop of Horrors.

Peter Cook
Chicago, IL

Peter S. Cook is an internationally reputed Deaf performing artist whose works incorporates American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting, and movement.
Peter has traveled extensively around the country and aboard with Flying Words Project to promote ASL Literature with Kenny Lerner since 1986. Peter has appeared in Live from Off Center’s “Words on Mouth” (PBS) and “ United States of Poetry” (PBS) produced by Emmy winner Bob Holman. Peter teaches at Columbia College where he received the 1997 Excellence in Teaching award. In 1998, Peter set up a video production called PC Production and now based in Chicago.
Peter was featured nationally in festivals such as the Jonesboro National Storytelling festival , Oklahoma City Winter Tales, Illinois Storytelling Festival, Indiana Hoosier Storytelling Festival, Eugene Oregon Multi-Cultural Festival, and The Deaf Way II and the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Peter was invited to the White House to join the National Book Festival in 2003. Internationally,Peter has worked with Deaf storytellers/poets in Sweden, Norway, Denmark ,Netherlands, Austria and Japan.
Peter lives in Chicago and teaches in ASL-English Interpretation Department at Columbia College. He loves to tell stories to his son.


Crom Saunders

Pittsburgh, PA

Crom Saunders loves theatre! He grew up in a normal environment and thought it was boring so he started seeing things from a very different perspective. Crom has his own one-man show, “Cromania!”, which tours nationwide, featuring over 40 different characters, comedy, improv, and storytelling, allowing audiences a glimpse into his warped imagination.

Crom also co-founded ICEWORM, a nationally touring troupe which features improv and sketch comedy. He now directs plays as well as act in them, the latest production being "2258: A Comedy of Cosmic Proportions"  the latest of several plays to be produced from Crom’s scripts.

In addition to performing, Crom also has interpreted dozens of plays, from children’s theatre to musicals, including "Spamalot" and "Mamma Mia" and teaches ASL and theatrical workshops across the nation. He currently teaches ASL at University of Pittsburgh, PA when he is not busy training his eyebrows for the rodeo.

Crom is thrilled to be a member of the ASL Comedy Tour!

Lianna Carrera
Chicago, IL

Lianna Carrera was born to a Deaf mother and a hearing father 

on Christmas day in 1984. Her father was an ordained minister 

to the Deaf, which meant moving often to establish Deaf 

churches and missions along the east coast. As she grew 

older, Lianna's ties to the Deaf community strengthened. She 

began to understand that her experiences as a CODA are unique 

but more importantly, uniquely hilarious. 

Lianna is a stand up comedian that performs for predominantly 

hearing audiences. The influences of her CODA upbringing can 

be seen in the large gestures, facial expressions and 

American Sign Language that she incorporates into her acts. 

She prides herself on being able to bring the hearing world 

to the Deaf world through her insight and humor. 

She has performed at The Laugh Factory, LA, The Improv, LA 

and continues to travel to colleges, universities and 

festivals around the country.

Francisco

Jacksonville, FL

For Francisco, learning American Sign Language was not enough; he had to infiltrate the Deaf community until he finally "married into" Deaf culture. Now he travels across the United States with Keith Wann and friends as a CODA-in-Law, entertaining audiences with his unique, if somewhat skewed, view of Deaf Culture. Come, sit and watch Francisco narrate about his experiences growing up in a Spanish-speaking household, struggling to learn English, then discovering the Deaf and their language. "I speak the English very, very good," He says. "People also tell me I sign language like Deaf person. It is gift, really."From stories of his crazed, Latino mother/samurai to his unnatural obsession with the Village People, you won't believe your eyes! (and ears).

Patrick Fischer
sign language, US

Patrick Fischer is from several generations of fine artists and actors from Europe, and has seen many theatre productions which gave him an extensive interest in all things relating to theatre and art. These interests led Patrick to be involved in a variety of artistic positions (artist, board member, actor, director, producer, teacher, and consultant) as well as participation in a variety of performances (storytelling, poetry, emcee, skits, and comedy) all around the nation.
From Patrick's experiences and training in different aspects of theatre, he grew to enjoy sharing and passing on his exposure and knowledge. Patrick launched his theatrical business in 2005, providing various services to those who want to learn more about theatre through deaf's eyes. When Patrick is not "working" in theatre, he teaches American Sign Language (ASL) and currently is a certified ASLTA instructor at Portland Community College under the Sign Language Studies Program and Sign Language Interpretation Program in Portland, OR. Patrick is also a professional artist and owner of a freelance design business, "Infinity Design.
"To know more about Patrick Fischer, check out his two websites: www.mrshineyhead.com and www.idwiz.com.

Justin "Wormy" Callaway
Sacramento, CA

He makes Keith Wann laugh...  Abooooo!

ALL SHOWS ARE VOICED INTERPRETED!
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