{"632166":{"#nid":"632166","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Scenes \u0026 Motions: Not Me. Us: Six Chances to Connect","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dramatech.org\/\u0022\u003EDramaTech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026#39;s production of Nina Raine\u0026#39;s play \u0026quot;Tribes\u0026quot; was mentioned by Creative Loafing in their rundown of local shows running in February. DramaTech, the oldest continually running theatre in Atlanta, is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media and Communications\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Tribes\u0026quot;, which is running from February 7-15, tells the story of a deaf boy\u0026#39;s journey of learning the values of the deaf community and applying them to his own family\u0026#39;s values.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut then Billy meets Sylvia, a hearing woman born to deaf parents who is now slowly going deaf herself. She hates that she\u0026rsquo;s losing her hearing and begins teaching Billy sign language. After learning about the values of the deaf community, Billy confronts his own family\u0026rsquo;s beliefs and values. Finally, it is the deaf family member who demands to be heard.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s student-run theatre organization, has been around for 73 years. Tribes is an award-winning script, and many productions feature a deaf actor in the role of Billy. This might well be a student production worth seeking out.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativeloafing.com\/content-468242-scenes-motions-not-me-us-six-chances-to\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-02-06 17:31:21","changed_gmt":"2020-02-06 17:31:21","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Joanne Cole","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/creativeloafing.com\/content-468242-scenes-motions-not-me-us-six-chances-to","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630777":{"id":"630777","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen College News","body":null,"created":"1578506913","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 18:08:33","changed":"1611774687","gmt_changed":"2021-01-27 19:11:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"244314","name":"iac news feed image black-on-gold.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iac%20news%20feed%20image%20black-on-gold.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/iac%20news%20feed%20image%20black-on-gold.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":45366,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/iac%20news%20feed%20image%20black-on-gold.jpg?itok=hTg1SQ5A"}}},"media_ids":["630777"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1062","name":"dramatech"},{"id":"174523","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}