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Why Visual Theatre? -- A Panel Discussion
Monday, January 14, 6:30PM

QuestFest begins with one of our free festival events on Monday, January 14. Join us at Round House Theatre at Silver Spring for a panel discussion on Why Visual Theatre? QuestFest artists David Gaines, Tim Chamberlain, Drew Richardson, and Ramesh Meyyappan reflect on their personal journeys in visual theatre and explore the role that visual theatre might play in contemporary theatre. The evening begins with a reception at 6:30 and the discussion, moderated by Quest’s President/Artistic Director, Tim McCarty begins at 7:00. No tickets or reservations are necessary.

Round House Theatre at Silver Spring
8641 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Towards a Visual Theatre -- Presentation and Discussion.
Thursday, Jan 24, 1-2:30PM

Aaron Kelstone (National Technical Institute for the Deaf -- Handamation)
The journey to create a visual theatre does not exclusively belong to deaf people or any other special group. Living on the fringe of the arts creates a rarified place that a wide variety of artists, hearing and deaf, have gone to visit. Part of the artistic motivation to
explore essentially connects to the human need to express visually, across language and cultural boundaries, the issues and concerns that need to be conveyed without the hindrance of text. Deaf Theatre developed from a natural tendency for deaf people to seek a visual means of expression. Visual theatre is motivated by other potential areas of need. Can the two art forms working together provide new insights into the process of creating visual work? No tickets or reservations necessary.

Towson University Center for the Arts.