 |
DeafACT, inc strives to unite the Deaf and hearing communities by encouraging awareness of each other's culture; we accomplish this goal through educational theater performed by children using American Sign Language.
Franky Ramont
Producer
|
Franky is currently the Producer for DeafACT. She formerly directed children's theatre performances with DeafACT including, "Peter Pan" and "Couch Potato Santa." On the theatrical stage, her credits include performance in autobiographical shows based on actual experiences, "Live Love Experience" and Eve Ensler's "Vagina's Monologues" based on womens' experiences throughout the world. In addition, she has performed one-woman shows with artistic genres such as lyrics, poetry, and comedy. In the professional scholarly realm, Franky is a Senior Lecturer in the ASL program at the University of Texas at Austin. She also enjoys traveling and presenting about a wide range of topics related to Teaching ASL, Deaf Studies, Interpreting, and Deaf Education.
|
Annie Marks
Associate Producer
|
Annie is proud to be a part of DeafACT and has worked in several different roles with the organization since it's first production in 2006. Currently, she is the Associate Producer and loves being involved in several different aspects of the shows. Annie graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2008 with her B.S. in Deaf Education/Deaf Studies. She currently works for UT and is preparing to pursue graduate studies in the next few years.
|
Terri Coahran
Community & Business Relations
|
Bio coming soon.
|
Matt Marks
Multimedia & Sound Consultant |
Matt is currently a student at The Art Institute of Austin, pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Audio Production. He has been the sound engineer for various theatre productions around Central Texas, including the DeafACT 'Grease' musical. Matt operates sound and audio services through his business Purely Sound (the same business that designed this website). He is also a local DJ, known for providing services around Austin for Wedding's, Quinceanera's, Prom's and more. He operates his DJ services through Spin it! Entertainment, a division of Purely Sound. He is also a big UT football fan. Hook 'Em!
|
DeafACT, inc was founded in August 2005 by six motivated people who saw a need: the Austin hearing community had minimal exposure to American Sign Language and Deaf culture. Through signed plays, Deaf children can express themselves artistically while sharing their culture and language with hearing volunteers and audiences. Our hearing and Deaf board members have worked together over the past few months -- creating an effective organization, acquiring funding, and locating volunteers -- to fulfill our mission.
Asheley Landrum, Founder and Former CEO
Lee Germundson, Founder
Patty Germundson, Founder
Lee Germundson
Patty Germundson
Matthew C. Jones
Caroline Koo
Asheley Landrum
Annie Marks
Austin McNamee
Shane McNamee
Franky Ramont
|
 |
 |
