“Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye” premiering Monday, April 6, with a two-hour opener (8:00 – 10:00 p.m., ET/PT) on ANIMAL PLANET, is inspired by the true story of Sue Thomas, who although profoundly deaf from the age of 18 months, overcame significant obstacles to work surveillance for the F.B.I., with the help of her loyal hearing dog, Levi. This 9:00 p.m. Monday night series is a coming-of-age, suspenseful drama starring Deanne Bray, a severely deaf actress who like Sue Thomas, was strongly encouraged by her parents to speak and read lips as well as sign. “Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye” is entertainment aimed not just at hearing audiences but at the more than 28 million deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States (10% of the population).
Troy will be giving a one man show on September 27, 2008.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Alliance's Inspired: Art of ASL Festival in Milwaukee will be having a few performers performing at this event and Troy is one of the performers. If you are near, swing on by and support Troy and all of the other performers. Schedule is below. Troy performs at 11:30 am to 12:20 pm. Or 2:50 pm to 3:40 pm.
Performances times are:
ASL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE - September 27 Windhover Hall
Milwaukee Art Museum Windover Hall (sailing structure) 700 N. Art Museum Drive Milwaukee, WI 53202
I'm happy to announce that I'm one of the Women In Theatre's awardees. Women In Theatre is an organization that empowers professional performing artists in theatres through performance, education, and networking. I was inspired to learn that WIT awarded a scholarship to a graduating senior high school student, Bronwyn Reed, from Los Angeles High School last June who plans to continue her education in performing arts at Standford. As an educator, I love it when deserving students get recognition of their hard work and passion. Thanks to WIT for honoring young performers like Bronwyn. In October, WIT will have their 5th Annual Red Carpet Award event in recognizing several awardees.
The luncheon will take place on October 18, 2008 from 11 am to 2:30 pm at:
The Castaway Restaurant—Mountain View Ballroom 1250 E Harvard Rd Burbank, CA 91501
For for more information about tickets and with some questions you may have, go to this link http://www.womenintheatre.com
California School for the Deaf (CSDR) is hosting a competition called Movie Night on May 8 and May 10, 2008. This is the 4th annual competition in the west. Students made short films for a few months doing preproduction, production, and post production and submitted their hard work for Movie Night. 5 schools are involved this year and they are:
California School for the Deaf Fremont (CSDF)
California School for the Deaf Riverside (CSDR)
Marlton High School (From Los Angeles)
Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)
University High School
Tickets are selling out fast. Browse at CSDR's website at http://csdr-cde.ca.gov/ to find out more information.
5 judges will be viewing the short films along with an audience full of staff, students, families, friends, and the Deaf/hearing communities. Awards will be given out for best Screenplay, best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, and more!
Yep, I will be there as one of the judges on May 10, 2008.
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Announcing the prices of the new Pregnancy dvds that are currently selling.
The product contains 3 dvds of about 2 hours each which includes voiceover, subtitles, and it is all in American Sign Language. Cohosted by a lovely and energetic woman, Missy Keast, and a fabulous and graceful woman, Deanne Bray!
Prices:
Consumer Edition: For personal use and at home
$ 99.95
Professional Edition: Public Performance License for public performances, classroom presentations and academic libraries.
$ 199.95
To order pregnancy dvds, go to www.signsforintelligence.com or email
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On Superbowl night, this is a groundbreaking moment for the Deaf community! Stay tuned during commercial breaks and catch one of our deaf folklore pepsi commercial!
I will be in a scene in Hallmark's CBS tv movie. The movie will be airing soon, "Nothing Sweet in My Ear," starring Marlee Matlin and Jeff Daniels. There are other Deaf artists in the movie as well such as Phyllis Frelich, Ed Waterstreet and Shoshana Stern. Plus deaf children will be in it! Stay tuned...
Pregnancy dvds are finally being released! I am proud to announce that we will have a premiere on November 30th from 4 pm to 6 pm at Cinespace located in Hollywood on Hollywood blvd. You are invited to see the 45-minute premiere . Movie starts at 4:45 or 5 pm depending on guests' arrival.
We hope you can come and celebrate with us!
Cinespace 6356 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA November 30, 2007 4 pm to 6 pm
After much rumor and anticipation - NBC has made it official! Law & Order: Criminal Intent is featuring an episode called "The Silencer" starring a talent-heavy cast of Deaf actors, including:
Deanne Bray
Alexandria Wailes
Garrett Zuercher
Darren Frazier
Hillary Baack
Willy Conley
Raymond Luczak
Adding to the excitement, NBC broke history by hiring the most Deaf extras for a network TV episode.
Please tune in to your local NBC provider on Tuesday, April 3rd at 9pm to watch the exciting bullet-ridden drama unfold!
Also, if you plan to watch this episode with a group of friends, please, please, please turn your TV on, or record the episode so the Nielsen ratings go through the roof! Then more Deaf actors will be asked back to work!
Tell all your friends and family to tune in!
Support your friends! Support your acting community!
Also tune in on april 19th, "Scrubs" with Troy Kostur and a little Deaf boy! The episode is called "My Words of Wisdom".
I went to Vancouver BC to work on Showtime's program, "The L Word" with Marlee Matlin. The 2 episodes will air sometime in january or February. I had no idea what kind of actress Marlee was in terms of working on set with her and who she really was as a person. I was alittle nervous on my way to Vancouver BC not knowing what to expect. When Kyra and I arrived at the hotel, I received a welcome note from Marlee. We got together for lunch to talk about the scene we're in. Some actors don't take the time to do that because of their busy schedule. Well, let me tell you, Marlee is a very busy person with a loaded schedule and yet she found the time to get together and spend time with me and Kyra. During my stay in BC, I find Marlee a very supportive person in general! I ended up having a great time working with her on set as a professional actor staying in focus with my character. She was easy to work with.
Deanne will be performing in "The Vagina Monologues" as part of the V-Day Berkeley DeafHope 2006 campaign. V-Day is part of a worldwide campaign to raise awareness and funds for preventing violence towards women and girls. ALL funds in their entirety raised by this production will be donated to DeafHope, "a nonprofit organization established to end domestic violence and sexual assault against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education and services."
Please forward this information to everyone you know to help spread the word about this cause.
A DVD about pregnancy that was produced by Missy Keast and Deanne Bray will be coming available this Summer. The DVD will be in ASL and will discuss 5 different topics:
Science info about your body and whats happening as baby grows.
Health and Excercise
Chef Scenes - simple healthy recipes specially designed for pregnant women.
Girlfriend Talk - that shares other women's philosophies of pregnancies and their experiences.
Legal Rights - Dad or partners point of view of what they can do to help.
