Our thoughts are with her family. R Marlee Matlin Marlee Matlin is also known by her appearance on the hit show Switched at Birth. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [ Phyllis Frelich dies; deaf actress won the Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God. And then there is the furious argument her character has with an apprentice teacher over whether to challenge the schools hiring practices a stunning scene in which the characters signing, which is not translated for the audience, becomes both faster and bigger. Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Lesser God," has died. R Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Lesser God," has died. creates a character of challenging complexity, New York Times theater critic Walter Kerr wrote. [5] Marlee Matlin played Frelich's role in the film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Times-Picayune. It was there that she was seen performing by David Hays, one of the founders of the National Theater of the Deaf, who asked her to join the theater company. 5 /Type She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962, and then went on to study at Gallaudet College, the only liberal arts university in the world for deaf students. Her father is Mexican-American, and her mother is African-American. And Ms. Ridloff, she said, brings a fluidity and lightness to the role that I hadnt seen before., Some critics have objected to the sexual politics of the play a teacher getting involved with a woman he is supposed to be educating and its traditionalism Sarahs fantasies are domestic, including a microwave and a blender. [3], Frelich was elected to the ninety-member Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Board in Hollywood, the highest policy-making body in the entertainment industry in 1991. You must be a member to add comments. ", Jeffrey Tambor, who acted opposite Frelich and Dreyfuss in "The Hands of Its Enemy," called her "a walking acting lesson.". This article is by Marta Belsky. /Filter Phyllis Annetta Frelich who was born in 1944, in Devils Lake, ND, was the oldest of nine deaf children born to deaf parents. endobj We feel we are different by language, not by physical disability., Though she and others paved the way for deaf actors and actresses, Frelich said There are fewer stereotypes about deaf people than there used to be but Hollywood still tends to believe that deaf characters are either angry and bitter and/or victims; maybe thats why deaf actresses work more than deaf actors, at least on TV. 7 Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein in a scene from Children of a Lesser God Children of a Lesser God is a play by Mark Medoff, focusing on the conflicted professional and romantic relationship between Sarah Norman, a deaf student, and her former teacher, James Leeds. "It was just a wonderful play and a wonderful cast. Frelich began attending the Michigan School for the Deaf at the age of three. And then, all of a sudden, he wrote a very different play for Phyllis.". >> Matlin, who had lost her hearing at the age of 18 months, won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and has remained prominent in film, and television ever since. It was there that she met Mr. Steinberg. >> /Resources Frelich didnt take a back seat or give up when she was told there werent opportunities for deaf performers. . << Indispensable: What Four Acclaimed Late Ms. Frelich was a phenomenal actress who was the first deaf person to win a Tony Award, and did so as Best Actress in the theater production of Children of a Lesser God. She has dedicated her life to helping deaf people, and she is the founder of a deaf womens group. 0 She traced her realization of this to when she herself had the opportunity to play the role of Sarah in a production of "Children" for the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood in 2009. Medoff, now a professor at New Mexico State University, said he was immediately charmed by her energy and her enthusiasm for having a conversation with him. R When "Children of a Lesser God" was revived on Broadway in 2018, deaf actor and model Nyle DiMarco was among the producers. Im a deaf woman, and my life choices are made because of my experience of growing up as a deaf person.. Phyllis Frelich with her co-star, John Rubinstein, in Children of a Lesser God. /D [3] She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1985 television movie Love Is Never Silent. >> 0 Stupendously bold and expressive, said The Wall Street Journal. He wanted to write a good play. Her performance as a leading lady earned her a Tony Award for her performance in the 1980 Broadway musical Children of a Lesser God. She also took on gender-switching performances in "The Gin Game" (playing Weller Martin) and "Equus" (playing Dr. Dysart). Marta is on the Lansing Community College Interpreter Training Program Advisory Board and has also been a board member for the Michigan Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the Michigan Chapter of American Sign Language Teachers Association. April 14, 2014 Phyllis Frelich fell in love with acting in the 1960s while attending Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University), a Washington-based school for the deaf and hearing-impaired.. Using no words at all, Ms. Frelich . By then her illness was affecting her, Mr. Steinberg said. Marlee Matlin earned an Oscar. The cause was progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative neurological disease, said her husband, Robert Steinberg. She was one of the most famous deaf actresses of her generation. Phyllis Annetta Frelich (February 29, 1944 April 10, 2014) was a Tony Award-winning deaf American actress. She was told repeatedly that there wasnt a future in acting for deaf performers. But not only did the school not offer the discipline, educators there discouraged it. "She was extraordinary, the finest sign language actress there ever was," he said. We feel we are different by language, not by physical disability.. /CS Captivated by the possibilities, he promised to write one. She was the first deaf actress to be recognized in the United States. Other teachers would come down, just to see her sign a book, because of the beauty of how she would read, said Gary Wellbrock, her co-teacher. Instinctive brilliance, said New York magazine. I feel that everybody who has been involved in this story cast, crew, even audience members has changed and emerged better people. I was so scared to be around other people, I selected the least popular activity, and that was ceramics, she said. "In his earlier work, he was writing these powerful but nasty male characters," Steinberg said. After starring in campus productions, she decided to pursue a theater major. >> Its been a long journey in a short time for this 40-year-old former kindergarten teacher who has been deaf since birth, has no professional stage acting experience, and who describes herself on her Google Plus bio as a stay at home mama. As the plays run nears its end, she is taking meetings with casting directors, posing for photographers, signing autographs at the stage door, saying good night to her two boys (the younger son is now 4; both are deaf) via FaceTime. Shes brilliant, and it would be truly stupid of our business not to make a space for a talent like that., Ms. Ridloff grew up in Chicago, where she was born into a hearing family. /Page episode "The Earthquake". It was there that she met Robert Steinberg, her teacher and then husband, who survives her after 45 years of marriage. 2023 National Association of the Deaf. As Matlin put it at the close our our interview:"We can't sit back in silence, because we're probably the loudest people you'll ever meet. She was 70 years of age. IMDb.com, Inc. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293992/. TEMPLE CITY, CAPhyllis Frelich, whose Tony Award-winning performance in the 1980 Broadway play Children of a Lesser God increased public awareness and understanding of how deaf people lead their lives, died on April at her home here near Los Angeles. Downright powerful, said Entertainment Weekly. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. In it, she played Sarah Norman, a young student whose teacher falls in love with her while teaching her to speak. Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Lesser God," has died. Phyllis French was the first Deaf actress to win a Tony award (the Best Actress), for playing the "Sarah" role in the play, Children of a Lesser God on Broadway. She went to North Dakota School for the Deaf and Gallaudet College. sensually responsive, firmly determined to lead a life that is specifically hers.. Her theatre work reached a zenith in 1980, when she played the leading female role in the Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God, written by Mark Medoff. /Pages Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Since then, NTD has won a Tony Award as well as rave reviews from international audiences. The bravery to unleash that voice, in a room full of strangers, after 20-plus years of not using it, spoke to me about the caliber of that person who was willing to dive into that dark and scary place, he said. Internet Movie Database. R Mr. Medoff wrote other plays for Ms. Frelich, including The Hands of Its Enemy, in which she played a high-strung playwright, and Prymate, which appeared on Broadway in 2004, in which her character, an anthropologist, befriends a gorilla she has taught to sign. stream She finally made her debut on April 2, 1967, on the NBC nationwide program, "Theatre of the Deaf". I can prove that anything is possible. Why Is It Important To Learn How To Perform CPR? Severely private, sharply outspoken, wry, . But when the child of deaf parents grows up and gets married, they don't cry . endstream When she gets to that part, that rawness is real, said Julie Hochgesang, a childhood friend who teaches linguistics at Gallaudet University. Phyllis Annetta Frelich was born Feb. 29, 1944, on a farm near Devils Lake, N.D. Her contribution to deaf culture should be recognized, because she has been a true inspiration to all deaf people. stream Her last acting role was in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2011. John Rubinstein, who won the Tony for the male lead role of John Reed in "Children of a Lesser God," said nobody matched Frelich's energy. Phyllis Frelich, Stage Star of 'Children of a Lesser God,' Dies at 70 UPDATE: The deaf actress won a Tony Award for her leading role in the 1980 Broadway play. And the rest of it the woman learning to be her own and being so freaking graceful and strong through all of it thats real too., Ms. Ridloff compares the experience of using her voice during the play to a crotch shot, saying that at first she felt exposed, and vulnerable, and ugly. Instead, she led the way, trailblazing a path for others, and became an activist for the rights of deaf actors. The program begins its second season in September, and Stern said it employs deaf people on both sides of the camera. Phyllis Frelich was born on February 29, 1944 in Devils Lake, North Dakota to deaf parents and was the oldest of nine deaf siblings. Deaf all her life, Frelich dreamed of becoming an actress. "I realized it wasn't because in all that time, Sarah was still being talked about being the first character that represented my community, but that she was still the only one," Stern wrote. Playbill: What 41 Shows Ran the Longest in Each Broadway Theatre? Her response was that, despite being a minority, deafness is not a handicap. For many people growing up in the 70s-90s the first Deaf person they may have seen on TV is Linda Bove. She attended the North Dakota School for the Deaf in Devils Lake and Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, where her degree was in library science but her main interest was theater. Children of a Lesser God, the story of a speech teacher who falls for a young deaf woman who resists his lessons, as well as the idea that she must speak in order to participate in the world, was deeply informed by the relationship between Ms. Frelich and Mr. Steinberg. Anyone can read what you share. We listened.. There is no definitive answer to this question; however, many sources suggest that Phyllis Frelich was, in fact, deaf. On two-show days, she runs in Central Park between performances. The post honored Frelich for "paving so many roads for (the Deaf Community). obj They dont see a lot of theater, because its so rarely interpreted for the deaf, and, Mr. Ridloff said, Im not crazy about Broadway shows in general. Technology has a huge impact on the Deaf Education field. 405 Its like you cant ask a child to draw a picture of a fire engine when hes never seen one.. In The Hands of Its Enemy, she played a playwright, and in Prymate, which ran on Broadway in 2004, she was anthropologist who teaches a gorilla to sign. Ms. Frelich was the first deaf person Medoff ever befriended, and he once told The Washington Post that he became obsessed with wanting to learn her language. The result was Children of a Lesser God, largely inspired by Ms. Frelichs marriage to Steinberg, who had full use of his hearing. Her obituary in the Washington Post called her one of the most prominent deaf actresses of her generation, citing not only her awards but also her work as the first deaf member to serve on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild and her advocacy for the rights of deaf actors. Im more of a movie guy.. [3], In 1973, she moved to New York City along with Mel Winkler, Frank Alesia, and Jeannie Russell. >> We are a cultural minority. /Parent He is proud of the fact he has performed in thousands of schools, theaters, and universities. This 2004 photo shows actress Phyllis Frelich in New York. Phyllis Frelich, Tony-Winning Actress and Deaf Activist, Dies at 70 Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein in "Children of a Lesser God," a 1980 play about the love of a deaf woman and a. Frelich said she did not consider deafness a handicap and explained, We are a cultural minority. He did. "His stuff was wicked and funny and fast. [6], Frelich died on April 10, 2014, at her home in Temple City, California at the age of 70 in April 2014 from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare degenerative neurological disease for which there are no treatments. After the play closed on Broadway, Ms. Frelich moved to Los Angeles and received an Emmy nomination for her role as a deaf parent in the 1985 made-for-TV movie Love Is Never Silent, based on Joanne Greenbergs 1970 novel In This Sign., She starred in five other plays written by Medoff and performed in shows produced by Deaf West Theatre Company in the 1990s and early 2000s. 9 Anthony Natale In my opinion, he is one of the best deaf actors around today. 0 The role of Sarah Norman, a cleaning woman who falls for a teacher at a school for the deaf, is a plum one for deaf actresses. Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein, stars of the Broadway play "Children of a Lesser God, in 1980. She was the first deaf member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. 18 The play won the Tony award for Best Play, and Frelich became the first Deaf person to win a Tony award, for Best Actress. Phyllis Frelich, the deaf actress who won a Tony Award for her performance as the female lead in the play Children of a Lesser God and who co-founded the National Theatre of the Deaf, died April 10. 18 /Type She actually won a Tony Award for the Broadway show Children of a Lesser God. A leading light of our community has been lost, and we mourn deeply. Related:Mark Medoff: An artist who 'put Las Cruces on the national stage'. A supporter of the rights of deaf people, Frelich urged for more roles for deaf performers. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. Ms. Frelichs character is complicated proudly stubborn and sometimes angry about having to learn to read lips and speak. 21 Phyllis Frelich is another famous Deaf American Actress. Phyllis Frelich was born on April 18, 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska. 405 Mark Medoff: An artist who 'put Las Cruces on the national stage', Branigan Library offers new service for the deaf, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. State Association and Affiliate Committee, Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers. Her parents Philip and Esther were leading members of the Deaf community. She was crowned Miss Deaf America in 2000 (There was no swimsuit competition it was about ambassadorship, not beauty, and I did a performance of The Giving Tree, because I love Shel Silverstein.) She also joined Deafywood, a comedy troupe, developing her dance skills. 8 Algernon D'Ammassa can be reached at 575-541-5451,adammassa@lcsun-news.comor @AlgernonActor on Twitter. Steinberg said his wife did not get the movie role because she was in her 40s and the part called for a younger actress. /Creator HHTMs latest eBook by Brian Taylor, AuD. She was the first deaf actor or actress to win a Tony Award. /MediaBox obj It was like having brown hair; I never questioned it, she told the New York Times. Phyllis Annetta Frelich (February 29, 1944 - April 10, 2014) was a Tony Award -winning deaf American actress. 720 xWo6g/E@")Pk `pq{,riC(:Rra*RJ>8ecL4+_5/Fb%^\0r+XqV?xukclVQJYIi(L6ik.zMjZUC.I\CY#sqlV^BslXeG'i }1?. Matlin has an article on Verywell, as well as an interview. What we need are more deaf writers writing about our experiences truthfully.. Stern and Feldman are also the show's stars. Her acclaimed performance in Children of a Lesser God opened the door to further roles. Phyllis Frelich, the actress who made a groundbreaking and Tony-winning Broadway star turn in 1980 in Children of a Lesser God, Mark Medoffs play written with her and her husbands help about the courtship and marriage of a deaf woman and a man who can hear, died on Thursday at her home in Temple City, Calif., near Los Angeles. Menu. She was 70. Deafness is a condition that can be present at birth, or it may develop later in life. Diana, Princess of Wales 1983: Diana, Princess of Wales, who accepted an invitation to be the Royal Patron of the British Deaf Association in 1983, later studied British Sign Language . Frelich was born with congenital deafness, and her parents were both deaf as well. What she did in the classroom is very much what she is doing onstage even if you dont know sign language, she is setting something up that is drawing people in to her, and you want to watch.. All Rights Reserved. 6 /Resources Frelich has said that she was raised in a happy and loving home. 1 That was an awesome, amazing experience, Ms. Ridloff said. December 8, 1985. She went on to graduate from Gallaudet University, the worlds only university for the deaf, in 1968. I cried thinking about it, she said. Law and ER. Her most recent appearance was on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in 2011. Frelich passed away five years ago. She went on to explore drama she was Dorothy in a production of The Wiz and to embrace cheerleading, becoming one of the first deaf cheerleaders to represent the United States in an international competition. To maintain her strength, and calm, Ms. Ridloff runs daily, between three and five miles, generally over the Williamsburg Bridge or into Greenpoint, reviewing lines in her head, or trying to meditate. /Contents Jones A longtime actor and comedian. She and her husband, Douglas Ridloff, a deaf artist and performer who oversees a monthly, multicity, American Sign Language poetry slam, live in a tight-knit section of Williamsburg. Robert Steinberg, her husband, blamed supranuclear palsy, a progressive disease. 1 << 0 Matlin did not work closely with Medoff on the film, but she affirmed himas an ally for deaf people in and out of the entertainment industry. Thats where you can see, perhaps, the time period the play comes from, and if the play was rewritten now she might be excited about different things, Ms. Ridloff acknowledged. Frelich starred as Sarah Norman in 887 performances over more than two years while Children of a Lesser God was on Broadway. If you didnt know her rsum, youd swear shed been doing this her whole life, he said. 2 "[citation needed], Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 03:42, "Obituary for Philip Frelich at Gilbertson Funeral Home", "Phyllis Frelich, Deaf Activist and Actress, Dies at 70", "Phyllis Frelich, Tony-Winning Actress and Deaf Activist, Dies at 70", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phyllis_Frelich&oldid=1141056545, Episode: "Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life", Episode: "The Two Mrs. Grissoms", (final appearance), This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 03:42. Her father, Phillip, a typesetter for the local newspaper, and her mother, Esther, a seamstress, were both deaf. In addition to him, Ms. Frelich is survived by her siblings: four sisters, Shirley Egbert, Peggy Camp, Priscilla ODonnell and Pamela Campbell, and four brothers, Dennis, Merrill, Timothy and Daryl. /S But, in her defense, I got really excited about having a Vitamix., For Ms. Ridloff, the most jarring aspect of doing the play has been that it requires her, in one brief, angry scene, to use her voice, which she had ceased doing at age 13 to prevent people from unfairly assessing her intelligence based on her vocal intelligibility. Her response was that, despite being a minority, deafness is not a handicap. She attended the Rochester School for the Deaf, and later went on to study at Gallaudet University, which is a university for the deaf and hard of hearing. obj LAS CRUCES - Mark Medoff often said that within 20 minutes of meeting his friend, Phyllis Frelich, he had decided to write a play for her. [ endobj Her father was a businessman and her mother was a homemaker. Frelich, died Thursday at their home in Temple. Frelich's husband, Robert Steinberg, says that story is true. WIN T-O-N-Y AWARD FOR PLAY CHILDREN O-F A L-E-S-S-E-R GOD., English Example:Phyllis Frelich was a deaf actress and famous for winning the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award for the play "Children of a Lesser God.". 7 obj Menu. 10 She had a recurring part in the television soap opera Santa Barbara and made guest appearances on numerous television series, including, most recently, a 2011 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 0 Early life [ edit] Frelich was born to deaf parents Esther (ne Dockter) and Philip Frelich, [1] and was the eldest of nine siblings (all deaf). She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962. ] Frelich later starred in other plays written by Medoff, including The Hands of Its Enemy and Prymate. Ms. Frelich, who helped found the National Theatre of the Deaf soon after her Gallaudet graduation in 1967 and won a Tony Award in 1980 for her leading role in the romantic drama Children of a Lesser God , died April 10 at her home in Temple City, Calif. She was 70. 641 0 Phyllis Frelich One of the most respected deaf actresses. According to director Gordon Davidson, she was both tough and fierce and strong-willed. Long before Deaf Culture issues had become widely known to the public, Children of a Lesser God shed light on the conflicting ideologies about speech and deafness. This quote from CJ says it all, "I think I have made an impact on the deaf community through my humor, experience, and share my success by overcoming obstacles and discrimination. R Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein in "Children of a Lesser God," a 1980 play about the love of a deaf woman and a hearing man that was inspired by her relationship with her husband. The Deaf community is a group of people who share a sign language as well as a common heritage. Medoff went on to write the play, "Children of a Lesser God," building it around a romantic relationship between a deaf woman and an instructor at a school for the deaf. /Catalog 9 She was persuaded to instead major in library science a field, her adviser reasoned, that could serve her better as she followed any future husband around the country. Become a Member of Signing Savvy to see more example sentences signed, including examplesentences related to Deaf Culture. /JavaScript He said, 'OK, I'll write a play for you.' /S A member of the National Theater of the Deaf, she told him that there were no substantive roles for deaf actresses. (Richard Drew/AP). Marlee Matlin She is perhaps the best known deaf actress today. Ms. Frelich starred with Mare Winningham and Ed Waterstreet in the 1985 television movie Love Is Never Silent, the story of deaf parents of a daughter who can hear, and she had a recurring role in the television soap opera Santa Barbara. She made guest appearances on numerous television series, including Barney Miller, L.A. Her most recent television appearance was on the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which aired from 2011 to 2011. << Frelich, died Thursday at their home in Temple. >> Retrieved from: https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/medoffs-muse-phyllis-frelich-39589/, McDonough, Megan (2014, April 14). Doug Burgum said today after the 68th Legislative Assembly adjourned its regular session sine die. She was 70. Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Lesser God," has died. "When the child of hearing parents grows up and gets married, her parents cry. There are many causes of deafness, but the most common is damage to the inner ear. Audiologists Can Teach Us About the Value of Customization. Phyllis Frelich Wins Tony Award Emma Planas 3.88K subscribers Subscribe 21 Share Save 1.6K views 3 years ago Show more Show more Maureen Stapleton wins the Tony Award for "The Gingerbread Lady". Frelich also appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame miniseries "Love is Never Silent" and on TV shows as "CSI," ''ER" and "Gimme a Break!". /Nums As a result, she paved the way for others, advocated for their rights, and became a champion for deaf actors. 19 0 Ms. Frelichs passing is a huge loss to the deaf and hard of hearing community and the world. /Outlines Despite that bleak start, Ms. Frelich became one of the most prominent deaf actresses of her generation. Medoff's friendship with deaf performer Phyllis Frelich inspired work LAS CRUCES - Mark Medoff often said that within 20 minutes of meeting his friend, Phyllis Frelich, he had decided to. Phyllis Annetta Frelich was a leap year baby, born on Feb. 29, 1944, in Devils Lake, N.D. "I told him there were no roles for deaf actresses. Her parents were told that she would never be able to speak or understand spoken language. 1944 - 2014. >> /Length I lived in fear of that part. Now, she said, after nearly a year with the role and help from a vocal coach, it feels empowering to me like finally I own every part of myself. But she said, I dont see myself ever using my voice on a conversational level thats just not who I am., Mr. Jackson, who learned sign language for the play, said Ms. Ridloff demonstrated an unusual fierceness. He was interested in me as an actress and he wasn't trying to write a message play.". Frelich was a part of a large family of nine children, all who were Deaf, along with her father, a typesetter, and her mother, a seamstress. The Deaf President Now Protests: A Turning Point In The Fight For Deaf Rights, The Life Of Rosa Lee Timm: A Deaf Pioneer, When Gambling Becomes a Problem: Signs and Symptoms to Watch For, The Top 6 Indicators That Its Time to Visit an Orthopedic Specialist. I was just like everybody else.. << Hoping to become a childrens author (still an aspiration), she moved to New York to study education at Hunter College, and took a job teaching kindergarten and first grade at Public School 347, a Manhattan school for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or born to deaf parents. 0 Phyllis Frelich was born deaf. 0 << Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a901e93674fa230b2a67fa016e99e64f" );document.getElementById("f488dc40e4").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Frelich also appeared in other media. Her picture hangs in the state Capitol. In addition to being an accomplished actress, she was also talented in quilting and donated many of her quilts to the NAD for its auctions. Ms. Frelich starred in several National Theatre of the Deaf shows but was dismayed by the lack of parts for deaf actors in what she referred to as the hearing theater. An encounter with playwright Mark Medoff at a theater workshop at the University of Rhode Island changed her future.

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