Howie Seago

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Howie Seago (2006)

Howie Seago (born December 5, 1953 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American actor and theater director.

Life

Howie Seago is deaf from birth and grew up speaking exclusively because his father, also deaf , forbade him to learn sign language . He only came to sign language when he began his studies ( psychology , drama ) at California State University, Northridge , in Los Angeles and joined the theater group there. Seago later became a member of the touring National Theater of the Deaf . It was there that the director Peter Sellars discovered him and five years later hired him for the lead role in his theater production Ajax (1986), which Seago made known beyond the country's borders. In Europe he appeared in roles in “The Forest” (Germany, 1988), “ Die Perser ” ( Salzburg Festival , Edinburgh Festival , 1993), Stravinsky's “Bible Pieces” ( Holland Festival , 1999) as well as in the Oscar-nominated film “ Beyond Silence ” (Germany, 1996). In this one he plays the father of a hearing girl who grows up with deaf parents. In the USA he had other film roles, including in television series.

Seago is committed to the recognition of sign language and the culture of the deaf. On and on stage, Seago works with both deaf and hearing people. In Austria he worked as a director for ARBOS - Society for Music and Theater and as an actor at the Wiener Festwochen . He is intensively involved as an author and teacher in the deaf community. As early as the late 1970s, he was working on the production of the television show "Rainbow's End" for deaf children. For ten years (1998–2008) he managed the “Shared Reading Video Outreach Project” (SRVOP) at the Washington School for the Deaf (WSD), which uses video technology to integrate deaf students into the communication network of educational institutions in Washington state.

Seago has received several awards, including the Helen Hayes Award. He currently works for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland , Oregon . He is married and has two sons.

Filmography

Publications

Howie Seago: "In a strange world of sounds" (English: "In an alien world of sound" ), Theater No. 4 (1993), p 142. Editor: Kaaitheater , Hebbel Theater , Theater am Turm , Felix Meritis , Wiener Festwochen (1992–1998).

Awards

  • 1987: Helen Hayes Award for the "Outstanding Actor"
  • 1988: DramaLogue Award for "Excellence in Acting"
  • Emmy Award for "Excellence in Children's Programming" ("Rainbow's End")

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HG Lang, B. Meath-Lang: Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences - A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1995. page 317.
  2. ↑ a b Howie Seago - A star in film and on stage. Portrait of Howie Seago in Seeing instead of Hearing , 1066. Broadcast, November 21, 2001, Bayerischer Rundfunk in co-production with WDR. Transcript ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. published on www.taubenschlag.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.taubenschlag.de
  3. ^ A b Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) - meet the company: Howie Seago
  4. ↑ Bill Varble: Beyond Words. OSF actor Howie Seago employs sign language to find the rhythm of 'The Music Man' ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Mail Tribune, March 8, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mailtribune.com
  5. ↑ Shared Reading Video Outreach Project , Howie Seago ( Memento from August 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Shop of the Kaaitheater archive link ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 14, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kaaitheater.be
  7. ^ Archive of the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) Archive link ( Memento from December 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed December 14, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Seago, Howie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington