Luane Davis Haggerty

cell (585) 820-7902

223 Westcombe Park West Henrietta NY 14586                         

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf,Deaf Entertainment Guild

____registered with Interpretek Agency, Service Bridges and Sign Language Connection, Rochester NY________

Education:

Ph.D. Antioch University Leadership and Change in the Arts – focus Deaf theatre

MA Goddard College, Arts Administration, 1992

BA Hunter College, Music/Drama,1983

The Juilliard School, Interpretation for Stage Program (3 years)

New York Society of the Deaf Interpreter Training Program 1991-1993, completed all levels

private study: George Garcia, Roy Doliner, Stephanie Feyne, Lynette Taylor

Experience:

Present GEVA Theater Access Coordinator – vetting, rehearsing and hiring interpreters and DASLs for over 20 years

2023 – Deaf Theater Lab presenter

2022 – IRT Visual Vernacular Master Class presenter

2020- Video Relay Service (Sorenson)

2007-2019- A wide variety of interpreting: Freelance and with the Interpretek Agency. Theater specialist, also educational, religious and public event (political, PRIDE, various rallies etc.)

2023 – Casting consultant for SPRINT commercial work featuring relay service for the Deaf

2007 – Nominated for Pulitzer Prize in Drama for the script “Windows of the Soul” depicting the Deaf community

2006 – Casting consultant Universal Studios Law & Order, C.I. episode “The Silencer”

1998-2024 Faculty Member National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Creative and Cultural Studies Department/Performing Arts Department (Director of over 50 productions featuring Deaf and hearing performers)

1997-1998 Program Coordinator/Staff Interpreter for Deaf Services, St. Vincent’s Hospital NYC

1996-1997 Board of Education Interpreter PS 2 Queens, NYC

1996-1997 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Freelance Interpreter, NYC

1990- 1995 New York State Department of Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities.  Public Education Specialist

            Interpreter and performer using ASL.  Taught foundation information on ASL and Deaf culture.  Taught classes and lead workshops on Disability Awareness through use of theatrical techniques; story telling, puppetry, role playing, improvisation.

1990-1995 American Association of Deaf Blind (AADB)

Platform and private interpreter for conventions in St. Paul (MN), and Greensboro (NC).  Assisting Deaf/Blind Delegates as sighted guide and interpreter.

1992-1994 Co-Dependants Anonymous (CODA)

            Interpreter for various meetings and functions. Platform and private interpreting.