| Ayisha Knight | ||||||||||
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, | B.A. Theatre Arts, 1994 | 3.8 GPA, Regents Scholar | ||||||||
| Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, 1991 | ||||||||||
| CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS | ||||||||||
| San Francisco Mime Troup, San Fransisco, CA | Ed Holmes | |||||||||
| University of California: | ||||||||||
| Acting Studio | Danny Scheie | |||||||||
| Western Theater Arts | Danny Scheie | |||||||||
| Intro to Studies Acting | Greg Fritsch | |||||||||
| Gender and Performance | Mary Gamel | |||||||||
| Shakespeare | Mary Gamel | |||||||||
| History of the Theater | Elaine Roos | |||||||||
| Hamlet | Jim Bierman | |||||||||
| Production Management | John Rathman | |||||||||
| Theater Technology | John Rathman | |||||||||
| Costume Design | Elaine Roos | |||||||||
| Gallaudet University: | ||||||||||
| Stage Lighting | Jeff Grandel | |||||||||
| Theater in Education | Vicky Brown | |||||||||
| Deaf and Visual Media | Jane Norman | |||||||||
| THEATER COMPANIES | ||||||||||
| Germantown Stage, Germantown MD | Acting | 1996-1998 | ||||||||
| Open Circle Theater, Germantown, MD | Acting | 1995-1997 | ||||||||
| Arena Stage, Washington, DC | Disability Access | 1995 | ||||||||
| Access Coalition Theater, Santa Cruz, CA | Acting | 1989-1993 | ||||||||
| ROLES | ||||||||||
| God | "Godspell" | April. 1997 | ||||||||
| Anarchist | "Scream" | Dec. 1996 | ||||||||
| Spirituality | "Windchimes and Moonbeams" | Oct. 1996 | ||||||||
| Shank Bar Woman | "This Show Bytes" | Sept. 1996 | ||||||||
| Slave | "The Colored Museum" | May. 1994 | ||||||||
| Bald Woman | "The Colored Museum" | May. 1994 | ||||||||
| LaLa Lamazing Grace | "The Colored Museum" | May. 1994 | ||||||||
| Minister | "Prelude to a Kiss" | Dec. 1993 | ||||||||
| Curly’s Wife | "Of Mice and Men" | July. 1992 | ||||||||
| Wes | "Solitaire" | June. 1990 | ||||||||
| TECHNICAL WORK | ||||||||||
| Assistant Director: | ||||||||||
| Benefit, DEAF Inc., Boston Arts Acad., Boston, MA | "Vagina Monologues" | Jan. 2003 | ||||||||
| American Sign Language Theatre Consultant: | ||||||||||
| Theatre Offensive/Wheelock Family Theater, Boston, MA | "Bel Canto" | June. 2003 | ||||||||
| Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA | "Breath Boom" | Mar. 2003 | ||||||||
| Boston Arts Academy, Boston, MA | "The Laramie Project" | Nov.2002 | ||||||||
| Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston, MA | "Witch of Blackbird Pond" | Nov.2002 | ||||||||
| Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA | "10 Unknowns" | June. 2002 | ||||||||
| New Rep Theatre Company, Newton, MA | "A Lesson Before Dying" | Feb. 2002 | ||||||||
| Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA | "Amen Corner" | June. 2001 | ||||||||
| Assistant Stage Manager: | ||||||||||
| University of California, Santa Cruz, CA | "Joe Turner" | Dec. 1994 | ||||||||
| University of California, Santa Cruz, CA | "Our Country’s Good" | June. 1993 | ||||||||
| Lighting Technician: | ||||||||||
| Gallaudet University, Washington, DC | "The Miser" | Nov. 1992 | ||||||||
| TELEVISION/VIDEO WORK | ||||||||||
| "It's Our Business", BNN Cable Access, Boston, MA | Interview with Trina Jackson | Oct.14,2003 | ||||||||
| "Urban Update", WHDH Ch. 7, Boston, MA | Interview with Byron Barnett | Oct.5, 2003 | ||||||||
| Ayisha Knight, Cambridge, MA | "Journey" (ASL video) in production | CURRENT | ||||||||
| Phanai emPOWERment Records, Boston, MA | "Until" (ASL/music video) | Fall 2003 | ||||||||
| Salem Access TV, Salem, MA | "Artist Profile" | Sept. 2000 | ||||||||
| Deaf Inc., Boston, MA | "Lets Talk About HIV" | Feb. 1999 | ||||||||
| University of California, Santa Cruz, CA | "Not Quiet, Not Silent" | June. 1993 | ||||||||
| LECTURES | ||||||||||
| Inside the Outsider: The World Seen through Deaf Eyes | ||||||||||
| Curry College, Public Speaking Class, Milton, MA | Nov. 2003 | |||||||||
| Northeastern University, ASL Interpreting Practicum, Boston, MA | Oct. 2003 | |||||||||
| Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA | April. 2003 | |||||||||
| Northern Essex Community College, Boston, MA | Mar. 2003 | |||||||||
| Black Out, Piano Factory, Boston, MA | Aug. 2000 | |||||||||
| Boston Public Library, Boston, MA | June. 2001 | |||||||||
| Passport to Cuba: A Deaf Woman's Journey | ||||||||||
| Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA | April. 2003 | |||||||||
| University of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH | Feb. 2003 | |||||||||
| College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA | Jan. 2003 | |||||||||
| Deaf Jews in America | ||||||||||
| Jewish Signers of Massachusetts, Zatars, Brookline, MA | April. 2001 | |||||||||
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||||||||||
| Mass. Commission for Deaf and HH, Worcester, MA | Shared Exhibit | Current | ||||||||
| Dorian’s Gallery, Provincetown, MA | Shared Exhibit | 2002-2003 | ||||||||
| Disability Expo, Bayside Expo Ctr., Boston, MA | Solo Exhibit | Sept. 2002 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Deafestival, Lexington, KY | Shared Exhibit | June. 2002 | ||||||||
| Espresso Royale Café, Huntington Ave., Boston MA | Solo Exhibit | May. 2002 | ||||||||
| Deaf Expo, Holiday Inn, Lynn, MA | Shared Exhibit | Sept. 2001 | ||||||||
| Club Passim, Cambridge, MA | Shared Exhibit | Aug. 2001 | ||||||||
| North Shore Career Center, Salem, MA | Solo Exhibit | July. 2001 | ||||||||
| Front Street Café, Salem, MA | Solo Exhibit | April. 2001 | ||||||||
| Cambridge Cener for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA | Solo Exhibit | Nov. 2000 | ||||||||
| Galant Gallery, Salem, MA | Shared Exhibit | Oct. 2000 | ||||||||
| 2 Dogs Working, Salem, MA | Shared Exhibit | Sept. 2000 | ||||||||
| Salem Access TV Gallery, Salem, MA | Solo Exhibit | Sept. 2000 | ||||||||
| POETRY PERFORMANCE | ||||||||||
| Who's Next? Witness, Perpetrator, Survivor: Girls Say No to Violence | Shared Feature | Oct. 2003 | ||||||||
| Freedom House, Dorchester, MA | ||||||||||
| BlackOut, Piano Factory, Boston, MA | Feature | Sept. 2003 | ||||||||
| Western Front, Cambridge, MA | Ensemble | Aug. 2003 | ||||||||
| Michigan Women's Music Festival, Poets' Salon, Hart, MI | Ensemble | Aug. 2003 | ||||||||
| Reflect and Strengthen, Milkyway, Jamaica Plain, MA | Shared Feature | July. 2003 | ||||||||
| Project Think Different, CD Release, Paradise Lounge, Boston, MA | Shared Feature | May. 2003 | ||||||||
| Guild Complex, Chicago, IL | Ensemble | April. 2003 | ||||||||
| Funky Buddha, Chicago, IL | Shared Feature | April. 2003 | ||||||||
| Green Mill, Chicago, IL | Shared Feature | April. 2003 | ||||||||
| CD Fundraiser, Piano Factory, Boston, MA | Shared Feature | Feb. 2003 | ||||||||
| BlackOut, Piano Factory, Boston, MA | Ensemble | 2000-2001 | ||||||||
| Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA | Shared Feature | April. 2001 | ||||||||
| Strand Theater, Dorchester, MA | Ensemble | April. 2001 | ||||||||
| PUBLISHED WORK | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. | "Bedtime Fables," You're the One (short film) | |||||||||
| Richmond, CA: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, 1993. | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "The Art and Power of Cross Cultural Communication," The Communicator, Vol. , No. | ||||||||||
| Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "La Mujer," "Sista Queen," Ishmael Reed's KONCH Magazine. (Online Posting.) | ||||||||||
| www.ishmaelreedpub.com/konch.html | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "Royalty Revisited," "Pass It On," "Perspectives," ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary | ||||||||||
| & Artistic African-American Themes. (Online Posting.) www.nathanielturner.com/index.html | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha."The Woman Who I Am," Train Go Sorry: Deaf Poets. (Online Posting.) www.traingosorry.com | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "Royalty Revisited," Black Book News. (Online Posting.), Nov. 2002 | ||||||||||
| http://seaburn.com/blackbooknews/default.asp | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "Pass It On," Perspectives," "Royalty Revisited," "Dichotomy," Black Magnolias. Vol. 1, No. 3 | ||||||||||
| Winter 2002-2003. Jackson, MS: Psychedelic Literature, 2002. | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "The Art and Power of Cross Cultural Communication," Black Magnolias. Vol. 1, No. 3 | ||||||||||
| Winter 2002-2003. Jackson, MS: Psychedelic Literature, 2002. | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha. "Until," Regeneration: Telling Stories from our Twenties. Jennifer Karlin, Amelia Borofsky (eds.), | ||||||||||
| 177. New York: Jeremy P.Tarcher/Putnam, 2003 | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha and Phan, Francis, "Until," Phanai Records/ emPOWERment Records, Boston, MA, 2003. | ||||||||||
| Words by Ayisha Knight, music by Francis Phan. | ||||||||||
| Knight, Ayisha, "Until," Big Boots. Vol. 2, Spring '03. Woodbridge, ON: Big Boots | ||||||||||
| http://bigboots.shemadethis.com | bigboots@riseup.net | |||||||||