OTHER
A brief glimpse into intimate and complex conversations between mother, her daughter and her two aunts around societal expectations of women, colorism and audism woven through a tapestry of music, body positivity and the claiming of one's space. These conversations take place within two bathrooms.
Written & Directed By Alexandria Wailes
ID: a yellow background with tilted blue toilet papers with an oval mirror with maroon capitalized text: “Other” with a maroon lipstick on it. Below the mirror is white sink with chrome faucet and “Written and Directed by Alexandria Wailes.” Blue capitalized text on bottom right: “Short Play Festival, April 9-11, 2021, deafspotlight.org/dsp.” Deaf Spotlight logo is on bottom and centered.
OTHER TEAM
Alexandria Wailes | Playwright & Director
Alexandria Wailes received a 2020 Obie for Sustained Excellence as an Artist and Advocate. She received a Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play For Colored Girls.. at The Public. Her career involves Broadway, Off Broadway, TV and film as an actor, director, choreographer and a director of ASL.
Christina Marie Cogswell | Stage Manager
Christina Marie Cogswell is thrilled to make her debut with Deaf Spotlight as a stage manager and actor. She had worked with New York Deaf Theater, Public Works, RIT/NITD, National Theatre of the Deaf and has experience working in Theater and TV shows. She is an actor, stage manager and collaborative writer. She is also a dog walker in New York City.
Dickie Hearts | Editor
Dickie Hearts (he/him) is a Deaf Gay BIPOC Actor and 3x national film contest winner, based in New York City. His TV credits include Netflix’s Tales of the City (2019) and HBO’s High Maintenance (2020), and stage credits include New York Deaf Theater’s Maple & Vine and IRT’s Stepchild and Please Untranslate Me.
Kailyn Aaron-Lozano | Ella
Kailyn Aaron-Lozano is a Los Angeles-born native Jill of All Trades type of artist. She dabbles in acting, improv, DASL, and many more. While not working on projects, she continues her academic journey, graduating with her BA in History from CSUN and two MAs, in Deaf Studies and Sign Language Education, from Gallaudet. She has worked with DPAN's Reverse Polarity, ATT's "Different Colors," and Deaf Broadway's Legally Blonde.
Hillary Baack | Lily
Hillary is an actor, writer, and director who loves and lives for the art and medicine of storytelling. Hillary has performed with Deaf West, appeared in tv shows, and acted in the films SOUND OF METAL, THE EAST, and YOU & ME. Hillary savors this opportunity to work with all deaf women!
Rhonda Cochran | Cara
Rhonda resides in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She has had a love for live theater from a young age and is honored to be acting in “Other”. Her past acting experience includes community plays as well as Deaf Spotlight’s production of “Skin”. She is a proud mother and grandmother.