PLUMB CRAZY PIPE DREAM
When an airborne pandemic hits water-afflicted Flint, Michigan, a long-suffering couple must reckon with what it means to move on from the past and build a future.
Written By Aimee Chou
Directed By Aarron Loggins
Co-directed by Amelia Hensley
ID: Three water bottles in front and the middle bottle is uncapped. Blue capitalized text: first bottle from left, “Written by Aimee Chou,” Deaf Spotlight logo on mid-top of middle bottle and “Directed by Aarron Loggins.” On the bottle labels" with blue capitalized text: “Plumb Crazy Pipe Dream.” At bottom of the middle bottle with capitalized blue text: “Short Play Festival, April 9-11, 2021, deafspotlight.org/dsp.” Behind the bottles, a black background with cityscape of Flint, MI in copper. At top, a copper moon top left and copper faucet with a single droplet into opened water bottle.
PLUMB CRAZY PIPE DREAM TEAM
Aimee Chou | Playwright
Aimee received a production for HUMANLY POSSIBLE in the inaugural Short Play Festival. Her puppetry screenplay (MOTHERCLUCKER!) debuted amid pandemic-postponed acting roles at American Players Theater, Sound Theatre Company, and Hope Summer Repertory Theatre. She is developing a one-act script to be staged at California State University Northridge.
Aarron Loggins | Director
An Illinois native, Aarron Loggins, didn't allow being hard of hearing to limit him from learning American Sign Language by the age of three. His ability to tell stories with his hands and body led Aarron to join and perform with several groups such as, Wild Zappers, National Deaf Dance, Gallaudet Dance and Theater Company, and become the founder of a deaf step team called, Da Jump Back. He has also blossomed as an actor and has been featured across theater, television, and film. He is a premier entertainer and advocate/activist for the deaf and hard of hearing community. In 2019, he performed the National Anthem during Super Bowl LIII with Grammy-Award Winner, Gladys Knight, along with rising star duo, Chloe X Halle. In 2014, Aarron won Mister Deaf United States and went on to become the first African- American to win Mister Deaf International. He has two nicknames called as "Deaf King" and "Mr. International". He's now working to form a future foundation called Believe In YOURSELF to encourage people around the world.
Amelia Hensley | Co-director & Editor
Amelia Hensley- is a wanderlust actress and video editor. You may see her on Broadway: Spring Awakening (Deaf West). Off-Broadway: I Was Most Alive with You (Playwrights Horizons). NYC: Sylvia (NYDT), Dancing Girl (She NYC Arts), Stepchild (IRT Theater), Rape of Lucretia (New Camerata Opera). Seattle: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (12th Ave Arts), Skin (Deaf Spotlight). LA: Orphee and Spring Awakening (Deaf West), Our Town (Pasadena Playhouse) Romeo and Juliet (Sontag Greek Theatre). DC: The Lady Becomes Him, (Faction of Fools), Peepshow (Dog & Pony DC), Noises Off (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival).
Norah Matthews | Stage Manager
Norah has done technical works, including followspot operation, in the Washington DC Metropolitan area with the most recent being Miss You Like Hell at Olney Theater Center. Gallaudet University Alumna, 2011. This is her first production with Deaf Spotlight and is humbled by the opportunity. www.norahmatthews.com
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.
Marcus Smith | Frank
Hailing from Baltimore, MD, Marcus Smith is a hard of hearing model and actor. He’s been featured on the cover and billboard around Baltimore for MADE IN BALTIMORE look book magazine. Also he has stormed countless New York fashion week shows walking the runway representing his city and the deaf community. When he isn’t In front of the camera he’s an educator for the deaf and hard of hearing at Mergenthaler Voc Tech High School.