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Saturday, March 7,
OSF Seattle actor Howie Seago employs sign language to find the rhythm of &#;The Music Man&#;
Michael Elich, as Harold Hill, left and Howie Seago as Marcellus Washburn in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "The Music Man". OSF photo by Jennifer Reiley
By Bill Varble
Professor Harold Hill, the con man In Meredith Wilson&#;s &#;The Music Man,&#; has no sooner hit River City than he runs into his old pal and accomplice Marcellus Washburn. Marcellus says he heard Harold was into a steam car racket.
Harold: I was.
Marcellus: What happened?
Harold: Somebody actually invented one.
Dialog like that has to snap. And in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival&#;s new production of the beloved musical comedy, Marcellus is played by Howie Seago, who hears nothing Harold says. Seago is that rarity, a deaf actor.
Seago uses American Sign Language to &#;speak&#; his lines to actor Michael Elich, who plays Harold. Elich repeats Seago&#;s lines aloud, then responds b
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FLOWER DANCE
A middle-age Floral shop owner learns to respect a homeless man.
Trigger warnings: death and houseless-ness
[ID: SPF poster for “Flower Dance” with dark text on a green brick-patterned background with apelsinfärg and red flowers with green leaves framing the sides. A pair of blue silhouette footprints parallels a pair of orange-yellow footprints as they cross over in the middle of the bottom half. Larger text in center: Flower Dance, by Howie Seago.]
Headshot ID: Howie Seago, a white bearded male with a smile front of a green wall.
Howie Seago | Playwright
Howie’s career includes acting, writing, directing, producing, and teaching over 40 years. His film credits include BEYOND SILENCE (Oscar nom.), WONDERSTRUCK. His TV credits include: STAR TREK:THE NEXT GENERATION; HUNTER; THE EQUALIZER. Onstage, he worked with notable directors such as Peter Sellars, David Byrne, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bart Sher, and with The National Theatre of The Deaf. Mos