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Garrett recently wrapped up his first semester as an MFA playwriting student at Hunter College, a member of the class of 2022. This past fall, he wrote four original plays that will be featured in a self-produced public Zoom reading series during the month of January. To receive the Zoom links for the free readings, emailed the day of, please submit your name and email address via the Contact form (top of this page, in the menu).
Garrett's primary goal as a playwright is to create more visibility, awareness, and opportunities for Deaf theatrical artists. |
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The COVID-19 quarantine is certainly a complicated time for everyone, but that didn't stop Garrett from founding a new collective - Deaf Broadway - dedicated to utilizing Deaf talent to provide visual language access to popular and beloved Broadway productions. Its explosive success is keeping Garrett quite busy and he looks forward to seeing what the future has in store for this exciting new form of access created by the Deaf, for the Deaf.
For more information, please visit the website. You can also check out our production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on YouTube HERE (please note that, for optimal viewing, you should watch it side by side with the original film on another device). |
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Recently, Garrett was interviewed about Deaf Broadway by Michael Kushner for his show, My Broadway Memory, on the Broadcast Podcast Network. You can watch it here:
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Several other articles about Deaf Broadway, including one by the Daily Beast, can be seen on the Deaf Broadway landing page HERE.
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In 2020, Garrett and his creative partner Jared Johnston won the very first KissFist 72-Hour Film Challenge by making a short film in one weekend, start to finish, entirely in American Sign Language (ASL).
Seen to the left, the film itself - based on the given prompts and required criteria - was written by Garrett in one hour on Friday night, filmed over a few hours on Saturday by Jared, and completed in post-production on Sunday. It was featured as part of the Seattle Deaf Film Festival. |
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Garrett's movie Flirting, with Possibilities is wrapping up post-production for release next year. In addition to writing and directing the film, he stars alongside Broadway talent such as Jason Tam (A Chorus Line, If/Then), Tom Berklund (A Chorus Line, The Addams Family, Gary), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Beauty & the Beast, Mary Poppins, Tuck Everlasting) and Jared Johnston (RENT). For the film, a brand new version of the Hammerstein and Kern classic "The Song is You" was recorded exclusively for the film, specially arranged by Adam Wachter (Disney+ Encores) as a duet for Jason and Tom. In addition to producing this song, Adam will be composing an original score for the film.
Flirting, with Possibilities film is the inaugural production for Garrett's new company, Lake Five Productions LLC. |
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In autumn of 2015, Garrett had planned to direct A. R. Gurney's SYLVIA for New York Deaf Theatre when - literally hours before the auditions - the Broadway production was announced, which meant that the rights vanished before their eyes.
Four years later, Garrett's original vision finally bore fruit and he was thrilled and honored to bring the work to life with an tremendous cast including the astounding Amelia Hensley (Deaf West's Spring Awakening on Broadway). What made it even more meaningful was the fact that, four years ago, Garrett didn't have a dog. This time around, he did and she became the poster girl. That's his Page to the left, beautifully photographed by Jon Taylor. |
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Garrett's one-act play, A BAG OF SAND AT APPLEBEE'S, was chosen to be part of Phamaly Theatre Company's Come to Your Senses one-act play festival in Denver, Colorado from November 1-10, 2019.
Fortunately, he was able to make it out to see the show - which was fantastic, in case you were wondering - and catch up with many of his dear friends from CABARET. |
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And that's not all! Stay tuned for updates!