Act IV Interlude [Curtain is down; lights up downstage] [Narrator enters from stage right and walks to center stage] Narrator: Whoa…..that was a bit of a new wrinkle, wasn’t it? Not exactly the trajectory we…
Browsing Category The Implant
This thread is my story after the gene therapy trial did not produce a significant improvement in my hearing. This is my surgery to receive a Cochlear Implant…and learning how to train my brain to use it.
Act IV Scene I
[House lights dim to stage setting; curtain slowly raises] The scene is somewhat a familiar one; our hero is back at the medical center that did his gene therapy and ultimately his Cochlear Implant-…
Who Is That Masked Man?
[In the theater, only a ghost light is still lit. (see ACT III NEW RULES) In the near darkness, a figure sits with legs over the edge of the stage] House lights, please….. There……
Act III New Rules
The theater is empty…. and dark… save for the Ghost Light at center stage. There have been many reasons cited for the always present Ghost Light in an empty theater, and among them…
Act II Scene 5
[Stage lights up] Our hero is sitting in a sound proof box filled with cables; headphones; speakers and dials. He has been here many many times before to have his hearing evaluated. As he…
Act II Scene 4
[Stage lights come up only partially] Its hard to make out much more than silhouettes but there is one light source on stage. It the glow of a solitary computer screen. [Sound of recorded voices…
Act II Scene 3
[Stage lights go dark briefly] As the lights come up, this is the scene….. We are at our protagonist’s alma matter in New York City. It’s an event in the historical library. It’s like countless…
Act II Scene 2
I realize this play is developing rather slowly, but come on…you folks up in the balcony, please settle down….put the snacks away and a little less shuffling of the feet please. I can hear it…
Act II Scene I
ACT II Scene I Today, the curtain came up on an “unheard” of event. My right ear heard sound. And I did create a bit of a scene. It was, admittedly, an emotional moment for…