DAT: The Last Floor written by TK Sylvester and directed by JoRose Benfield

The plot

PLAY DESCRIPTION:

An explosive and cathartic conversation between two ex’s before going their separate ways.

ABOUT PLAYWRIGHT:

TK Sylvester

Hailing from Humble, TX, and normally resides in Austin TX. TK is a writer and director. He identifies as a straight, African American hard-of-hearing man. He was involved in the DAT/GFT production of Next to Normal as Deaf Henry and recently wrote, directed and acted in the DAT Murder Mystery, a four part virtual mystery series. As well as directing 5 years of little it(s) in march. His favorite role to date is the Fairy King in a Sherwood Camp production. When he is not writing or studying, He’s an Advertising/PR student at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology), TK can be found outside playing soccer. TK is excited to bring his skills to DAT, work with other fantastic artists and bring attention to DAT on a national level.

ABOUT DIRECTOR:

JoAnn "Jo Rose" Benfield, from Kyle, Texas, is the Director for the Gallaudet University Regional Center - Midwest at Austin Community College. She earned her 3 B.A. degrees, along with her M.A. degree from Gallaudet University, the only university in the world for the deaf and hard of hearing. Music interpreting, Theatre, and stage performing has been a talent and passion of hers since she was 5 years old. Growing up deaf in a deaf family to 80's music and MTV, this sparked Jo Rose's lifelong dream to act, dance, and perform. In 2014, she had a debut on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, performing in a sign language rap battle alongside Wiz Khalifa. She also had the opportunity to interpret Justin Timberlake’s 2018 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show at DPAN-Studios, participate in a music video project by Kelly Clarkson, and did a few interpreted ASL music videos for Tove Lo. On a personal note, she loves various genres of music, movies, and theatre productions and has her own channel on YouTube: musicaldancingrose. You could say that with 30+ years of experience, she truly captures the essence of the art of performing and ensures that her deaf/hard of hearing music/theatre lovers receive equal access.

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• Age Rating Teen(13+ years old)
• Running time 00:08:08 mins



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