PERSONALITIES
Boord to be Wild
Shadowbox CEO finds ways to engage creatively By Brandon Klein
WHEN A HEARING-IMPARED patron asked
Shadowbox Live for interpreting services, the theater responded immediately by hiring services to complement its live performances. But for Stacie Boord, this wasn’t enough. “They did a fine job, but I was thinking it could be so much better if I can just get my hands on them,” says the founding member and, now, CEO of Shadowbox. “They could be so much more engaging and we can make a part of the production.” This led to a partnership with Columbus State Community College. For the last four years, the Artistic American Sign Language program has trained students to become not only interpreters, but performers. “(We) teach students how to move with the music so that it’s a beat, and how to … adopt the character and the physical man-
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