REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL is pleased to announce the installation of Figaro's Simultext® Captioning System at Repertorio's Gramercy Arts Theater (138 East 27th Street in Manhattan, NY). With the new system, every seat in the theatre will have a display screen showing the dialogue of the performance in English and Spanish. The system will debut at Repertorio's upcoming show, Probation. The installation was made possible by public funds secured by New York State Senator Liz Krueger.
The Simultext® System's screens are installed on the back of each seat and act like subtitles for live performance displaying the translated words at the moment they are spoken. As the performance progresses the dialogue is displayed in a timely manner, a brief glance down and reading of the text and look back to the performance "with an action as natural and comfortable as checking the instruments in your car," says Geoff Webb, Figaro's President, CEO, and Co-Founder. This system will replace the current infra-red audio translation headsets and will allow the hard of hearing to enjoy Repertorio's productions. Its use will be free of cost. The first plays to be available on the Simultext® Captioning System will be Carmen Rivera's "La gringa"; Yoshvanni Medina's"Probation" beginning with its premiere on July 13th and Caridad Svich's adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera" directed by José Zayas beginning with its premiere on October 13th, 2012.Videos