Leslie Warren
Founder, Director

Leslie Warren is currently the Interpreting Coordinator at John Dempsey Hospital University of Connecticut Health Center.

Leslie is also founder, director, writer, choreographer, and performer for the CRIDDERS.

more

The 2007 CRIDDERS
Cast

Nancy Zurek
performer, 1978 to present

Keith Vinci
performer, 1979 to present

Tommy Meehan
performer, 1982 to present

Kerry Sampson
performer, 1983 to present

Cindy Paluch
performer, 1987 to present

Mary Geffert
performer, 1990 to present

Melissa Pisani
performer, 1990 to present

Rick Stahr
performer 1991 to present

Joan Hanna
performer, 1995 to present

Jimmy Amadeo
performer, 2000 to present

Julie Pond
performer, 2000 to present

Scott Dykema
performer, 2001 - present

Robin Crispino
performer 2006-present)

 

  

The CRIDDERS
Technical Crew

Scott Robinson
1978 to present

Wes Baldwin
1982 to present

Kenny Masslon
1987 to present

Joe Geffert
1990 to present

Jodi Baldwin
1993 to present

Mark Masslon
1997 to present

Kelli Ann Ross
2000 to present

Kevin Baldwin
2001 to present

Nate Jackson
2001 to present

Michael Speziale
2002 to present

Jen Street

Julie Ann Mountain

Jim Holloran

 
On a Sunday afternoon in October 1978, Leslie Warren called a group of nine professional Sign Language Interpreters to her home in Farmington, CT to discuss the possibility of creating a performing troupe. Their goal was to raise funds for C.R.I.D. (Connecticut Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf).

 

The CRIDDERS’
intent today is to expose the notion of music to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing population in a shared experience with hearing persons that presents the visual experiences of sign language in an
entertaining, comfortable atmosphere.