For this weeks demand and control assignment I will write about my interpreter observation of the play Plain

Princess. The play took place at Weber State University and was interpreted by a team of two interpreters. The play itself was a childrens story told with both dialogue and song. I noticed that each interpreter was responsible for certain characters. I noticed that much of the dialogue was short and simple. There were times however, when the interpreter had to contextualize, which requires more time to sign. When this happened and another character begins speaking, the second interpreter is faced with a demand, as the first interpreter is still signing. This demand would be considered interpersonal because the two interpreters are interacting with each other and some of the control options involve further interaction. There are a few different control choices the second interpreter can use to meet this demand. She can: *sign her characters lines regardless of whether the other interpreter is finished or not. *wait for the other interpreter to finish and then sign her characters lines. *tell the interpreter to wrap it up so that she can sign. *let the interpreter finish and just skip her characters lines. I think the best choice in this situation would be for the interpreter to start signing her characters lines regardless of whether or not the other interpreter is finished. Out of the controls listed above, the only other feasible option is to wait until the interpreter is finished then signing the lines her character spoke. This has a good chance of backfiring in that it may put both interpreters behind, leaving them to scramble in order to get back in time with the characters in the play. The control option I chose isnt without risk. A resulting demand could be that the Deaf clients will be confused by seeing both interpreters sign at the same time and wont be able to focus enough to get the message from either. This demand wouldnt be considered a long term consequence but it may be enough to throw off the Deaf client in

that moment, especially if the Deaf clients are children who may find it difficult to process two different messages at the same time.