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The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) is a Connecticut-based theatre company founded in 1967. It is the oldest theatre company in the United States with a continuous history of domestic and international touring, as well as producing original works. [2]
The Queensland Theatre of the Deaf opened in 1975 and closed unexpectedly in 2005. During the period between 1970 and 2000, other theatre companies existed for periods of 2–30 years, such as Victoria Theatre of the Deaf and the Gestures Theatre of the Deaf. [25] Deafferent Theatre was founded in 2016 and is still operating today. [26]
Bernard Bragg (September 27, 1928 – October 29, 2018) was a deaf actor, producer, director, playwright, artist, and author who is notable for being a co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf and for his contributions to Deaf performing culture.
Deaf History Month began on March 13 and to celebrate, Sesame Workshop partnered with the National Theater of the Deaf to create music videos featuring American Sign Language (ASL) for kids all ...
Once at MSAD Audree flourished finally able to use sign language. A 1952 graduate of Gallaudet University, [1] she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of the Deaf. [2] In 1974, she was the first Deaf person to earn a master's degree in Rhetoric from California State University, East Bay.
Jevon acted professionally, including playing Laertes in "Hamlet" opposite Troy Kotsur at the National Theatre of the Deaf in Connecticut in 1992. He taught performing arts at the California ...
Robert F. Panara (8 July 1920 - 20 July 2014) was a poet, a professor and a co-founder of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and the National Theater of the Deaf. [1] Panara is considered to be a pioneer in deaf culture studies in the United States.
In 1967, Fant helped establish the National Theater of the Deaf in Waterford, Connecticut and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. [ 6 ] Fant was also a sign language poet, using creative alterations in space and time of ordinary signs to create a type of sign language performance art.