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Ed Waterstreet (born Edmund Waterstreet, May 5, 1943, in Algoma, Wisconsin) is a Deaf American actor and one of the founders (along with his wife, Linda Bove) and the artistic director of Deaf West Theatre, which was established in 1991, and was the first resident theatre company in America operating under the direction of a deaf artistic director.
Established in 1991 by Founding Artistic Director, Ed Waterstreet, [3] Deaf West Theatre engages artists and audiences in unparalleled theater experiences inspired by Deaf culture and the expressive power of sign language. Committed to innovation, collaboration, and training, Deaf West Theatre is the artistic bridge between the deaf and hearing ...
In 1991, Bove and her husband Ed Waterstreet founded Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, the first theater company run by deaf actors. While working with DWT, she starred in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, based on Joan of Arc. The company performs plays in sign language and adjusts dialog accordingly.
Founded in 1991 by deaf actor Ed Waterstreet, Deaf West became the first regional theater company in the country led by a deaf artistic director. More than 30 years later, the company has evolved ...
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 American pseudo-documentary horror film written, directed, and edited by John Erick Dowdle from a story he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle.
The American TV film, set from 1931 to 1945, stars hearing actress Mare Winningham and deaf actors Phyllis Frelich and Ed Waterstreet as a young hearing woman and her deaf parents, respectively, who converse in sign language. The woman grows up learning how to balance her own needs with her parents'.
Brennan also praised the performances of the cast, noting "Frelich and Waterstreet do splendid jobs" and Winningham's performance "may touch your heart." [ 3 ] John Corry of The New York Times described it as "an extremely good-looking production" and concluded his review by writing, " Love Is Never Silent is intelligent and sometimes moving ...