DWT/NTD

By: Julie Boyle Breeze

DWT

NTD

Deaf

West Theatre Founded in 1991 in LA

National

Theatre of the Deaf Six people bought tickets in 1967

Over 40 plays and musicals Won more than 80 theatre awards Nominated for a Tony Award

Performed on Broadway
Aided in the launch of many Deaf actors careers

Deaf Theatre making a difference?

Providing exposure and access professional theater Filling a void for deaf artists and audiences Help Deaf discover identities as artists Share and preserve a legacy of deaf culture through the medium of Sign Language Theatre

National Theatre of the Deaf

This organization formed by a response to the play called The Miracle Worker in the late 1950s Based out of New England In 1983, NTD moved to Chester, Connecticut. In 2000 the company moved to Hartford, 2012 the company returned to its original home with headquarters at the ONeill Theater Center and maintains a satellite office on the campus of the American

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NTD has performed: in all fifty states, on all seven continents, Disney Channel Sesame Street at the White House Broadway. First company to tour South Africa First company from the West to tour The Peoples Republic of China, Represented the USA at the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival AND MORE!

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Thank You!

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