The organization the essay is about, is the National Theater of the Deaf. The two addresses of the theaters are Monte Cristo Cottage 325 Pequot Avenue New London, CT 06320 and 139 North Main Street West Hartford, CT 06107. The company began in 1967, 10 years after David Hays, Dr. Edna Simon Levine, and Broadway's director Arthur Penn and actress Anne Bancroft got the idea. It all started in the 1950's when the show Miracle Worker was on broadway. Hays was the set designer of the show and was fascinated by the way sign language was involved with the acting. After that, they really got the ball rolling. It took a while for someone to book them, but once someone took a chance, the audience was hooked. Ever since then it has increased the interest in interaction and the studying of sign language. Start up
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Ex-NTD actress Phyllis Frelich won the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God produced by The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Linda Bove, a regular on the television series Sesame Street, also acted with NTD. Other famous actors who have worked with NTD include NTD co-founder Bernard Bragg, Colleen Dewhurst, Sir Michael Redgrave, Chita Rivera, Jason Robards and Meryl Streep. Today the theater is located on the campus of the American school of the deaf in West Hartford, Connecticut. Ensz 3 The company provides awareness of the deaf culture. It shows people the beauty of sign language. But it's not just that. The company shows the talent of brilliant actors that probably wouldn't have been shown without this company. The National Theater of the Deaf is the oldest theater company in the United States that has continually gone on tours and produced original works. The company has visited each of the 50 states in close to 80 national tours, as well as many countries in over 30 international tours.
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Ex-NTD actress Phyllis Frelich won the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God produced by The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Linda Bove, a regular on the television series Sesame Street, also acted with NTD. Other famous actors who have worked with NTD include NTD co-founder Bernard Bragg, Colleen Dewhurst, Sir Michael Redgrave, Chita Rivera, Jason Robards and Meryl Streep. Today the theater is located on the campus of the American school of the deaf in West Hartford, Connecticut. Ensz 3 The company provides awareness of the deaf culture. It shows people the beauty of sign language. But it's not just that. The company shows the talent of brilliant actors that probably wouldn't have been shown without this company. The National Theater of the Deaf is the oldest theater company in the United States that has continually gone on tours and produced original works. The company has visited each of the 50 states in close to 80 national tours, as well as many countries in over 30 international tours.
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