R.I.P., David A. #Hays [°Jun. 2, 1930 – Feb. 17, 2026]🕯️😔🌹

#deaftheatre #LittleTheateroftheDeaf #LongDaysJourneyIntoNight #LightontheSubject #MyOldManandtheSea #SettingtheStage #NTD #NationalTheatreoftheDeaf #LifetimeAchievementAward #EdnaLevine #GilbertEastman #SaraReich #DavidArthurHays #DavidHays

A winter-themed graphic with snow-covered pine trees framing the image. Large icy blue text reads “2026” with snowflakes falling across a soft blue background. Above it says “Happy New Year,” and below reads “From Echoes in Motion” alongside a green hand logo, symbolizing ASL and movement.

New year, new stories, new movement.
Happy New Year from Echoes In Motion ❄️✨
#EchoesInMotion #DeafTheatre #ASLArt #VisualStorytelling #HappyNewYear2026

Ladies and gentlemen, what you're about to see was my first paid gig! Might not be my best, but at least it got to appear on-stage in a sign language play!
[Original Play Date: June 14th, 2024]
[Original Upload Date: June 15th, 2024]
#thewizardofoz #play #deaftheatre #paidcommission #youtubelinks

A snapshot of a production folder book of Treasure Island, with a drawing of a pirate on the cover atop a stack of papers and a storage box.

It's my birthday today! It was a good day. BTW, I donated $25 to the National Theatre of the Deaf (@NatlTheatreDeaf). I would love it if you could donate, too.

I gave to support their ongoing historical preservation and digitization efforts. ntd.org/donate/ #DeafTheatre

We are grateful for Marceau himself, and for his influence on Bragg, who would go on to co-found the National Theatre of the Deaf with others who shared a vision for a national #DeafTheatre.

“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?” -Marcel Marceau

To celebrate Henrik Ibsen’s birthday today: some clips from National Theatre of the Deaf’s production of Peer Gynt, one of Ibsen’s most well-known plays. #DeafTheatre

"Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won." -Henrik Ibsen

Phyllis is no longer with us, and we are forever grateful for her incredible presence and immeasurable impact on American #theatre and #DeafTheatre

In the photo here, you can see Phyllis in her first Broadway appearance as Polly Garter in “Songs from Milk Wood,” with Lou Fant, who played Captain Cat. The play was directed by J Ranelli, adapted by Bernard Bragg and Dorothy Miles, and opened at the ANTA Theatre on January 10, 1970. #DeafTheatre

[ID: A photo of a white woman holding onto the arm of a white male. The woman is dressed in a long sleeved shirt with a sweater on her arm, and is staring intently at the man. The man has a cap and wears a sweater, holding onto himself as if he were cold, with his eyes open and distant.]

We celebrate Phyllis Frelich today, born on February 29, 1944. Phyllis was one of the founding company members and a mainstay of NTD through its first 12 years. She left NTD to play Sarah Norman in “Children of a Lesser God,” becoming the first deaf actress to win a Tony for her work. #DeafTheatre

ID: Two white males standing and saluting against a backdrop of painted soldier figures. One on the left is clad in military uniform and a helmet and is saluting using his hand, and the other wears an artist’s smock and beret, saluting with a paintbrush. In the back is a painting of a clock in the eleventh hour.

Did you know? Famed deaf artist Chuck Baird was also a phenomenal storyteller and acted with the NTD over a decade.

Although no longer with us, Chuck lives on in our memories, his stories, and the art he created. He would have been 78 years old today, on February 22, his birthday. #DeafTheatre

The great Caroline Parker MBE, showing how to sign a song.

#SongSigning #DeafTheatre

Please could I get some recommendations for BSL consultants for a theatre project, preferably East Midlands based.

#deaftheatre #bslconsultants #bslterps

Next week our evening show on Thursday 12th Dec & matinee on Friday 13th Dec of #HanselAndGretel at Tobacco Factory Theatres will be BSL interpreted🧏‍♀️🧏‍♂️
🎟 tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/hansel...
#accessibility #deaffriendly #deafculture #deaf #BSL #signlanguage #deaftheatre