Deaf West Theater

Deaf West Theatre Company is a North Hollywood, California based cultural institution serving as a model for deaf theater worldwide. Deaf West Theatre Inc., was founded to directly improve and enrich the cultural lives of the 1.2 million deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who live in the Los Angeles area. Noted for being the first professional resident Sign Language Theatre in the western half of the United States, Deaf West Theatre productions, actors and directors have won more than 80 theatre awards for artistic merit.

Today, DWT provides exposure and access to professional theatre, filling a void for deaf artists and audiences. It serves the cultural, educational, social and employment needs of its constituents and is an institution for the discovery and exploration of artists' identities and their stature as artists. Through the medium of Sign Language Theatre, a legacy of deaf culture is created, shared, and preserved.

Presenting adaptations of classics, contemporary and original works, DWT is dedicated to the production of theatre at its highest artistic quality, which nurtures and promotes the talents of its actors, writers, directors and designers. DWT productions are presented in American Sign Language with simultaneous translation in English, providing for all an enhanced theatrical experience.

Deaf West Theatre's most notable accomplishments are bringing a revival of Big River to the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway in 2003, as well as Spring Awakening in 2015.

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