National Theatre of the Deaf

The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD ) is a US-based touring theater, work professionally in the deaf artists and perform. The company was founded in 1967 by the designer David Hays in Waterford, Connecticut, with the help of government funds and has its seat after several moves today in West Hartford on the campus of the traditional American School for the Deaf (ASD ).

The theater offers the artists a platform for the presentation of Deaf culture and also has the goal of this almost a wide audience. To this end, the American Sign Language is also combined with the spoken word. The concept goes back to the psychologist Edna Simon Levine. Today, the National Theatre of the Deaf has recorded over 100 national tours in all 50 states of the United States and over 30 international tours with a total of more than 7000 performances. The National Theatre of the Deaf has won several awards, including the Tony Award for " Theatrical Excellence", and is in the self- representation of the oldest, continuously operating theater tour in the United States.

Famous former members are Phyllis Frelich, for example, and Howie Seago. The National Theatre of the Deaf has also worked with well-known artists such as hearing Chita Rivera, Jason Robards, Peter Sellars, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meryl Streep, Marcel Marceau and Colleen Dewhurst.

A branch of the National Theatre for deaf children is the Little Theatre of the Deaf (LTD ), whose performances are also represented in the television series Sesame Street.