NTD Milestones
2010 |
NTD was invited to perform at the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas Nevada on July 18-23. |
2009 |
Connecticut Magazine Award for "Best Theatre Troupe", 2nd year |
| LTD was named Best of Business in the Theatrical companies category by Small Business Commerce Association | |
| Little Theatre of the Deaf was issued an invitation by The American Institute in Taiwan to perform as an adjunct to the International Deaflympics from September 5 to 15. | |
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NTD Receives Best of West Hartford Theatre Award, 2nd year . |
2008 |
NTD Celebrates 40th Anniversary at Angels Dinner Gala |
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CT. Governor M. Jodi Rell Proclaims November 22, 2008 National Theatre of the Deaf Day. |
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NTD Receives Best of West Hartford Theatre Award. |
2007 |
NTD celebrates its 40th anniversary |
2006 |
LTD appears on episodes of "Sesame Street". |
2005 |
LTD appears on episodes of "Sesame Street". |
2004 |
NTD moves its corporate headquarters to the campus of the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT |
2001 |
LTD appears on the Disney Channel series Out of the Box. |
2000 |
NTD moves its corporate headquarters to Hartford, CT |
1998 |
NTD founder David Hays presents a workshop in Antarctica, making NTD the world’s first theatre company to appear on all seven continents. |
1995 |
NTD performs in Art! Artists. Athletes. at the Connecticut Special Olympics World Games. |
1994 |
NTD holds inaugural Deaf Theatre Conference (DTC) to encourage the work of Deaf playwrights from over 40 theatres of the Deaf around the world (theatres which came into existence in the wake of NTD’s groundbreaking work) |
1993 |
NTD celebrates its 6,000th performance. |
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NTD receives Deafness Research Foundation’s Media Award. |
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NTD performs at The White House for the President and Mrs. Clinton’s first holiday celebration. |
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NTD receives a Cable ACE Award nomination for One More Spring. |
1992 |
NTD becomes the first U.S. theatre to tour South Africa following the easing of United Nation’s sanctions. |
1990 |
Company member Camille L. Jeter receives the Princess Grace Awards Foundation’s USA Fellowship. |
1988 |
NTD is the only theatre from the West invited to the first Tokyo International Theatre Festival. |
1986 |
NTD becomes the first theatre from the West to perform in the People’s Republic of China. |
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Company alumnus Howie Seago wins the Helen Hayes Award. |
1985 |
Company member Charles Struppmann receives the Itzhak Perlman International Scholarship. |
1984 |
NTD represents the U.S. at the Los Angeles Olympics Arts Festival. |
1980 |
The Crown Prince of Japan honors NTD during the first of four tours to Japan. |
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Company alumna Phyllis Frelich wins Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God. |
1979 |
NTD receives a Connecticut Commission on the Arts Award. |
1977 |
NTD receives Tony Award for Theatrical Excellence. |
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Kennedy Center commissions Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. |
1975 |
Company member Linda Bove becomes a regular member of "Sesame Street"" television cast. |
1972 |
NTD is in residence with Peter Brook in Paris. |
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LTD represents the U.S. at the ASSITEJ International Children’s Theatre Conference. |
1968 |
NTD makes first its Broadway Appearance. |
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NTD forms The Little Theatre of the Deaf (LTD) to reach out to young audiences and their families. |
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NTD receives Outer Circle Critics Award. |
1967 |
The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) is established through funds received from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. |
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NTD mounts its first national tour. |
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NTD creates its Professional Theatre School. |
