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Staff
Mission
History
Milestones
Production Timeline
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Staff
Aaron Kubey, Executive Director/President
Betty Beekman, Tour Director
George Ghitsa, Accountant
Dr. Harvey J. Corson, Chairperson of the Board
John Hamby, Vice Chairperson of the Board
Jeffrey A. Amell, Secretary of the Board
John H. Schuyler, Treasurer of the Board
John Basinger, Board Member
Jeffrey S. Bravin, Board Member
Harry Freeman, Board Member
Joan Hanna, Board Member
Sheila Mullen, Board Member
Matthew Sorokin, Board Member
Albert Watson, Board Member
Mission
The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) operates under the following comprehensive mission:
To produce theatrically challenging work of the highest quality, drawing from as wide a range of the world’s literature as possible; to perform these original works in a style that links American Sign Language with the spoken word; to seek, train and employ Deaf artists; to offer our work to as culturally diverse and inclusive an audience as possible; to provide community outreach activities that will educate and enlighten the general public, opening their eyes and ears to Deaf culture and building linkages that facilitate involvement in our methods of work.
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History
In 1967, the National Theatre of the Deaf was founded by David Hays at the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut. With federal grants from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1965, this valiant troupe of actors, directors, and designers laid the ground work and in 1967, with additional funds from the U.S. Office of Education, created its Professional Training School and mounted its first National Tour. The following year, The Little Theatre of the Deaf, NTD's theatre for young audiences troupe, was created and began touring as well.
In 1983, NTD moved its home to Chester, Connecticut and in 1994, the National and Worldwide Deaf Theatre Conference had its inaugural session, to facilitate communication, develop techniques, and encourage the work of deaf playwrights from the over 40 theatres of the deaf from around the world that NTD was instrumental in founding. In 2000, NTD moved its home to the Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford. In 2004, NTD moved again to the campus of the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT.
In thirty-nine years, there have been over 100 national tours with visits to all 50 states, 31 international tours, and over 10,000 performances, earning NTD its place in theatrical history as the oldest, continually-producing touring theatre company in the United States.
NTD has received critical acclaim for its adaptations of classic literature (Chekhov, Voltaire, Homer, Moliere, Ibsen, and Pucinni) as well as for original works by the Company. NTD has collaborated with artists such as Chita Rivera, Jason Robards, Arvin Brown, Bill Irwin, Peter Sellers, Colleen Dewhurst, and Marcel Marceau. NTD productions provide the opportunity for the majority hearing community to be stimulated by the skills and artistry of the minority Deaf community.
Presentations by NTD do more than just make theatre accessible to the Deaf. They enable the Deaf to share with the hearing members of the audience a cultural and social event. This sharing promotes pride in the culture and artistry of the Deaf. The impact of NTD is realized nationwide and around the world through its principle product: theatre.
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Milestones
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. |
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Production Timeline
2007 – 2008 |
Beware the Brindlebeast and other Stories (LTD) |
2006 – 2007 |
Fingers Around the World: Next Stop: Africa (LTD) |
2005 – 2006 |
Fingers Around the World: South of the Border (LTD) |
2004 – 2005 |
Fingers Around the World: The Orient (LTD) |
2003 – 2004 |
Poetry in Motion (LTD) |
2002 – 2003 |
Giving Tree and other Stories (LTD) |
2002 – 2003 |
Oh, Figaro! |
2001 – 2002 |
Rope Stories (LTD) |
2001 – 2002 |
Profile of a Deaf Peddler |
2000 – 2001 |
A Child’s Christmas in Wales |
2000 – 2001 |
The Curse of Sleepy Hollow |
1999 – 2000 |
Dragon Stories (LTD) |
1999 – 2000 |
Where in the World (LTD) |
1999 – 2000 |
The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t |
1998 – 1999 |
Year of the Child |
1997 – 1998 |
Peer Gynt |
1996 – 1997 |
Shakespeare Unmasked (LTD) |
1996 – 1997 |
America’s Wild, Wild Wits (LTD) |
1996 – 1997 |
Curiouser & Curiouser |
1995 – 1996 |
Story Bag (LTD) |
1994 – 1996 |
An Italian Straw Hat |
1993 – 1994 |
The Wonderful “O” (LTD) |
1993 – 1994 |
Under Milkwood |
1992 – 1993 |
Sports (LTD) |
1992 – 1993 |
Ophelia |
1991 – 1992 |
Treasure Island |
1990 – 1991 |
Collaborates with Pilobolus |
1990 – 1991 |
One More Spring |
1989 – 1990 |
The Odyssey |
1988 – 1989 |
King of Hearts |
1987 – 1988 |
The Light Princess |
1987 – 1988 |
A Child’s Christmas in Wales |
1987 – 1988 |
The Dybbuk |
1986 – 1987 |
The Gift of the Magi |
1986 – 1987 |
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter |
1985 – 1986 |
Farewell, My Lovely! |
1985 – 1986 |
Race a Comet, Catch a Tale (LTD) |
1985 – 1986 |
In a Grove |
1984 – 1985 |
A Child’s Christmas in Wales |
1984 – 1985 |
A Christmas Carol |
1984 – 1985 |
All the Way Home |
1983 – 1984 |
The Hero with a Thousand Faces |
1982 – 1983 |
Big Blue Marble (LTD) |
1982 – 1983 |
Parzival, From the Horse’s Mouth |
1981 – 1982 |
The Road to Cordoba |
1981 – 1982 |
Issa’s Treasure |
1981 – 1982 |
Gilgamesh |
1981 – 1982 |
The Ghost of Chastity Past |
1980 – 1981 |
Silken Tent |
1980 – 1981 |
The Iliad: Play by Play |
1979 – 1980 |
The Wooden Boy |
1979 – 1980 |
Four Thurber Tales (LTD) |
1979 – 1980 |
Our Town |
1978 – 1979 |
Quite Early One Morning |
1978 – 1979 |
Volpone |
1977 – 1978 |
Who Knows One |
1977 – 1978 |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
1977 – 1978 |
The Three Musketeers |
1976 – 1977 |
On the Harmfulness of Tobacco |
1976 – 1977 |
Children’s Letters to God |
1976 – 1977 |
Four Saints in Three Acts |
1975 – 1976 |
Parade |
1974 – 1975 |
Priscilla, Princess of Power |
1974 – 1975 |
The Dybbuk |
1973 – 1974 |
A Child’s Christmas in Wales |
1973 – 1974 |
Optimism (or) The Misadventures of Candide |
1972 – 1973 |
Gilgamesh |
1971 – 1972 |
My Third Eye |
1970 – 1971 |
Journeys |
1970 – 1971 |
Woyzeck |
1969 – 1970 |
Sganagelle |
1969 – 1970 |
Under Milkwood |
1968 – 1969 |
Blueprints |
1968 – 1969 |
The Love of Don Perlimoplin and Belissa in the Garden |
1968 – 1969 |
Camera 3 (LTD) |
1968 – 1969 |
The Critic |
1967 – 1968 |
On the Harmfulness of Tobacco |
1967 – 1968 |
Gianni Schicchi |
1967 – 1968 |
Tyger! Tyger! And other Burnings |
1967 – 1968 |
The Tale of Kasane |
1967 – 1968 |
The Man with his Heart in the Highlands |
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