Presents a unique collection of essays focusing on the literary, social and performative aspects of American Sign Languagne. The work of a renowned and diverse group of Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars, including Ben Bahan, Peter Cook, & Freda Norman, are showcased in their original form then examined and discussed. New insight into the history, culture, and creative achievements of the Deaf community is presented and the scope of the...

Sign language, mime, dance, and theatrical interpretation are combined to create an entertaining experience by the "Musign Theater Company", a deaf and/or hard of hearing dance troupe. Interviews with the cast are included on Tape A and all songs are signed in ASL. Recommended for people who are deaf or hearing.

The challenge of an ABC story is to use letters of the manual alphabet, in alphabetical order, to tell a story. This DVD presents ten stories, each one presented three times: first at regular speed ; second in slow motion ; and a third time at regular speed. Recommended for sign language and interpreter education programs and an invaluable tool in assisting Deaf students gain a new and deeper appreciation of a unique form of sign language entertainment....

The Little Theatre of the Deaf's re-enactment of Shakespeare's most memorable plays. Talented actors transform these pieces with creative ASL translations. For interpreters, ASL students, and anyone who enjoys theatre.

One of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories. Chilling story of prolonged torment and torture during the Spanish Inquisition. You've been left alone in the dark? Or reaching out into the darkness ... are you really alone? The story has been told in American Sign Language by master story-signer Patrick Graybill.

Join the Little Theatre of the Deaf as they play with ASL and English in a comical presentation based on Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories". You are invited to listen with your eyes and be surprised at what you can see.

Several deaf performers, with the assistance of their voice interpreter/partners, share various insights about the humor, confusion, complications, foibles, fears and delights of everyday life in a deaf world. They then get the hearing point of view on the same topics from their partner's perspective of the sometimes difficult-to-vault communicative fence.

Aesop's fables and timeless fairy tales are told in ASL. Each fable is presented twice: first in a storytelling format and secondly in a dramatized version using minimal sets and props.

Aesop's fables and timeless fairy tales are told in ASL. Each fable is presented twice: first in a storytelling format and secondly in a dramatized version using minimal sets and props.

Aesop's fables and timeless fairy tales are told in ASL. Each fable is presented twice: first in a storytelling format and secondly in a dramatized version using minimal sets and props.