Photo: DJ Kurs, artistic director of Deaf West Theatre. Photo by Tate Tullier
Interview by Bill O’Brien
NEA Arts Magazine
For deaf individuals, the inherently verbal nature of theater poses obvious, often prohibitive challenges. While some theaters have made closed captioning available to audiences, others approach deafness as a unique artistic opportunity rather than as an obstacle to be worked around. One of the most prominent organizations in this latter category is Los Angeles