The National Theater of the Deaf

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The National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD) is an American theatre company founded in 1967 and based in Connecticut, United States. The company presents productions that combine American Sign Language and spoken language to make performances accessible to both deaf and hearing audiences. NTD is affiliated with a drama school founded in 1967 and with the Little Theatre of the Deaf (LTD), established in 1968 for younger audiences. Before the NTD’s founding, there were no college-level theatre programs designed for deaf actors. The three major deaf theatre groups active earlier were the New York Association of the Deaf, the New York Theatre Guild of the Deaf, and the Metropolitan Theatre Guild of the Deaf. NTD’s first official performance was The Man With His Heart in the Highlands at Wesleyan Uni...