This area will eventually include links and other helpful resources related to the field of Deaf Theatre. The goal is to balance this website to contain text and visual resources that enable all viewers to have options for how they are able to review and enjoy information about Deaf Theatre on this website.
Listing of books, articles, dissertations, scripts, videos and websites that cover Deaf theatre and sign language theatre. Bibliography was developed by RIT Wallace Memorial librarian – Joan Naturale.
| Title | Date | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Tales from a Clubroom | 1980 | Bergman, Eugene
Bragg, Bernard |
| A Case of Matter Over Mouth | Baldwin, Steve | |
| A Mafia Doctor Confesses | Baldwin, Steve | |
| A Play of Our Own – Part III | 1979 | Baldwin, Steve |
| A Play of Our Own – Part IV | 1981 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Birth of a Deaf Play | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Borderline | 1980 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Boston-Marathon | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Caught in Between | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Christmas Oasis | 1980 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Coronado Hill Country | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Deaf Smith: The Great Texan Scout | 1985 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Develop, Divide, Destory | 1988? | Baldwin, Steve |
| Dr. Corson’s Famous Tuesday Nite at the Office | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Dynasty | 1983 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Friday Night Live! | Baldwin, Steve | |
| How to Break an Evil Bronco | Baldwin, Steve | |
| How to Pick A College President | 1985 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Le Petite Caporale, Napoleon – Part I | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Le Petite Caporale, Napoleon – Part II | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Love and Let Love | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Midnight Ride of Billy Dawes | 1976 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Obstacles | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Potluck Dinner | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Sign and Sound A Lovin’ | 1980 | Baldwin, Steve |
| T.H. Gallaudet and Monsieur Clerc: Coming to Terms | 1988 | Baldwin, Steve |
| True hero | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Twin D’Amorias | Baldwin, Steve | |
| Who’s Gonna be the Next Gally Prezy? | Baldwin, Steve | |
| You Were Ok, Ok, Fine, Fine | 1979 | Baldwin, Steve |
| Different Worlds | 1979 | Bangs, Donald |
| Dracula | 1981 | Bangs, Donald |
| Institutional Blues | 1993 | Bangs, Donald & DeLap, Jan |
| Jealousy | 1985 | Bangs, Donald |
| Sea Princess | 1980 | Bangs, Donald |
| The Miser | 1981 | Bangs, Donald |
| The Phoney | 1991 | Bangs, Donald |
| The Touch | 1976 | Bangs, Donald |
| Black Woman’s Stories: One Deaf Experience | 1992/3 | Banks, Michelle |
| Reflections of a Black Deaf Woman | 1995 | Banks, Michelle |
| There’s a Butter, but No Bread | 1990 | Banks, Michelle & Holt, Monique |
| Fish nor Fowl | 1984 | Bergman, Eugene |
| A Nice Place to Live | Blue, Adrian | |
| Circus of Signs | 1982 | Blue, Adrian |
| A Journey Into the World of Visual Wonders | Bragg, Bernard | |
| Laugh Properly, Please | 1999 | Bragg, Bernard |
| On the Golden Wedding Anniversary | 1998 | Bragg, Bernard |
| That Makes Two of Us | 1982 | Bragg, Bernard |
| To Whom It May Concern | 1998 | Bragg, Bernard |
| True Deaf | 2000 | Bragg, Bernard |
| The Good Peddler | 1961 | Burke, Donald |
| Broken Spoke | 1990 | Conley, Willy |
| Falling on Hearing Eyes: of Sign/Anguish for People with Communication Disorders | 1998 | Conley, Willy |
| For Every Man, Woman, and Child | 1999 | Conley, Willy |
| Goya – en la Quinta del Sordo (in the house of the deaf man) | 2002 | Conley, Willy |
| Oh, Figaro! | 2003 | Conley, Willy |
| Playing Seriously | 1994 | Conley, Willy |
| Tales from India | 2004 | Conley, Willy |
| The Fallout Shelter | 2000 | Conley, Willy |
| The Hearing Test | 1991 | Conley, Willy |
| Water Falls | 1996 | Conley, Willy |
| Vignettes of the Deaf Character | 1997 | Conley, Willy |
| Am I Paranoid? | 1992 | Daniels, Bob |
| I Didn’t Hear the Color | 1990 | Daniels, Bob |
| Meta | 1993 | Durr, Patricia |
| Sign Off | 1993 | Durr, Patricia |
| Can Do: A Revue | 1989 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| Hands | 1975 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| Laurent Clerc: A Profile | 1976 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| Sign Me Alice | 1973 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| Sign Me Alice II | 1983 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| What | 1981 | Eastman, Gilbert |
| 2 Women Writers | 1982 | Galloway, Terry |
| Hamlet in Berlin | 1985 | Galloway, Terry |
| Heart of a Dog | 1984 | Galloway, Terry |
| Lardo Weeping | 1993 | Galloway, Terry |
| Out All Night and Lost My Shoes | 1986 | Galloway, Terry |
| Out of Their Minds | 1984 | Galloway, Terry |
| The Deaf Man Howls | 1989 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Women Talk | 1984 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Horses Tell No Lies | 1979 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Going Home | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Mabel and Alexander | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Where or When | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| The White Room I | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| The White Room II | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Nobody | 1980 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Executive Order #9066 | 1981 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| The Passions of Rita H. | 1985 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Something for Nothing | 1985 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Rainfall | 1988 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| The Merry Widow | 1988 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Lovelost | 1990 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Deafwatch: Silence | 1990 | Hlibok, Bruce |
| Deafasty | 1985 | Holcomb, Tom |
| Hear No Scream: AIDS in the Deaf | 1995 | Holcomb, Tom |
| Side by Side | Holcomb, Tom | |
| The Week the World Heard Gallaudet | Holcomb, Tom | |
| The Night was So Hungry That Ate the Moon | 2006 | Holt, Monique |
| Deaf History: Time Machine | 1978 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Deafective | 1978 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Oh, Stop! Oh, Stop! | 1981 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy | 1978 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Solar System | 1978 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Theatre House | 1979 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| Voyage | 1979 | Jacobowitz, E. Lynn |
| 10 Handful of Myths | 1996 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| 25 Cents | 1991 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| Handful of Myths | 1995 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| Legend of Sleeping Hollow | 2000 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| Lysistrata | 2005 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 2000 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| The Giving Tree and Other Stories | 2003 | Kelstone, Aaron |
| Contract With the Devil | 1981 | Kennedy, Ray |
| Deafia | 1977 | Kennedy, Ray |
| Profile of a Deaf Peddler | 1999 | Lamitola, Mike |
| Among Fathers | 1997 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Beauty & the Beast | 2004 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Daffodils | 1995 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Darkest Room in the House | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Deal | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Doogle | 2005 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Gambit | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Hippos & Giraffes | 2002 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Honeymoon | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| I Never Slept With Helen Keller | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| In Love and Trust I Lust | 2005 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Interpretations | 2001 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Jackhammer | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Lifeguard | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Love in My Veins | 2003 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Penny Lover | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Six Women In Search of a Perfect Play | 1994 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Snooty | 1996 | Luczak, Raymond |
| The Happy De Von Campers | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| The Rake | 1992 | Luczak, Raymond |
| This | 2003 | Luczak, Raymond |
| Threshold | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| Whispers of a Savage Sort | 1996 | Luczak, Raymond |
| White Chocolate | in process | Luczak, Raymond |
| And Gladly Teche | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| Color of Love | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| Crooked Cop | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| Moments Preserved | 1966 | Malzkuhn, Eric |
| Sounds of Silence | 1955 | Malzkuhn, Eric |
| The Eternal Road | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| The Flying Zarillas | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| The Lonely | Malzkuhn, Eric | |
| Silent Salzburg | Medugno, Richard | |
| Language of One | Merkin, Lewis | |
| The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy | Meyer, Alan & Nowak, Michael | |
| A Play of Our Own, Trouble’s Just Beginning | 1973 | Miles, Dorothy |
| Bell in Hell | 2004 | Mow, Shanny |
| Counterfeits | 1995 | Mow, Shanny |
| Daisy & Pole & Milly & Mike & The Superintendent & The Spanking Machine | 1978 | Mow, Shanny |
| Eight Handfuls of Myth | 1992 | Mow, Shanny |
| Fingers Around the World: Africa | 2006 | Mow, Shanny |
| Fingers Around the World: Orient | 2004 | Mow, Shanny |
| Fingers Around the World:South of the Border | 2005 | Mow, Shanny |
| Gilgamesh | 1981 | Mow, Shanny |
| Legend Da La Llorna | 1990 | Mow, Shanny |
| Legend of La Lalloronoa or the Weeping Woman | 1990 | Mow, Shanny |
| Letters From Heaven | 1991 | Mow, Shanny |
| Love Thy Neighbor | 1995 | Mow, Shanny |
| Myths: Baked, Boiled, & Fried | 1992 | Mow, Shanny |
| Odyssey | 1989 | Mow, Shanny |
| Parzival, From the Horse’s Motuh | 1982 | Mow, Shanny |
| Selecting a Ghost | 1997 | Mow, Shanny |
| Shakespeare Unmasked | 1995 | Mow, Shanny |
| Shakespeare Unmasked II | 1998 | Mow, Shanny |
| Snow White and Too Many Cooks | 1999 | Mow, Shanny |
| Squanto Spoke English | 1998 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Cat Spanking Machine | 1997 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Ghost of Chastity Past | 1981 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Greatest Little Sign Show | 1988 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Iliad, Play by Play | 1980 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Spanking Machine | 1978 | Mow, Shanny |
| The Woman Who Wins Every Bet | 2001 | Mow, Shanny |
| You Asked For It | 1990 | Mow, Shanny |
| There and Back | Nelson, Kate | |
| Appointments with Fred | 1989 | O’Rourke, Terrence |
| Another Play of Our Own, Part II | Peterson, Rico | |
| Seeing Place | Peterson, Rico | |
| Star | Teall, Dorothy | |
| The Dream | 1912 | Terry, Howard |
| Molded | 1987 | Theriot-Sacceti, Terrylene |
| Unveiling the Rock | 1993 | Theriot-Sacceti, Terrylene |
| A Laying of Hands | 1993 | Verhoosky, Michele |
| Beyond the Blue | 2002 | Verhoosky, Michele |
| I See the Moon | 2008 | Verhoosky, Michele |
| Middle of Nowhere | 1996 | Verhoosky, Michele |
| The Sound of Silence | 2004 | Weiner, Craig |
3D DERBY DEAF DRAMA-UNITED KINGDOM
3D started in 2002 with project funding and support from Derby CVS and Red Earth Theatre Company, which continued for 2 years. Since then they have become an independent company managed by Deaf volunteers. Through the company deaf adults are able to learn new skills such as: Working in a team, Acting, Administration/Publicity, Building/making set, props etc., Directing and many more
AUSTRALIAN THEATRE OF THE DEAF-https://www.artsaccess.com.au/australian-theatre-of-the-deaf-2/
The only professional Deaf Theatre in Australia founded in 1979. first Deaf artistic director, Carol-Lee Aquiline, appointed in 1989
DEAF WEST THEATRE-http://www.deafwest.org/
Founded by Ed Waterstreet and Linda Bove in 1991. Focus is Los Angeles, California area. Current Artistic Director is DJ Kurs.
DEAFINITELY THEATRE-https://www.deafinitelytheatre.co.uk/
British Deaf Theatre founded in 2002.
INTERNATIONAL VISUAL THEATRE-http://ivt.fr/
French Deaf Theatre
NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE DEAF-http://ntd.org/
First American professional Deaf theatre founded in 1967.
SIGNDANCE COLLECTIVE-http://www.disabilityartsinternational.org/artists/profiles/signdance-collective-international/
Signdance collective is an international dance theatre company based in South-East England and Amsterdam. Led by Deaf and physically artists, it heads the development of the art form; signdance theatre.
TYST-http://tystteater-international.riksteatern.se/
Swedish Deaf Theatre with a vision to become a center and meeting place for Deaf stage arts.
teater MANU-https://teatermanu.no/produksjoner/gratende-hender/?lang=en
Deaf Theater in Norway
imaginASL PERFORMING ARTS-https://www.imaginasl.org/
Deaf Theatre in Colorado, formerly known as Rocky Mountain Deaf Theatre.