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Production: Big River |
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Originally taped - June, 2003
With: Jeff Calhoun - Director
Phyllis Frelich - Actor
Tyrone Giordano - Actor
Todd Haimes - Producer
Daniel Jenkins - Actor
Bill O'Brien - Producer
Theodore S. Chapin - Moderator
Isabelle Stevenson - Host
Director Jeff Calhoun, actor Phyllis Frelich, actor Tyrone Giordano, producer Todd Haimes, actor Daniel Jenkins and producer Bill O'Brien explain how Deaf West Theatre Company, a sign language theatre company, decided to put on the musical Big River; why that is not a bad idea, as many initially thought; the integration of signing into the choreography of the show; and how 2 actors, one hearing and one deaf, shared each of the principal roles.
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