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Deaf West Theatre is pleased to offer educational programming for Los Angeles schools with award-winning sign language theater activities
Dramatic
Gestures is Deaf West Theatre’s educational outreach program that bridges education and theater by bringing special residencies directly to Los Angeles schools as well as hosting special workshops and activities at our home space in North Hollywood. Dramatic Gestures seeks to positively impact Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and hearing students by providing positive role models and helping students improve teamwork skills and gain confidence in artistic expression through various activities. Deaf West Theatre is the only organization in Los Angeles that offers schools arts education programming with American Sign Language, making this a truly accessible program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students as well as providing a unique cross-cultural experience to all students.
Click to view our Deaf West Outreach
Promotional Documentary.
Our Programs
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School Performances are attended by students at Deaf West’s mainstage productions at our North Hollywood theater. This opportunity reveals the capacity and beauty of the performing arts while exposing students to profound cultural contributions. Production-specific, age-appropriate Study Guides with resources for in-classroom activities are also provided. |
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Theater
Residency Programs are brought to select DHH K-12 programs in Los Angeles where teaching artists work closely with school teachers to develop a tailored interdisciplinary curriculum so students can learn more about theatre arts, literature, ASL, and the Deaf culture through classroom theater activities. |
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Touring School
Performances are professional bi-lingual/bi-cultural productions that can be performed for both deaf and hearing school children. Sign language translations, which accurately preserve the tone, humor, rhythms and intentions of the source material, enable deaf and hard of hearing students to engage in the theater arts in the same manner as their hearing classmates. Study guides generally accompany the performance. |
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ASL Story Time provides deaf children the rare opportunity to participate in a shared cultural program at mainstream schools, without the necessity for assistive technologies, interpreters or other third party conduits. Deaf West offers several public performances at our North Hollywood theater several times a year. Read more at ASL Story Time. |
For more information about booking a performance or workshop at your school, please contact our Educational Coordinator, Kalen Feeney, at kalendwt@gmail.com or call us at 818-762-2998.
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