Marlee Matlin has a word tattooed on each of her wrists. On the left is “perseverance,” on the right is “warrior.” “After 37 years, I’m still hustling,” she says by way of explanation in “Marlee ...
LOS ANGELES -- In 1987, Marlee Matlin made history as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for her role in "Children of a Lesser God." At the time, it felt like a major breakthrough, but Matlin has ...
The emotional climax of “A Strange Loop,” now playing through Aug. 10 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, unfolds in a fierce and vulnerable silence. Usher, the narrator (played by Gabriel Silva), is ...
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US president Donald Trump has been sued by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) for a second time, after his administration decided once again to do away with American Sign Language (ASL) ...
ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) - A new play in Anamosa is the first play of its kind being performed in Eastern Iowa. “Bury Me” is being performed by deaf actors, entirely in American Sign Language. Director ...