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3. Visible Language
WSC Avant Bard teams up with Gallaudet University to offer a world premiere musical about, as they put it, “the 1890s culture war that changed the life of every deaf person in America.” With book and lyrics by Mary Resing and music by Andy Welchel, Visible Language focuses chiefly on the clash between Alexander Graham Bell, who was an educator of the deaf as well as inventor of the telephone, and Edward Miner Gallaudet, who was the founder’s son and first president of what became the nation’s [?] premiere school for the deaf. Bell favored teaching the deaf to speak and read lips while Gallaudet advocated for sign language. This bilingual musical — performed in both spoken English and gestured American Sign Language — also incorporates the story of Helen Keller in a production featuring both deaf and hearing actors, directed by WSC Avant Bard’s Tom Prewitt. To Nov. 16. Gilbert C. Eastman Studio Theatre at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. Tickets are $30 to $35. Call 703-418-4808 or visit wscavantbard.org.
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