ASL Creative seeks to provide common ground for Deaf and hearing audiences by supporting the development of new theater for and by Deaf artists. Like IRT’s Artist In Residence and Theater for Young Audiences programs, ASL Creative uses the IRT workspace as an incubator, hosting workshop presentations and festivals dedicated to unique new works that encourage the free flow of communication and perspective. Currently, IRT: ASL Creative is developing Stepchild, a radical new ASL interpretation of the timeless Grimm’s fairytale “Cinderella,” and will continue to host the annual Emerging Deaf Artists Festival in Spring/Summer ‘10.

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