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When Blind Casting Isn’t Enough

"From the moment I decided I wanted to act in the fifth grade until my graduation from theatre school twelve years later, I never had the opportunity to play a character that was written for someone who looks like me."

By Rebecca Gibian and Natasha Mumba / Jun 8, 2018
iPhoto caption: Ultrasound. Photography by Michael Cooper

The Undiscovered Country of Deafness

Deafness is almost like a country. There are no borders or land but it’s a place that a lot of people inhabit. We have a different language, a different culture, different rules.

By Ieva Lucs / May 9, 2016