theatre Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/theatre/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png theatre Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/theatre/ 32 32 US Postal Stamp Honors An Accomplished Deaf Educator https://deafniche.com/us-postal-stamp-honors-accomplished-deaf-educator/ Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:19:38 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9593 The United States Postal Service announced the new commemoration stamps for 2017, honoring individuals who have done outstanding civil work. One of the honored is the Deaf educator Robert Panara. Panara was born hearing and at the age of 10 he fell ill with meningitis and became deaf. Panara actually considered this to be a […]

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]]> Koe No Katachi is Japan’s First-Ever Captioned Anime for Deaf Audiences https://deafniche.com/koenokatachi/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:04:13 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9472 Japan just premiered their first-ever nationwide captioned animated movie in theaters with Koe no Katachi.  This film was borne from the theme of disability and bullying, it’s about a girl who is deaf and the title literally translates to A Silent Voice (or The Shape of Voice.) The story is from a manga (comic) written […]

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]]> Disney’s Step Forward To Promote Deaf Talent with Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical https://deafniche.com/disneys-step-forward-promote-deaf-talent-hunchback-notre-dame-musical/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 06:26:15 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9458 For the first time ever, a deaf actor is playing a classical deaf character It’s not very common to see deaf actors having leading roles in plays. However, Disney just gave a huge step forward in promoting deaf talent. Even though this is not their first time having deaf actors, this is the first time […]

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