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Neil Sprouse
Theatre Artist
Neil worked as Assistant ASL Master for a OFF-BROADWAY workshop production of Movements of the Soul, written by Carol Schneider and Directed by Joe Cacaci. Starring Thomas DellaMonica as Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, John McGinty as Laurent Clerc, Hillary Baack as Eliza Boardman.
About Movements of the Soul
ibased on a true story of the unlikely friendship between a young, hearing, Congregationalist minister and a revolutionary Deaf French teacher in 1818, as they create the first school for the Deaf in America, triumphing over narrow tradition and prejudice, only to see it all pushed to the brink of collapse when one of them follows his heart in his personal life.
Performed in American Sign Language, English, Signed English and French, the audience experiences the ferocious arc of the play through the spoken word and the picturesque, expressive signing, seamlessly interwoven by the multilingual, versatile ensemble.
The production ran at the Rose Nagelberg Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center, September 8-20, 2015
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