Hands On: Broadway’s Sign Language Interpreters

Since 1982 Hands On has interpreted hundreds of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions for deaf audiences. Hands On is one of the only organizations of its kind, offering not only interpreted performances in the not-for-profit theatrical arena, but information on deafness and the arts across the city and country. In 1995, in partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company, Hands On established the first subscription series for the deaf. Join us for a fascinating conversation and demonstration, where master interpreters discuss the translation/interpretation process, accessibility for deaf audiences and offer participants a glimpse at what they do using scenes and songs captured on archival video in the Library’s Theater on Film and Tape Archive.