Sign Language

The young language-deprived protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s novel “Deer Run Home” tells her own story, in verse.

By Sara Novic

Performed simultaneously in sign language and sung English, a Los Angeles revival of the Green Day musical finds new ways to communicate rage and angst.

By Gabe Cohn and Chad Unger

In a visual language, a subtle hand movement can help you get the joke.

By Sam Corbin

New books detail the lives of a politicking Roman emperor, people who communicate through touch and a man who helped make the American West into legend.

By Anna Heyward

The attack, in which four of the 18 people killed were Deaf, resurfaced previous traumas and came after decades of efforts to be recognized.

By Jenna Russell and Amelia Nierenberg

One victim was widely recognized as a sign language interpreter for state briefings during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jenna Russell

She collaborated with two professors at Gallaudet University on the first ASL dictionary, laying the groundwork for a flourishing in Deaf identity over the last 50 years.

By Clay Risen

As productions increasingly include characters and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, deaf and hearing people who translate the shows for deaf audiences are trying to keep up.

By Ilaria Parogni

A Deaf man has been let down by every lover he’s ever had. This time might be different.

“My Onliness” is voluptuous and frenetic, while “This and That” is a slip of a show. Both are pleasingly peculiar.

By Laura Collins-Hughes