A Movement of the Soul - Special Performance May 14, 2011

A Movement of the Soul, a new play in two acts, centers around Laurent Clerc, the Deaf French teacher who started the first school for the Deaf in America with Reverend Thomas Gallaudet and the tumult caused by Clerc’s engagement to his Deaf students, Eliza Boardman. The play will be performed in ASL, English, French and dance. It is being presented by Berkshire Playwrights Lab in Association with Jeff Ash with assistance from New York Theatre Workshop, Lexington School For the Deaf, and LaGuardia Community College Interpreter Program.

Writer: Carol Schneider
Director: Joe Cacaci
Choreographer: Alexandria Wailes
Sign Master: Lewis Merkin

Cast: Frank Dattolo (Laurent Clerc), Alexandria Wailes (Eliza Boardman), Anatol Yusef (Thomas Gallaudet), Candace Broecker, Jordan Lage, Michael Wikes and Stephanie Zimmering.

All proceeds go to benefit the Lexington Foundation, which supports the Lexington School for the Deaf, the Lexington Hearing and Speech Center, Lexington Vocational Services, and the Lexington Center for Mental Health Services. We will love to see you all there!

Official Website: http://www.lexnyc.org/a-movement-of-the-soul.aspx