A group of students from the ASL English Interpreting program joined Peck School of the Arts theater students to integrate ASL into the production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage.
Instead of standing off to the side, the interpreters were on stage with the hearing actors and integrated into the action.
“Sweat” marked the first play at UWM where there was not an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter standing off to the side during the performance.
Instead, interpreters were on stage, with the hearing actors, and moving in sync with them. UWM Report posted a story about the project.
UWM Production Brings Actors and ASL Interpreters Together on Stage
The unique collaboration was also featured in a CBS-58 Sunday morning newscast. ASL English Interpreting Director Pam Conine, who proposed the idea, was interviewed.