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Musical theatre major Aidan Black\u2019s interest in American Sign Language was sparked in high school. So when he was choosing\u00a0a\u00a0language credit at UWM, he signed up for an ASL<\/a> course in UWM\u2019s School of Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now ASL is an integral part of his role in the Skylight Music Theatre\u2019s production of \u201cSpring Awakening,\u201d which incorporates deaf and hearing actors. The Tony-award winning rock musical is based on an earlier play about teen angst and sexual awakening in the 19th<\/sup> century. It opens March 1 and runs through March 17 at Skylight, 158 N. Broadway in Milwaukee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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