Ed Waterstreet (born May 5, 1943 in
Algoma, Wisconsin
Algoma is a city in Kewaunee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,167 at the 2010 census. Algoma is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Ahnapee settlement, which eventually became known as Al ...
) is a
Deaf
Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an Audiology, audiological condition. In this context it ...
American actor and the founder and
artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...
of
Deaf West Theatre
Deaf West Theatre is a non-profit arts organization based in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is most well known for its Tony Award-nominated productions of '' Big River'' and '' Spring Awakening''.
Deaf West Theatre is led by Artistic Director, ...
, which was established in 1991, and was the first resident theatre company in America operating under the direction of a deaf artistic director.
Waterstreet has acted in a few films such as ''
Love Is Never Silent
''Love Is Never Silent'' is a 1985 Hallmark Hall of Fame television film aired on NBC December 9, 1985 and stars Mare Winningham and Cloris Leachman. It is based on the novel ''In This Sign'' by Joanne Greenberg.
The film won two Emmy awards fo ...
'' (1985) and ''
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
''Sweet Nothing in My Ear'' is a 2008 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and is based on a 1998 play of the same name by Stephen Sachs, who also wrote the teleplay.[Linda Bove
Linda Bove Waterstreet (born November 30, 1945) is an American actress who performed as (a fictionalized version of) herself in the PBS children's series ''Sesame Street'' from 1971 to 2002. Bove was the first deaf actress to be part of the prog ...]
, best known for her role as "Linda the Librarian" from ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...
''.
References
External links
Ed Waterstreet, websiteDeaf West Theatre, Official websiteEd Waterstreet Imageat
''Life'' magazine
1943 births
Living people
Artistic directors
American male deaf actors
American male film actors
American theatre managers and producers
American deaf people
People from Algoma, Wisconsin
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