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National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped (NTWH) was a New York City-based repertory theatre company and theatre school, providing training and performing space for writers and performers with disabilities, founded in 1977 by Father Rick Curry, S.J. NTWH had programs for acting, singing, voice, writing, and theatre production, and thousands of theatre students and performers with disabilities participated in the company's programs in New York City as well as a campus in Belfast, Maine. ==History== Father Rick Curry's interest in performing became a major activity during his years in university. He gained experience in theatre and television commercial work. His university graduate studies were in theatre arts, which led to a PhD in the field from New York University. Curry, born without a right hand and forearm, had his first experience with open discrimination against his disability allegedly when he tried to audition for a role in a mouthwash commercial, and the receptionist burst out laughing, assuming he had been sent in as a joke. Months later, he founded NTWH in 1977 in Lower Manhattan. The company's goals included training students in communication skills that would help them in professional theatre, and to "enhance their opportunities in the workplace". Theatre schools commonly overlooked or excluded students who have a disability; so NTWH helped address this problem, offering courses in academic subjects and also practical theatre skills. NTWH aimed to "create a theatrical arena in which disabled and able-bodied actors and playwrights collaborate, train, and perform together". Community events were also held to stage dramatic works dealing with "themes of disability". Curry brought a new focus to projects involving disabled veterans. The Writers’ Program for Wounded Warriors provided a forum for veterans to write dramatic monologues about their war experiences. Curry has been a member of the Roman Catholic Jesuit order for more than 50 years, first as a Jesuit Brother, and more recently, as a priest and Chaplain at Georgetown University. Curry's theatre values reflect his Jesuit training: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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