3rd National Deaf Theatre Competition 2023

In collaboration with DeafWest and Sunshine 2.0/NTID, and the Utah School for the Deaf is hosting the Third National Theater Competition and Festival for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in high school!  Please visit the festival website here.
Participants will submit an entry in one or more categories that will be judged by DeafWest and Sunshine 2.0 performers and other Deaf professionals in the field of acting. The following day workshops will be provided by DeafWest and Sunshine 2.0, and other professionals in Deaf theatre to develop performing skills. The event will include competitions in the following categories; drama, music, dance, and Visual Vernacular. For rules and guidelines pertaining to this competition, you can access that here (Theatre Competition for the Deaf Guidebook).
This will be a virtual competition (Handflash) offered February 6 – March 10, 2023 and an in-person festival held on March 16 – 18th, 2023.  Agenda coming soon!

Handflash Announcement

If you have further questions please reach out to Jonaz McMillan at jonazmcmillan@gmail.com or Nathan Harrison at nathanh@usdb.org.  Specific information about the festival can be found at https://www.deafwest.org/festival
We hope you can join us!!
Letter to Teachers and Administrators

NDHSTF 2023 Save the Date Flyer

Handflash Flyer 2023