The role of Dr. Bart is 55 to 65 years old. He is a scheming brute who's nasty, but he is really a teddy bear underneath.

Written by Alexandre Duma
Adapted by Billy Seago
Directed by Billy Seago

The Three Musketeers is a story that has been adapted in many movies and theatre productions. For this production, D'Artagnan, a young man, came to Paris, France motivated to become one of Three Musketeers. The Three Musketeers looked down on him because they thought he didn’t have sword fighting skills which turned out to be false. D’Artagnan worked hard and had a strong aptitude for sword fighting. He proved it after he bravely attacked five of the Cardinal's guards during a battle. This battle enabled him to become friends with Three Musketeers thus becoming one of them.

The role/character of Cardinal Richelieu is middle aged. He is the powerful and evil leader of the guards for France’s King Louis XIII.

"Once there was a tree… and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written by the gifted Shel Silverstein. NTD celebrates its 35th Anniversary by performing this tender story that offers the gift of giving, and of unconditional love.

Concluding the performance is the interactive improvisational piece Your Game. The Little Theatre of the Deaf first performed this acclaimed piece back in 1969, and it has been a much loved segment of our LTD performances ever since.

Also included is "Haunted House," "This is the house that Jack built...," and "Introduction" - taught in basic ASL.

This piece is performed to teach basic ASL with pictures (including materials with our physical actors to create a visual display), acting as tree in "The Giving Tree," navigator for "The Haunted House," acting three different roles for "This is the house that Jack built..." as malt, dog, and priest. Also, was performing in improvisation for "Your Game."

The magic begins when Lysander and Hermia meet in the woods to elope, with Helena and Demetrius in pursuit and the tradesmen there to rehearse their play. King Oberon and their spirit Puck use a magic nectar which, when placed on a sleeping person's eyelids, causes the sleeper to fall in love with the first creature seen upon waking. To their delight, they make Titania infatuated with the tradesman Bottom, who Puck has transformed into an ass. The fairies have much less success with matching the human lovers. Only when the humans finally fall asleep can Oberon and Puck set things right, make Bottom human again and release Titania from the spell. When the lovers explain how the night's events have magically paired them, Theseus invites them to join his own wedding ceremony and selects the tradesmen's play as entertainment for the celebration.

Shadow Interpreter for Oberan, translated from Shakespeare to ASL - ASL artistry and classifiers, and performed the role of a spirit with Oberan and Puck.

The role of the banker, Mr. Kistunov is 40 - 50 years old. He is a formal gentleman, but he is easily frustrated with his painful right foot heavily encased in bandages, swollen to three times its normal size.

One person will inherit everything, with the condition that the intended heir must be sane and alive. In case the named heir has unfortunately inherited the family curse of mental illness, an alternate heir is named in a separate, sealed envelope. Shortly after Mr. West's will is read, one person mysteriously disappears and the only witness to this disappearance is the original heir. Throughout the rest of the play, the remaining relatives suspect that the named heir may be insane. Or, are they trying to make sure that the first-named heir is disqualified from the inheritance?

The plot becomes increasingly complex as jewels are found, then disappear again; a dead body is discovered then disappears; a homicidal maniac is on the loose; and more.

The role of the cousin, Paul Jones is in his 30's. He is very awkward, nerdish, very shy and easily scared, but later he becomes braver and falls in love with Annabelle West.

Harpagon terrorizes his two children by arranging entirely mismatched but profitable marriages for them and himself. Harpagon tries to ruthlessly sacrifice the happiness of his daughter Elise, who is secretly in love with Valére, because he knows of a rich old man who will marry her without demanding a dowry. The father will not permit his son Cléante to marry the woman he loves, Mariane, because she comes from a poor family. Despite Mariane's poverty, Harpagon decides that he loves Mariane but will not marry her until he can get a dowry for her. Later in the story, when Harpagon's fortune is at stake, he is willing to exchange Mariane for money. Throughout the play, Harpagon is worried about his treasure of gold secretly buried in his garden and often goes outside to make sure that his treasure is still there. When Harpagon suspects the servant LaFleche of spying on his buried treasure, he brutally fires him.

Misunderstandings increase as Cléante learns that he not only is a rival with his father for Mariane's hand but also has been borrowing money at an outrageous interest rate from a lender who turns out to be his father. Harpagon's possession of intractable stinginess is ultimately bested by the power of true love. At the end, the family is reunited, lovers are together, and Harpagon is lavishing money to obtain "happiness" for everyone. Actually, Harpagon has learned nothing from his experiences, as he still cares for nothing and no one except his beloved money.

The role of Harpagon is around 70 years old. He is frightening, mean, miserly, and very obsessed with his treasure and money.