Interpreting ‘Spring Awakening’ For The Deaf-Blind

“Two sign-language specialists switched off every 15 minutes translating the show’s onstage signing onto his palm, while another stationed herself behind Mr. Odland, using his back as a proxy for the stage to communicate the show’s complex choreography. ‘His back is like a canvas,’ said Marilyn Trader, who is trained in an emerging field known as touch or haptic signals.”