Head wins theater book award

Andy Head, associate professor in the School of Performing Arts and NTID Department of Performing Arts, and co-author Jill Marie Bradbury, won the American Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2025 Outstanding Book Award for Pedagogical Achievement, announced at the ATHE annual conference in July. Their book, Staging Deaf and Hearing Theatre Productions: A Practical Guide, is a reference manual for creating theatrical productions with d/Deaf and hearing artists for d/Deaf and hearing audiences. The guide is written for a range of practical applications in both academic and professional settings and features insight for directors, designers, performers, and producers. Along with winning the award, the authors were featured in a roundtable discussion at the conference.