Making 'Children of a Lesser God' Accessible Onstage and Backstage - Lauren Ridloff shares the show's unprecedented accessibility
Lauren Ridloff shares the show's unprecedented accessibility for people who are deaf---Lauren Ridloff was two years old when the original production of Children of a Lesser God debuted on Broadway in 1980, and eight when her parents brought her to see the movie version starring Marlee Matlin, an actress who is deaf, playing a woman named Sarah. It was the first time Ridloff had ever seen a character who was deaf onsc…