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" We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. "

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" My grandparents, Jim and Pat Moore, were an incredible couple. They drove me to the community theater, where I did plays as a kid. "

" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage. "

" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "

" I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. "

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" I would want everyone to love someone in the purest sense of the word - an unconditional love in which you don't expect anything in return. "

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" The deaf community has shaped me as an artist and a person, and I am very grateful that I have been able to share and create so much art with a group of people I would have never imagined sharing and creating with. It's a true testament to the power of theater. There are no walls. "

" I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. "

" My favorite collaborator is Dane Laffrey, who designed the set for 'Once on This Island,' but we've worked together since high school, when he was my roommate. "

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" Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. "

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" Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. "