(Front L-R) Chris B. Corrigan and Shoshannah Stern; (Back L-R) Kyle Colerider-Krugh and Linda Bove. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Written by Steven Sachs
Directed by Eric Simonson

A World Premiere play presented in Association with Deaf West Theatre

Starring Linda Bove (Rachel), Shoshannah Stern (Susan), Chris B. Corrigan (Cal), Erin Bennett (Woman #2/Voice of Susan), Kyle Colerider-Krugh (Man), Jake Grafman (Boy, certain performances), Jacqueline Schultz (Woman #1/Voice of Rachel), Michael Adam Soudakoff (Boy, certain performances)

October 21 – November 20, 2005

A completely new kind of theatre experience, Open Window is presented simultaneously in two languages- Spoken English and American Sign Language. Produced in Association with Deaf West Theatre (creators of the recent Broadway hit Big River).

Caliban, a tortured young man— deaf, mute, and untamed— has allegedly strangled his father with the chain that has held him prisoner for the last 12 years. Rachel, a world-renowned cognitive scientist, and Susan, her psychologist protégée, take up the fight to save the young man from execution by teaching him to speak with his hands. Hypocrisy, con games and personal gain fuel the storm that holds the women’s careers and Caliban’s life in the balance.