The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc
By Carol Schneider, Directed by Joe Cacaci
In 1816, Deaf pioneer Laurent Clerc arrives in America from France: ambitious, brilliant and determined to prove that he can stand as an equal in a hearing world.
Together with the young Reverend Thomas Gallaudet, Clerc sets out to build something extraordinary: a school where Deaf children can learn, communicate and imagine a future beyond isolation. But when Clerc falls in love and announces his intention to marry a Deaf woman, the life he has built is thrown into crisis.
The school’s future is at stake. Clerc must choose between the institution he has devoted his life to and the future he has begun to imagine for himself.
Inspired by the life of ‘The Father of the Deaf’ Laurent Clerc, The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc is a ferocious and funny exploration of love, ambition and the roots of sign language – and a story about the choices we make when the life we want comes at a cost.
Performed through a spectacular visual language of movement, mime and shadow, four modalities of sign language, spoken English, French and creative captions, this unique play brings Deaf history vividly to life while asking profoundly universal questions about identity, belonging, love and the price of change.
Presented by Dreamatorium, Berkshire Playwrights Lab and in association with Park Theatre.
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Evenings
19.00
Thu & Sat14.30
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Duration
2 hours 20 mins inc interval
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Interval
Yes
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Tickets
£15 - £52.50
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Genre
Drama
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Age guidance
14+
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Content warnings
Contains themes of neglect and the physical discipline of children.
Cast & Creatives
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Alim Jadavji
Thomas Gallaudet
Alim Jadavji
Thomas Gallaudet
Alim Jadavji is a British-Canadian actor of Indian and English heritage, working across television, film and theatre. He has been involved with this project for almost ten years and is particularly pleased to see it reach a full production at Park Theatre, and that stories centred on Deaf lives and experiences are being given a platform.
Television credits include Forever Home (Channel 5/FilmNation), Mr Big Stuff (Sky Studios),Reunion (BBC/Warp Films), The Chelsea Detective (Acorn TV/Amazon Prime), EastEnders (BBC), Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three), Hullraisers (Channel 4),Doctors (BBC), The Bridge (Channel 4/HBO Max), Stath Lets Flats (Channel 4), Snaps(CBBC) and Bremner, Bird and Fortune (Channel 4).
His film credits include Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) and Kismet Diner (Ridley Scott Films).
Theatre credits include The Boy in the Dress with the Royal Shakespeare Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe, Rent at Curve Theatre, Tommy the Musical and Annie the Musical on UK tour.
Alim is hard of hearing and grew up with two deaf parents, with BSL as his first language.
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Zoë McWhinney
Eliza Boardman
Zoë McWhinney
Eliza Boardman
Actor Zoë McWhinney (sign name: Curly; she/they) is also a BSL poet, Visual Vernacular (VV) performer, writer and theatre director based in south-east London. Born to a Deaf Northern Irish father and a Belgian-Finnish CODA mother, Zoe grew up immersed in the sign language community. Recent performing credits include Black & White (2026, Lumo TV), Wellcome Collection (2025) and Barriers (2025).
Alongside performing, Zoe holds creative spaces for Deaf communities through poetry and VV workshops and open-stage events. They have worked with artists, theatres, schools and cultural organisations across the UK and internationally, and at festivals like Celtic Deaf Festival, Shambala and the Physical Fest.
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Natalia Campbell
Mistress Stansbury / ensemble
Natalia Campbell
Mistress Stansbury / ensemble
Natalia’s rich and varied acting career spans classic tragedies, comedies, and bold modern work. Some of her theatre credits include Animal Farm(Bolton Octagon), The Tempest (RSC), Tartuffe & Sky Comedy Rep(Birmingham Rep), A Life Twice Given (Hi Low Productions), The Iranian Feast (Farnham Maltings), and As A Crow Flies(Pentabus Theatre & Salisbury Playhouse).
A true highlight was spending six years touring 30 countries across Europe, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East with TNT/ADG Theatre. Taking on iconic Shakespearean roles—from Gertrude and Beatrice to Titania and Kate—she performed in settings ranging from the foothills of the Himalayas to Tokyo’s Globe replica, as well as making history with the first Western company to perform Shakespeare in Vietnam and at Beijing’s National Theatre.
On screen, Natalia has featured in Netflix’s Everything Now, Universal’s Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, and BBC favourites like EastEnders and Casualty, alongside credits for Sky, ITV, and Discovery Channel.
She is thrilled to be part of this production and help bring this incredible story to life.
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Luna Tosin
Ensemble
Luna Tosin
Ensemble
Luna Tosin is a Brazilian-born performer and theatre-maker based in London. She began her career as an actress in Brazil before moving to the UK to complete an MFA in Acting at East 15 Acting School.
Luna joined Theatre Re in 2019 and has since toured internationally with The Nature of Forgetting, performing the roles of Sophie and Isabella. Recent touring includes Edinburgh Fringe and China in 2025, followed by performances across South Korea, the UK and China in 2026, as well as previous tours in Mexico and the US. She joined Theatre Re’s teaching team in 2024.
Her work also includes producing and performing in Hyena with Volpe Theatre (2023), performing in the award-winning animated short Curiosa, and supporting the development of Rainbow in Hell, a new animated project in 2026.
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Carol Schneider
Playwright
Carol Schneider
Playwright
Carol trained at NYU’s Tisch School (Paulette Goddard Remarque Fellow) and Interlochen Arts Academy (Young Artist Award). She started her theatrical career as an actor, working on Broadway, Off Broadway, in regional theatre, and in studio and independent films. An award-winning audiobook narrator, she has recorded for HarperCollins, Alexander, Simon & Schuster, Audible, Scribd, and Scholastic, among others. Her essay, “I’ll Take the Usual,” which she also narrated, featured in the Audie nominated anthology, Nevertheless We Persisted: Me Too which won an Earphones Award and the Voice Arts Award for best biography. Her one-acts have been performed at the Berkshire Playwright’s Lab. Schneider’s screenplay MY FATHER CAME FROM ITALY is in preproduction with iZen with Tony Shalhoub and Alfred Molina attached. THE QUIET REVOLUTION OF LAURENT CLERC has been supported by New York Theatre Workshop, HERE, New England Foundation for the Arts. In London, with Dreamatorium, it’s received four Arts Council England grants and workshopped at the National Theatre. After spending years researching Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet, Schneider learned she is related to Sophia Fowler Gallaudet, and Edward Miner Gallaudet, the founders of Gallaudet University. Schneider is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
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Joe Cacaci
Director
Joe Cacaci
Director
Joe has directed plays at The Public Theatre (for Joseph Papp), Westport Playhouse, 5959 Theatres, Coconut Grove and commercially in NY & LA. His own plays have been produced at The Public, Long Warf Coconut Grove, The Alley Theatre, and commercially in LA. Joe produced the Boston premiere of Mamet’s AMERICAN BUFFALO, and co-produced the Obie winning NY premiere of Mamet’s EDMOND. As founding Artistic Director of East Coast Arts, he produced 20 new plays. A founding member of Berkshire Playwrights Lab in Gt Barrington, MA, he directed the world premiere of James Tyler’s SOME OLD BLACK MAN, then directed and co-produced the NY premiere, featuring Wendell Pierce and Tony winner, Roger Robinson. SOME OLD BLACK MAN is headed to the West End in late 2023, starring Wendell Pierce and with Joe directing. Joe co-created the CBS series THE TRIALS OF ROSIE O’NEILL and has been Executive Producer of three series, Showtime’s THE HOOP LIFE, CBS’s THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD (starring Richard Dreyfuss, Eli Wallach, Marcia Gay Harden, and guest starring Peter O’Toole), and PBS’S COP SHOP. Joe directed the pilot. He has written movies for ABC, CBS, and NBC and directed two indie features. He teaches TV and film writing in the graduate film program at Columbia University and the undergraduate Film Studies program at Wesleyan University.
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Christopher Tester
Associate Director
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Deepa Shastri
Director of Artistic Sign Language
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Calypso Michelet
Set Designer
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Gabriela Correia
Costume Designer
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Ben Glover
Video & Caption Designer
Ben Glover
Video & Caption Designer
Ben, a deaf video designer and creative captioner, has worked extensively across the West End, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Royal Opera House, The Royal Albert Hall and numerous international festivals and venues.
Credits include: Bull (Deafinitely Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Northern Stage/Derby Theatre), A Single Man (Factory International), Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare Globe), Night Bloom (Spectroscope), Lived Fiction (Stopgap), The Promise (Deafinitely Theatre), The Rainbow (Perth Theatre), Marx in London (Scottish Opera), High Times and Dirty Monsters (20 Stories High), A Spectacle of Herself (Contra Productions), Best of Enemies (Noël Coward Theatre), Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, Run Rebel (Pilot Theatre), NOISE (Nua Dance), The Paradis Files (Graeae Theatre) and RED (Polka Theatre).
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