facial expressions and the use of their body
AURORA | Coty Walker couldn’t help but feel lazy when he started rehearsing for his role in the Community College of Aurora’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.”
It wasn’t that he lacked the discipline to rehearse or the dedication to memorize the lines for his role as Benvolio Montague, Walker said. Rather, the feeling came as he watched his fellow actors, many of whom were deaf, prepare for their parts in the Shakespearean tragedy.
“It’s their use of facial expressions and the use of their body,” Walker said following a performance of the play for students from the Golden-based Rocky Mountain Deaf School and other local institutions last week. “We seemed really lazy when they were talking. We used to feel like we were really lazy because we didn’t use our body, or we didn’t use our facial expressions.”
