SIGN LANGUAGE CENTER
Broadway SIGNs! At Home thanks our Sponsor the Sign Language Center for promoting our February 6th upcoming show. We share the same mission as the SLC. Share the beauty of American Sign Language by Deaf Artists, Teachers and Users to you. Join us!
Interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL) The Sign Language Center is your place for Online Classes! Dive in and sign up!
ALAN ROTH
CEO, Sign Language Center (SLC of NY) since September 10, 2001 leading to our 19th year. Born hearing, became Deaf at the age of 4 from Spinal Meningitis. Born and raised in Long Island, NY. Attended hearing school from K-12, during my college years attended NTID (National Technology Institute for the Deaf) In RIT , Rochester NY for a year then attended CSUN (California State University in Northridge) studied business administration. CSUN also had services for the Deaf including ASL interpreter. Immersed myself in the Deaf community and learned ASL since the age of 6. Founded SLC with my partner Brian Blais who is also Deaf, making us the only Deaf owned ASL school in the nation. We marked by CBS NYC to be one of 7 top language schools in NYC in 2012.
(Alan tragically passed away in February 2023)
For more information, visit Sign Language Center
TESTIMONIES
Charlie Holding Grammy & Tony
Charlie Rosen
Bandleader, Orchestrator, Composer (Some Like It Hot, Be More Chill, A Strange Loop)
“I am deeply saddened to hear about Alan’s passing, as the few years I spent at SLC were one of the greatest learning experiences I’ve had to date! Alan created an incredible welcoming environment for not only fun and high level language learning, but the exchange of cultures and creation of friendship. My time at SLC not only introduced me to an incredible new community, but also showed me the numerous and vast ways that ASL can enhance one’s communication ability no matter if they’re Deaf or hearing. I feel as a result of Alan’s work I have become a more effective and expressive communicator in life, and a more engaging and connected performer. Your legacy will continue on always Alan! Thank you for everything!”
BRIAN LAWTON
Broadway Dancer, Choreographer, Director
“I loved taking classes at SLC! Every teacher I had was kind, patient, and had a deep love for deaf culture and teaching about it. Taking those classes helped me be a better stage manager and technical director for Broadway Signs and also made me a better performer in my own right! Learning ASL forces you to be aware of your body posture, facial expressions, and challenges your body awareness. These are not only essential elements of acting and performing, but also of ASL! The fact that I can develop these skills while also learning a new language and learning about deaf culture is incredible to me. The school itself is also a wonderful community. Some of my study buddies from class went on to become long term friends. Some of them are also fellow performing artists! Come for the ASL, stay for a life changing experience. Thank you to Alan Roth for all of his tireless work and making a program like this possible. You leave an incredible legacy behind you and will never be forgotten.”
Bio: Brian Lawton is a dancer, instructor, choreographer, and director. He has an eclectic background in ballet, jazz, and modern as well as Latin and Ballroom dances with a specialty in the vernacular jazz dances of the 1920’s-1940’s. He has performed in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the Macy’s Day Parade, and Shakespeare in the Park; was the Choreographer and Resident Director of the A Charlie Brown Christmas National Tour and is the Associate Director of Distant Thunder; and is currently on tour with Sw!ng Out.