Shanny Mow

Shanny Mow, formerly of Santa Fe, NM, was often associated with the NTD as an actor, resident playwright, director and instructor of acting and playwriting. He adapted Homer's *The Iliad*, *The Odyssey,* as well as *Gilgamesh* and *Parzival, From the Horse's Mouth*, which was performed at the Kennedy Center. As former artistic director of Fairmount Theatre of the Deaf – which became Cleveland SignStage Theatre – he wrote and directed *Counterfeits*, nominated for 1995 American Theatre Critics Association New Play Awards. His other works include *The Cat Spanking Machine*, *Love Thy Neighbor*, *Letters from Heaven*, *Shakespeare Unmasked*, *La Legenda Da La Llorona,* and *Bell in Hell*. ([Source](https://www.routledge.com/Plays-of-Our-Own-An-Anthology-of-Scripts-by-Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-Writers/Conley/p/book/9780367632373))