Willy Conley


Willy Conley is an American deaf photographer, playwright, actor and writer.

Education

1981 Conley got the Bachelor of Science for Biomedical Photographic Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester.
1982 he became a registered biological photographer at the University of Texas Medical Branch in conjunction with the Biological Photographic Association, Galveston, Texas. He studied under the Caribbean poet Derek Walcott creative writing and playwriting at the Boston University.1991 Conley graduated there and got the Master of Arts. 1998 he got the Master of Fine Arts for studying Interdisciplinary/Intercultural theatre at the Towson University in Towson.

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Artistic activities

Conley is the most widely produced, living deaf playwright, his plays explore a broad palette – from the Deaf perspective – of circumstances with and without hearing characters, allowing Deaf characters to interact minus the direct influence that the dominant culture might exert. Conley is a full professor and chairperson of the Theatre Arts Department at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Conley has been an Associate Artist with CenterStage in Baltimore since 1998 and an Affiliate Artist with Quest: Arts for Everyone in Lanham.

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