Bruce hlibok biography

American actor

Bruce Michael Mackintosh Hlibok (July 31, 1960 - June 23, 1995) was an American deaf actor.

Early life

Hlibok was born on July 31st, 1960,^[1] in Flushing, New York to deaf parents, Albert and Margaret Hlibok, and was the eldest of four siblings. He directed his first formal play at Union League of Deaf in 1978, was a member of Metro Jr.

NAD and attended Youth Leadership Camp.

Bruce Hlibok, born in Flushing, Queens, NY, was the first deaf actor to play a main role in a Broadway production, Runaways.

Bruce Hlibok, a deaf actor who played on Broadway, died on June 23 at his home in Jersey City.

Bruce Michael Mackintosh Hlibok (July 31, - June 23, ) was an American deaf actor.

Bruce Michael Mackintosh Hlibok was an American deaf actor.

Bruce Hlibok was an actor, poet, essayist, playwright, ASL teacher, and advocate, ASL/ITP/GED teacher and administrator, and doctoral tutor.

He attended Lexington School for the Deaf briefly then graduated from Horace Mann School, Riverdale, New York in 1979. He went to Gallaudet College and then transferred to New York University, where he graduated in journalism and play writing.

Career

Hlibok was the first deaf actor to play a main role in a Broadway production, Runaways, composed and directed by Elizabeth Swados and produced by Joseph Papp. The musical premiered off-Broadway on February 21, 1978, at the Public Theater Cabaret as presented by the New York Shakespeare Festival.

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