Monique Holt

Monique Holt

ASL Translator and Sign Coach: The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Odyssey.

In two seasons at OSF: ASL Translator and Sign Coach: Richard III, Into the Woods, Cymbeline, The Heart of Robin Hood

Other theatres: Sign Language Coach: A Hound on the Hill (signing in Russian and French, Ben Stamper Film Production, New York and France); Big River (DeafWest/Ford Theatre); Clybourne Park (Woolly Mammoth Theatre). Other credits: Director: TITUS in Visual Gestural Communication (New York Deaf Theatre); Cloud 9, Urinetown, the Musical (Gallaudet University); Caucasian Chalk Circle (Open Circle Theatre). Actress: Alter-Ego of Carla and Astrid in I Was Most Alive With You, with Craig Lucas (Huntington Theatre Company); Cordelia in King Lear with Michael Kahn (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Ophelia in Hamlet (Village Repertory); Girl in Ash Wednesday with Ryszard Cieślak (Studio 3); Kate in Taming of the Shrew with Bill Cain (Washington Square Players). 

Lecturer (2009–present): “Translating Shakespearean Text into Artistic Sign Language” for universities and Shakespeare events in California; Washington, D.C.; Massachusetts; Maryland; New Hampshire; New York; Ohio; Virginia and Iceland. 

Education: MFA in Theatre, Towson University; BFA in Acting, New York University.