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.