Interview with Natasha Bacchus, aka Courage (ASL-English Transcript)

Abstract

The following is a textual transcript of an interview with Black Deaf artist Natasha Bacchus, a.k.a. Courage. The interview was done by Ash McAskill over Zoom, with ASL-English interpretation by Christopher Desloges. Courage speaks about her entry into Canadian theatre and her experience as a Deaf artist of colour. She makes recommendations on how to better include Deaf artists and Black artists alike. You can see the original recording of the interview in ASL and closed-captioned on the CTR website. We would like to thank Christopher Desloges for his ASL-English interpretation service and for editing the final piece in collaboration with Courage.