The mission of the Del-Sign Project is to change the face of theater by fostering a new form of theatrical language, based in part on the codified movement of Fran ois Delsarte and the foundations of American Sign Language. This section is still being developed and is currently under construction. Visualizing Theater , by Luane Davis . I believe we are on the brink of a revolution in theatrical style. The change is already happening.
Audiences respond most strongly to highly visual theater.
But the days of a playwright really wielding language as a tool in such a way as to dazzle an audience viewing a bare stage and a brilliant performer are rare, indeed. Look at the commercial theater. Clearly Cameron Macintosh has seen the benefit of appealing to the audience's craving for something gloriously visual. In Da Funk and Fool Moon , pieces requiring no verbal language at all. Every living thing evolves in cycles.