Howie Seago

Howie Seago (born December 15, 1953) Howie has two brothers (one is hard of hearing; one is deaf) and two sisters (who are both hearing).

Since 2009, Seago has been a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in Ashland, Oregon, where he is the first deaf actor to perform in the festival's history. His roles there have included The Ghost of Hamlet's Father in Hamlet, Ned Poins in Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II, Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man, Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird, Duke Senior in As You Like It, King Cymbeline in Cymbeline, Little John in "The Heart of Robinhood", and Wolf in Into the Woods.

Honors and awards Seago has been honored many times, including being a recipient of the Helen Hayes Award.; Dramalogue Award, and Joe Velez Memorial Award. He also co-produced the PBS television show, Rainbow's End, which won an Emmy

Seago spoke candidly about the effect his deafness has had on his life and work in the book Chronicles of Courage: Very Special Artists written by Jean Kennedy Smith and George Plimpton and published by Random House.

Personal life Seago's wife Lori is a fan of Star Trek.

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