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“Thank God for Deaf West Theater - if it wasn't for them, where the hell else was I going to exercise my acting chops? I had nothing. But you go from gig to gig and hope that something's going to happen.” quote by Paul Raci — Download Open image

“Thank God for Deaf West Theater - if it wasn't for them, where the hell else was I going to exercise my acting chops? I had nothing. But you go from gig to gig and hope that something's going to happen.”

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