1. Clerc Literary Society of Philadelphia-1865
2. Saturday Night Club-1889
   1. Comedy of Errors-November 30, 1889
   2. Shadow and Open Pantomime-1884
3. Saturday Night Dramatics Club (SNDC) 1894
4. St. Ann's Church for the Deaf-1890-NYC
5. Other 1890 groups
   1. Protean Society
   2. NY Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
6. All Souls Working Club of the Deaf-Philadelphia
   1. Merchant of Venice-1894
7. 1930-1950
   1. New York Theatre Guild of the Deaf-Emerson Romero~1930
   2. New York Hebrew Association of the Deaf-Wolf Bragg~1930
   3. Chicago Slent Dramatic Club-Virginia Dires-1937 (100 members)
   4. Dramatics class -Gallaudet College-1940-Frederick Hughes
   5. Philadelphia Theatre Guild of the Deaf-1947-Michael Iannance (scenic design and stage effects)
   6. Toronoto Troupe-1950-David Peikoff (fundraiser idea for NAD)
8. 1951-1975
   1. Metropolitan Theatre Guild of the Deaf-NYC-1957-Richard Meyer/Joseph Hines
   2. Dramatics Guild of the District of Columbia of the Deaf-1959
9. New York Deaf Theatre-NYC-1979
10. Frederick Hughes Memorial Theatre-1961
    1. Flower Drum Song-1961-first known full length musical production
    2. Tales from a Clubroom-1980
11. My Third Eye-1971-NTD
12. Sign Me Alice-April 1973-Gil Eastman at Gallaudet College
13. ASD-1817-Clerc introduce Literary Society idea?
14. Paris, France-Banquet Nights-1700's
15. Ballard Literary Society-1874
16. A Play of Our Own-May 1973-Dot Miles at Hartford, CT