DAPHNE AND BAY PLAN A SPECIAL EVENT FOR EMMETT'S BIRTHDAY WHILE HE DEBATES WHETHER TO KEEP A BIG SECRET FROM BAY ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF "SWITCHED AT BIRTH," AIRING TUESDAY, MARCH 13 AT 8:00 ET/PT ON ABC FAMILY

Academy Award(R) Winner Marlee Matlin, Austin Butler ("Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure") and Maiara Walsh ("Desperate Housewives," "Mean Girls 2") Guest Star

Burbank, CA (March 12, 2012) - Daphne and Bay join forces to plan an ASL zombie movie shoot for Emmett's birthday while he struggles with whether or not to tell Bay what he's done, in an all-new episode of "Switched at Birth" on ABC Family, airing Tuesday, March 13 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

In "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters," Daphne and Bay plan the perfect birthday for Emmett - an ASL zombie movie shoot with their friends and family. While Emmett is excited about the event, he's also torn up inside about what happened with Simone and how it will hurt Bay. Simone wants to keep what happened between her and Emmett a secret, but someone finds out and threatens to expose their secret. Meanwhile, Kathyrn is devastated to find out that John has been revealing some secrets of their own and Regina has second thoughts about contributing to Kathyrn's book.

"Switched at Birth" is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss ("Blue Crush"), Paul Stupin ("Make It or Break It") and John Ziffren ("Melissa & Joey," "Make It or Break It"). The series also stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez; Vanessa Marano ("Gilmore Girls") as Bay Kennish; Constance Marie ("George Lopez") as Regina Vasquez; D.W. Moffett ("Friday Night Lights") as John Kennish; Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City") as Kathryn Kennish; Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical") as Toby Kennish; and Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe. Marlee Matlin guest stars as Melody Bledsoe, Austin Butler as Wilke, Ivonne Coll as Adrianna Vasquez and Maiara Walsh as Simone Sinclair.

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