Audio Description Schedule
October
October 18
Independence Starts Here Opens at the Kimmel Center!
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia
7:00 pm
This exciting Opening Celebration for the Festival features an introduction by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, Founder of VSA arts, and will be hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin. Performances by Seattle’s critically-acclaimed integrated dance company Light Motion with Charlene Curtiss and Joanne Petroff; jazz singer/songwriter Melody Gardot, Winner of this year’s VSA arts International Young Soloists Competition and singer/songwriter/guitarist Raul Midon.
Tickets $60, $100 (with VIP reception)
Info: VSA arts of PA – 215-564-2431
Tickets available through the Kimmel Center Box Office: 215-893-1999 TTY: 215-875-7633 or online at www.kimmelcenter.org
More information on the opening night of the festival.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Tour of Work by Artists with Disabilities from Permanent Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
October 1 through November 30
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday – 10:00 am to
9:00 pm, Closed Mondays
The world-renowned Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a Self-Guided Tour of works by artists in the museum’s permanent collections who have or had disabilities including Edgar Degas, Horace Pippin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent Van Gogh, among others. Patrons may pick up a preprinted tour at the Accessible Entrance or at the West Entrance Information Desk
Admission: Members Free at all Times; Adults: $14; Seniors (ages 62 and over)
$12; Students (with valid ID) $10; Children (excluding groups) ages 13-18:
$10; ages 12 & under: free
Sunday: pay what you wish all day
Other accessibility available
The museum has a barrier-free entrance and accessible parking on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also drop-off only spaces, allowing a driver to enter the Upper Terrace parking area to drop off a disabled passenger at the Accessible Entrance without paying the parking fees. Wheelchairs available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis. The museum also has accessible restrooms, drinking fountains and public telephones, including a TTY.
Other accessibility is available through the Office of Accessible Programs at 215-684-7602 or by TTY at 215-684-7600.
Arden Theater Company presents An Empty Plate in the Cafe Du Grand Boeuf
Arden Theatre Company
40 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia
Running October 11 through December 2
Arden has been one of the theatre community’s leaders in accessible programming through its Arden for All Program. Now they add another element—audio description for audiences who are blind or who have low vision--to an already great program.
This all-new production of Michael Hollinger’s first play at the Arden is a delicious, dark comedy celebrating the joys of cooking, sex, bullfighting and the collected works of Ernest Hemingway.
Tickets: Single Tickets $27-$45
Tickets available at Box Office: 215-922-1122 or at http://www.ardentheatre.org/tickets/
Captioned Performances: November 17- 8:00 pm and November 18 – 2:00
pm
Audio Described Performances: November 17 - 8:00 pm and
November 18 - 2:00 pm
October 23
James A. Michener Art Museum Presents The "Creative Spirit: A Symposium for Artists with Visual Disabilities"
The Anne and Herman Silverman Pavilion, James A. Michener
Art Museum
138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown
Directions
1:00 to 3:00 pm
The James A. Michener Art Museum presents "The Creative Spirit: a Symposium for Artists with Visual Disabilities", an exciting program featuring collage artist Robert Jackson who will give a presentation on “Collages and Assemblages: Having Fun.” Jackson will share some of his extraordinary work and discuss his creative process.
The symposium will be facilitated by Dr. Richard Goldberg and will include a panel of artists who will discuss their work and the challenges and accomplishments they have experienced as artists working with various visual impairments. Members will include Ashby Saunders, Vince Ceglia, Will Ursprung, John Sears, Robert Fluhr and Barry Snyder. A mini-exhibition of the artists’ work and light refreshments will follow the program.
Free Admission (Museum admission not included)
Advance Registration Required – 215-340-9800
Other accessibility available
The Michener is an accessible destination for visitors of all abilities: reserved parking is provided, electronic doors, accessible restrooms and wheelchairs free of charge. Arrangements may be made for sign-language-interpreted tours. Materials and special tour programs are available for visitors who are visually impaired.
October 23 through November 16
Liberty Resources Launches First Art Exhibit, "Freedom
to Create," at its
New Independence Arts Studio
Independence Arts Studio at Liberty Resources, Inc.
(Philadelphia's Center for Independent Living for People with Disabilities)
Atrium Ground Floor Lobby
714 Market Street, Philadelphia
Information: 215 -634- 2000 ext. 333
October 26, 29, 30, November 2, 5, 6, 9, 13 – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm;
October 31, November 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 – 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Opening reception Oct 25, 4:00-6:30 pm
Art Sale November 16 – 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Independence Arts Studio presents their first city wide artist exhibition with over 100 works of art created by over 45 established and emerging artists from the Philadelphia region; "Freedom to Create "All work will be for sale to benefit the artists and IAS programs. The exhibition includes Watercolors, Prints, Hand made paper from linen and plants, cards and 100% painted silk velvet scarves, bags, wall hangings, paper mache and leather theatre masks and custom made accessible easels and adaptable brush holders. Also ongoing demonstrations given by the IAS artists throughout the three weeks of the exhibition.
Free Admission
October 23 through November 20
Philadelphia Theatre Company Opens New, Accessible Suzanne Roberts Theatre with New Musical Revue Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts
Theatre
480 South Broad (Broad and Lombard Sts.), Philadelphia
running through December 2
Times: Tues, Thurs, Fri at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 3:00 pm,
Wednesday at 1:00 and 7:00 pm; Sat at 2:00 and 8:00 pm except Sat, October
27 (8:00 p.m. only)
Conceived and directed by award-winning musical theater performer Billy Porter, Being Alive blends the songs of Stephen Sondheim with the poetry of William Shakespeare to tell the universal story of man’s seven ages in African-American musical idioms including soul, jazz, blues, R&B, hip-hop, and gospel. Showcasing many of Sondheim’s most popular songs in a new and thrilling way, this musical revue is certain to have a big future beyond Philadelphia.
Tickets: $51 to $63; Festival discount $5 off single tickets (cannot be combined with any other offer) Not valid on Saturday evenings.
Single Tickets Available after October 1 at www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org or 215-985-0420
Box Office will be located at the NW corner of Broad & Lombard Streets
Box office hours: 10am to 5pm
Venue is fully wheelchair accessible. (Ticket windows at wheelchair
height, bathrooms are fully accessible. Elevator to all floors. Wheelchair
seating in both Orchestra and Mezzanine levels).
Assistive listening devices will be available at every
performance.
An Audio Described performance will be held on Saturday,
November 24th at the 2pm matinee. An Open Captioned performance will be
held on Saturday, November 17th at the 2pm matinee. Large Print and Braille
Programs will be available at every performance.
October 30
Lynn Manning’s Award-Winning One-Man Show Weights at
La Salle University
Dan Rodden Theater, Student Union Building, La Salle
University
20th and Olney Avenues, Philadelphia
12:30 PM
La Salle University presents playwright/actor Lynn Manning in his award-winning production, Weights, the critically-acclaimed autobiographical story of a profound metamorphosis: “From black man to blind man...from rape-driven misogynist to poor motherless child...from white man’s burden to every man’s burden” and the happy, successful man at the center.
Free Admission
This one-man show does not need audio description
November
November 1 - 18
Amaryllis Theatre presents Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney Featuring Blind Actress
The Playground at the Adrienne
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Opening Night, Thursday, November 1 at 7:00 pm
Wednesday-Fri at 8:00 pm; Sat-Sun at 2:00 pm
Post-performance discussions: Does Disability Need a Cure?
Friday, November 2 after ASL shadow
interpreted performance and Thursdays, November 8 and November 15
Amaryllis will produce Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney, featuring a blind actress, Pamela Sabaugh, in the title role of blind Molly Sweeney for the first time since the play premiered in 1994. Sabaugh appears with critically-acclaimed Irish-American actors Stephen Patrick Smith and Michael Toner.
Read the Philadelphia Inquirer Review
All tickets $10
Tickets available at www.amaryllistheatre.org
Open captioned Sun. Nov. 4 - 2:00 pm, shadow interpreted in ASL Fri. Nov. 2 - 8:00 pm, large print and Braille programs available every performance. This production, written in a series of monologues, does not need audio description.
November 2-3
Rebecca Davis Dance Company Presents World Premiere Ballet “Helen Keller”
Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut Street (just off the SE corner of Broad
and Chestnut), Philadelphia
November 2 – 8:00 pm, November 3 – 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
The Rebecca Davis Dance Company presents an original ballet depicting the life of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. This world premiere is performed by a cast of 20 dancers with classical music played by The Tononi Quartet & Friends.
Tickets: $25 - $35
Tickets available at UpStages – 215-569-1610
November 3
Discoveries from the Fleischer Collection on WRTI
WRTI, 90.1 FM Radio
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Airing the first Saturday of each Month on WRTI, 90.1 FM, Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection uncovers the unknown, rediscovers the little known and takes a fresh look at some of the remarkable treasures housed in the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia. The performance on November 3 highlights some of the many composers who have fought through physical disabilities to create wonderful works of music. Hosted by Kile Smith, Curator of the Fleisher Collection, and Jack Moore of WRTI.
November 6
Inglis House and Amaryllis present a Multimedia Performance Inspired by Art and Memory
The Playground at the Adrienne
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
7:00 pm
Amaryllis and Inglis Foundation present a multimedia performance piece incorporating
poetry, music and video created and performed by Inglis House resident artists
Yvette Green, Stuart Sanderson, Rita McGinley, Gina Minter and Robyn Monahan
and directed by Stephen Patrick Smith and Josette Todaro from Amaryllis Theatre
Company.
Free Admission
November 7 to 20
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Exhibition of Work by People with Cognitive and Communication Disabilities
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
Accessible entrance located on the South, Schuylkill
River side of the building
November 7 through December 2
Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday – 10:00 am to
9:00 pm, Closed Mondays
This exhibition of artwork by participants in the Museum’s Workshops for people with cognitive and communications disabilities will include nine different projects from the past three years. Visitors come for a one hour tour in the galleries followed by a two hour art making project in the Education studios. Projects are designed so that participants of all abilities will have success creating their work of art and be able to take it home with them that same day.
Free during Museum Hours (There is an admission fee for the Permanent Collections:
see Art Museum listing on October 19)
Sunday: pay what you wish all day
The museum has a barrier-free entrance and accessible parking on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also drop-off only spaces, allowing a driver to enter the Upper Terrace parking area to drop off a disabled passenger at the Accessible Entrance without paying the parking fees. Wheelchairs available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis. The museum also has accessible restrooms, drinking fountains and public telephones, including a TTY. Other accessibility is available through the office of Accessible Programs at 215-684-7602 or by TTY at 215-684-7600.
November 9 - 10
Deaf West Theater Comes East: Edward Albee's The Zoo Story at the Annenberg Center
The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Studio Theater, Lower Level
3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Friday November 9 – 8:00 pm
Saturday November 10 – 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Penn Presents partners to present this outstanding Deaf
West Theater Company production of Edward Albee’s The
Zoo Story, a harrowing depiction of a young man alienated
from the human race—a searing story of loneliness and the desperate
need for recognition that builds to a violent, shattering climax. Troy
Kotsur and Tyrone Giordano carry this powerful
drama through the nuanced delicacy and passion of American Sign Language,
with voice actors on stage! Directed by Coy Middlebrook.
Tickets: $20
For tickets contact Annenberg Center Box Office: In person, Monday thru Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 12pm-6pm, Day of show 2 hours before curtain; By telephone at 215-898-3900; By internet at pennpresents.org or www.creativeaccess.org.
Art-Reach presents JazzArtSigns at the New Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts
Theatre
Broad and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia
7:00 PM
Art Reach, Inc. presents JazzArtSigns, acclaimed vocalist Lisa Thorson’s groundbreaking multimedia, multi sensory and interactive improvised jazz performance piece for all audiences. JazzArtSigns features a group of world-class jazz musicians, an improvisational painter, American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, a live audio describer and text captioner, as well as program information in Braille, large print and on tape. What makes this event groundbreaking is that everyone involved – the band, ASL interpreters and painter – trade fours and improvise.
Tickets: $25 in advance; $35 at the door
Tickets available by calling 215-568-2115 or online at www.art-reach.org
Inglis House and Amaryllis present a Multimedia Performance Inspired by Art and Memory
The Playground at the Adrienne
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
7:00 pm
Amaryllis and Inglis Foundation present a multimedia performance piece incorporating
poetry, music and video created and performed by Inglis House resident artists
Yvette Green, Stuart Sanderson, Rita McGinley, Gina Minter and Robyn Monahan
and directed by Stephen Patrick Smith and Josette Todaro from Amaryllis Theatre
Company.
Free Admission
November 20
COSACOSA art at large, Inc.’s Healing Art Project: Mosaic Making Workshop
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia
12:00 to 2:00 pm - mosaic making
COSACOSA's Healing Art Project presents a series of family art-making events, featuring collaborative visual art workshops where visitors of all ages and abilities can participate in creating new artwork for Philadelphia-based pediatric hospitals. This third workshop at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia focuses on mosaic making.
Free Admission
This event is also accessible to people who are blind or who have low vision. Sign language available if requested.
Free Admission