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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.
October 19
Open-Captioned showing of "Children of a Lesser God", at Newly-Retrofitted Independence Seaport Museum
Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Columbus Boulevard (Penn’s Landing at Walnut Street), Philadelphia
11:00 am - 12:30 am
"Children of a Lesser God", the film for which Marlee Matlin won the Academy Award will be shown with open captioning for the first time in the newly-retrofitted Independence Seaport Museum. The Museum now includes the latest in hearing-assistance technology including real-time captioning compatible presentation capabilities, closed captioning enabled projection equipment and infrared assisted-listening system with modern headsets.
Event hosts: Nanci Linke-Ellis (President, InSight Cinema); Bob Hiltermann,
co-founder of “Beethoven’s Nightmare”, currently in the role
of Walt on CBS’s “All My Children” and Raymonda Azrelyant
(2006-07 Miss Deaf New Jersey).
Talk-back after film!
Suggested Donation: $5
Tickets: Available at the Door, by calling 215.923.9101 Voice/VideoPhone or on-line www.creativeaccess.org.
Large print Programs upon request two weeks prior to event.
MUSIGN Explosion: Beethoven’s Nightmare, World’s Only Deaf Rock Band
Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Columbus Boulevard (Penn’s Landing at Walnut Street), Philadelphia
9:00 pm
Beethoven's Nightmare will rock ‘n’ roll your mind the Deaf way with a performance that lights up the stage with music, mime and visual thrills from ASL/Performance by Koylee and Lea Ramos in tune with band co-founders, rhythm guitarist Steve Longo, bassist/composer Ed Chevy, drummer Bob Hilterman.
Seating Limited.
Reservations requested.
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Tickets: Available at the Door, by calling 215.923.9101 Voice/VideoPhone or on-line www.creativeaccess.org.
Large print Programs upon request two weeks prior to event.
October 19 through Nov 20
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 22
"Silent No More: Testimonies of Deaf Holocaust Survivors" by Dr. Simon J. Carmel
Tuttleman Library Reading Room
Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park PA
7:30 p.m.
Deaf himself, Dr. Simon Carmel is the world’s leading researcher of deaf survivors of Hitler’s brutal WWII campaigns. In this unique seminar, he presents powerful images and stories of survivors and leads a discussion about who was killed, who was spared, and why. Co-presented by the Nora Levitz Memorial Fund Holocaust Archive of Gratz College.
Free Admission
For further information call 215.923.9101 Voice/TTY/VideoPhone or info@creativeaccess.org
Large print programs upon request two weeks in advance.
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 4
American Playwrights Series: In The Absence of Light by Lynn Manning
The Playground at the Adrienne
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
7:00 pm
Amaryllis Theatre Company and Straw Flower Productions partner on this series of readings by three of the country’s top disabled playwrights. In this first reading, Amaryllis will produce a reading of Los Angeles playwright Lynn Manning's newest script, In The Absence of Light, about two blind people with very different pasts who fall in love and the challenges their love and their future together face when one is given the possibility of sight.
Free Admission
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.
November 11
American Playwrights Series: The Making of Free Verse by Paul Kahn
The Playground at the Adrienne
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
7:00 pm
Amaryllis Theatre Company and Straw Flower Productions partner on this series of readings by three of the country’s top disabled playwrights. In this third reading, Amaryllis will produce a reading of Boston playwright Paul Kahn’s The Making of Free Verse.
The Making of Free Verse is a social and romantic comedy that shows what happens when a reclusive writer with a disability trusts his life story and his heart to a beautiful, young documentary filmmaker.
Tickets: $5
Tickets available online at www.amaryllistheatre.org or at the door
November 14
Free Library of Philadelphia Author Series presents Reading by Mark Drolsbaugh
Free Library of Philadelphia Central Library
1901 Vine Street, (between 19th and 20th on the Parkway),
Philadelphia
7:00 pm
The Free Library of Philadelphia's ever popular 'Author's Series' will present "Deaf Again" by Mark Drolsbaugh. Prolific young author, Mr. Drolsbaugh will share with humor and insight the experience that millions ask about: "What is it like to be Deaf?" Program will be presented in ASL with voicing (in spoken English) for hearing audiences. Introduction by acclaimed Philadelphia writer Lorene Carey.
Free Admission. Arrive Early!
Large print programs available upon request two weeks prior to the event.
November 19
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