The Access Project

The Access Project is a model outreach effort, designed to involve people with disabilities in all aspects of theater, both on and off the stage. Programs include:

• Artist Development Workshops, which teach the art of playwriting and performance to individuals with and without disabilities.
• Play Development Opportunities for original works dealing with disability issues or written by playwrights who have disabilities.
• Assistive Services such as Sign Language interpreted, captioned and audio-described performances; large-print and Braille programs; Touch Tours; wheelchair seating; and TTY phone lines.

YEAR ZERO by Michael Golamco

Audio Description: October 9, 7:30 pm; October 18, 3:30 pm

*Captioning: October 7, 2 pm; October 16, 7:30 pm; October17, 4 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: October 16, 7:30 pm

THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY by Kristoffer Diaz

Audio Description: October 23, 8 pm; November 1, 3 pm

*Captioning: October 21, 2 pm; October 30, 8 pm; October 31, 5 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: October 30, 8pm

THE SNOW QUEEN
Originally adapted by Michael Smith, Frank Galati, and Blair Thomas

Audio Description: December 18, 7:30 pm; December 27, 3 pm

*Captioning: December 4, 7:30 pm; December 19, 3 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: December 19, 3 pm

BLUE DOOR by Tanya Barfield

Audio Description: February 19, 8 pm; February 28, 3 pm

*Captioning: February 17, 2 pm; February 26, 8 pm; February 27, 5 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: February 26, 8 pm

The Lost Boys of Sudan by Lonnie Carter

Audio Description: April 16, 8 pm; April 25, 3 pm

*Captioning: April 14, 2 pm; April 23, 8 pm; April 24, 5 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: April 23, 8 pm

JACOB AND JACK by James Sherman

Audio Description: June 11, 8 pm; June 20, 3 pm

*Captioning: June 9, 2 pm; June 18, 8 pm; June 19, 5 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: June 18, 8 pm

A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by Joel Drake Johnson

Audio Description: August 6, 8 pm; August 15, 3 pm

*Captioning: August 4, 2 pm; August 13, 8 pm; August 14, 5 pm

Sign Language Interpretation: August 13, 8 pm

About the Access Project:

Originally developed by Remains Theater with funding from the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Resident Theater Initiative, the Access Project received the 2008 MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence and Innovation in Arts Access, and Victory Gardens was named Most Accessible Theater in 2009 by the members of Deaf Illinois.

Leadership support is provided by Kraft Foods and The REAM Foundation with additional support from The Harry S. Black and Allon Fuller Fund, 3Arts, and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and the Illinois Humanities Council.

The AudioLink Personal Listening System for mainstage theater patrons is made possible by a generous grant from the Samuel A. Burstein Family Foundation. The system provides amplification on lightweight wireless headsets and features the ability to adjust for specific hearing needs. Please contact the House Manager to receive a headset. A form of identification is required as a deposit.

We hope you will join us for an access performance this season! If you would like to receive the Access Project Newsletter please contact us at: 773/549-5788, TTY 773/871-0682 or information@victorygardens.org.

Assisted Listening devices and accessible seating are available at all performances. Please let the box office know in advance if you and your party would like to be in the accessible seating area.

Watch our Access Project videos!

About the Access Project

About the Access Project - Closed Captioned

About the Access Project - Audio Described

See ABC's coverage of Crip Slam's Not Shaped for Sportive Tricks: Disability in Shakespeare

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/disability_issues&id=7246698