[GreaterPhilly] Fwd: April-May Audio Described Events

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Hello all,

Please see below  an email from Keystone member Simon Bonenfant with live
performances with audio description in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Thanks,

Stacie

Stacie Leap
President, Greater Philadelphia Chapter &
President, Pennsylvania Organization of Blind Parents (POBP),
National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania

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From: Audio Description Learning Network <adlearningnetwork at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Subject: April-May Audio Described Events
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Hello ADLN Community,

This is ADLN admin Simon Bonenfant. I hope all is well, and that you’ve
been enjoying these past few weeks of springtime!

Below, please find the audio described events from April 3 to May 17. There
are 12 events in total. Remember to forward to a friend, and you can reach
out to me at adlearningnetwork at gmail.com anytime.

April 3, 2026 (Friday)

*Event:* The Sound of Music

*Venue:* Academy of Music, Ensemble Arts Broadway Series

*Time:* 7:30 PM

*Description:* “For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our
“favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score,
this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed - it’s
meant to be shared. Now, a critically acclaimed North American tour brings
the cherished musical to stages across the country to teach a new
generation to sing.

Directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this
vibrant and romantic tale of Maria and the von Trapp family will captivate
audiences with its universal themes of love, resilience and the power of
music.”

*Website:* https://my.ensembleartsphilly.org/booking/production/58241

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Nicole Sardella); ASL
Interpretation; (Hands Up Productions)

*Special Notes:* To purchase tickets by phone, call the box office at
215.893.1999. Reach them by email at audienceservices at ensembleartsphilly.org
.

April 5, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* The Most Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington

*Venue:* The Wilma Theater

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “Behold the feverish Martha Washington, our first First
Lady, on her deathbed, surrounded by the enslaved people poised to claim
freedom the moment she dies (true story). In her final hours, she is
confronted by a hallucinatory “trial” where she must face her past and the
legacy of slavery in the United States. The Most Spectacularly Lamentable
Trial of Miz Martha Washington by Pulitzer Prize-winning James Ijames (Fat
Ham) is a spicy satire that explores issues of race, power, and historical
memory. The Wilma’s HotHouse Acting Company brings this pertinent and
dynamic production to life with deep sincerity, high-stakes clowning, and
striking imagery under the direction of HotHouse Member Brett Ashley
Robinson.

Content Information:

Suggested for ages 13+. This show contains strong language and depictions
of sexual assault and violence. Please contact our box office at
tickets at wilmatheater.org if you’d like more details.”

*Website:* https://tickets.wilmatheater.org/98347/98372

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; Open Captioning

*Special Notes:* Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the Box
Office at 215.546.7824. The Wilma is an access card participant, offering
$2 tickets with an Access Card (max 4), and you can purchase them by
calling the Box Office and showing your Access Card when you get to the
theater. E-mail tickets at wilmatheater.org with any questions.

April 12, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* Carrie

*Venue:* Lebanon Valley College, Leedy Theater

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At
school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to
everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly
controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered
she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use
it. Set in the present in the small New England town of Chamberlain, Maine.”

*Website:* https://lvcmt.booktix.com/

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Nicole Sardella)

*Special Notes:* For any inquiries, contact the college via phone at
717.867.4411.

April 12, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* Improvising With our Ecosystems

*Venue:* Dark Room Ballet, Virtual Workshop

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “This workshop is a monthly ritual to connect, stretch into,
and experiment with the glory of our senses. Practice will begin with
grounding into our bodies, guided imaginative eco-embodiments and learning
different approaches to improvising with movement, audio-description and
sound. Then we will play with, touch, taste, listen, and smell materials
found in our own everyday to celebrate and map out the landscapes of our
sensorial experiences. Our time will conclude by folding our somatic
explorations into our improvisation practice and sharing imperfect audio
descriptions to reflect on our practice together.

After each class, participants will receive an overview of what we
explored, music selections, and an ever-evolving dictionary of terms
specific to Shannon’s class series.”

*Website: https://darkroomballet.com/ <https://darkroomballet.com/>*

*Special Notes:* These are monthly workshops specifically accessible to
people with low vision and/or Blindness. Please feel free to pass this
information along to anyone who may be interested. If you would like to
attend any or all of these workshops, please email

info at darkroomballet.com

to begin the registration process.

April 14, 2026 (Tuesday)

*Event:* From Nature to Nylons: a Touch-based History of Textiles

*Venue:* Science History Institute

*Time:* 10:30 AM

*Cost:* $3

*Description:* “Created in collaboration with Philly Touch Tours, Touch
Tours is a recurring program taking place on the second Tuesday of every
month. This touch-based tour offers guests a private learning experience
that combines a personally guided exploration of select gallery exhibits
and a hands-on study of objects from our collections.

>From Nature to Nylons begins with an introduction to natural fibers, such
as wool and linen, and moves on to the development of plastics and
synthetic materials like nylon and Gore-Tex. Guests will leave with a
better understanding of how these fibers changed our world, and how the
changing world influenced our desire for advanced high-tech textiles.

This tour is specifically designed to engage guests who are blind and
visually impaired. We also strive to be inclusive for all visitors with
various abilities. Please reach out to communicate your accessibility needs.

Reservations for the touch tour are required, and participation is
restricted to 10 guests. Because reservations are limited, guests are
encouraged to register early. To register, use the form provided on the
event page.”

*Website:*
https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/from-nature-to-nylons-a-touch-based-history-of-textiles-202603/

April 18, 2026 (Saturday)

*Event:* Wilderness Generation

*Venue:* Philadelphia Theatre Company

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “A powerful, funny, and deeply human world premiere from
Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames (Fat Ham), Wilderness Generation,
directed by PTC Artistic Director Taibi Magar, invites us into a family
reunion layered with memory, music, and the emotional weight of what we
inherit and what we choose to carry forward.

Over one summer weekend in the Tidewater South, four cousins gather at
their grandmother’s home—a place steeped in family lore and unspoken
truths. As laughter gives way to old wounds and long-buried secrets, what
begins as a celebration becomes a reckoning.

Through razor-sharp dialogue, Ijames explores the cycles of silence and
survival that define a generation raised in the shadows of trauma—and the
strength it takes to imagine something different. With echoes of Lorraine
Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard,
Wilderness Generation is a deeply resonant, Black Southern family drama
brimming with humor, heartbreak, and healing.”

*Website:* https://myptc.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/97892/98162

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Nicole Sardella)

*Special Notes:* For assistance purchasing tickets, please call the Box
Office at 215.985.0420 x1 or via email at boxoffice at philatheatreco.org.

April 19, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* Signers Hall Touch Tour

*Venue:* The National Constitution Center

*Time:* 9:00 AM

*Description:* “Created in collaboration with Philly Touch Tours, staff
will guide visitors through a fascinating story telling experience and
interaction with the full size statues of those who added their names to
the Constitution as well as those who dissented. Contact
kmarinello at constitutioncenter.org and bkrisch at constitutioncenter.org to
reserve a spot.”

*Website:* https://constitutioncenter.org/

April 26, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* Sleepers Awake

*Venue: *Academy of Music, Opera Philadelphia

*Time: *2:00 PM

*Description: *“In this opera, the chorus has the starring role. Composer
Gregory Spears, whose music has been called “astonishingly beautiful” (The
New York Times), “coolly entrancing” (The New Yorker), and “some of the
most beautifully unsettling music to appear in recent memory” (The Boston
Globe), creates a labyrinthine soundscape to accompany a dream-like
rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer
Robert Walser. As the Opera Philadelphia Chorus sings itself in and out of
slumber, the voices pull us into a liminal space where time is both
fractured and cyclical. Conceived with and directed by the transformative
Jenny Koons, this visually dazzling world premiere activates a collective
voice to question the fragile line between waking and dreaming. Corrado
Rovaris conducts.”

*Website: *
https://tix.operaphila.org/28866/28881?_gl=1*1s6tm54*_gcl_au*MTc3NDA2ODI4NC4xNzc1MDMzMTU1*_ga*Mjc0Mzk5NTA4LjE3NTEyNzA0NDM.*_ga_JCLSY2WQC5*czE3NzUwMzMxNTUkbzExJGcwJHQxNzc1MDMzMTU1JGo2MCRsMCRoMA
..

*Accessibility Services: *Audio Description; (Nicole Sardella)

*Special Notes:* For any inquiries, contact Guest Services at 215.732.8400
or by emailing tix at operaphila.org.

May 7, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* 1776 The Musical

*Venue:* Walnut Street Theatre

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “Our gift to you and Philadelphia as we celebrate the 250th
anniversary of our nation’s birth – the founding fathers come alive in
1776, the classic award-winning Broadway musical. Join John Adams, Benjamin
Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson as they fight for independence against a
deadlocked Continental Congress in a retelling filled with humor, romance,
pathos, and nail-biting tension. 1776 is not just a revolutionary musical;
it’s a captivating journey of what happened right here in Philadelphia!”

*Website:*
https://www.ticketmaster.com/walnut-street-theatres-1776-the-musical-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-07-2026/event/020062CCC8F37D71?refArtist=K8vZ917rKu0&f_simplified_filter=true&f_enable_merch_slot=true

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Amanda Pasquini)

*Special Notes:* To purchase tickets by phone, call the box office at
215.574.3550.

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* The Black Clown

*Venue:* Miller Theater, Opera Philadelphia

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “Creator and opera revolutionary Davóne Tines brings
Langston Hughes’ poem “The Black Clown” to musical life in a vaudevillian
rendering of this masterpiece. Fusing gospel, opera, jazz, and spirituals
into a searing night of theatrical brilliance, The Black Clown embodies the
evolving, divided soul of Black America and animates a Black man’s
resilience against a legacy of oppression. The Black Clown has been hailed
as “pure poetry” by The Boston Globe, and The New York Times lauds “this
rich, seamless production melds the past and present of African-American
history into an electrifyingly ambivalent whole.” Tines makes his Opera
Philadelphia debut alongside an ensemble of 12 performers in this
genre-bending, visually arresting piece, juxtaposing dazzling cathartic
performances with Hughes’ enduring work.

 This production contains racial slurs and stylized representations of
violence, particularly related to slavery, as well as haze, simulated
smoking, and bright flashing lights.”

*Website:*
https://tix.operaphila.org/28868/28895?_gl=1*1jewdmn*_gcl_au*MTc3NDA2ODI4NC4xNzc1MDMzMTU1*_ga*Mjc0Mzk5NTA4LjE3NTEyNzA0NDM.*_ga_JCLSY2WQC5*czE3NzUwMzMxNTUkbzExJGcxJHQxNzc1MDMzNjkxJGo2MCRsMCRoMA
..

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Nicole Sardella)

*Special Notes:* For any inquiries, contact Guest Services at 215.732.8400
or by emailing tix at operaphila.org.

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* Mrs. Christie

*Venue:* McCarter Theatre Center, Berlind Theatre

*Time:* 2:00 PM

*Description:* “In 1926, Agatha Christie vanished, then reappeared eleven
days later without explanation. It was a tabloid sensation–a mystery that
remains unsolved nearly a century later. In 2026, Christie superfan Lucy
makes the pilgrimage to the author’s estate. When she happens upon an
unpublished diary written in Christie’s own hand, Lucy resolves to crack
the case once and for all. In parallel storylines that blend past and
present, Mrs. Christie proves that sometimes you need to disappear in order
to find yourself.”

*Website:* https://tickets.mccarter.org/18348/18361

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description; (Janet Dickson);  Assistive
Listening Devices; Open Captioning; (Captioning C2); Free Standing Chairs
available upon request; Braille and Large-print Programs available upon
request of 2-week notice.

*Special Notes:* Tickets: Email patronservices at mccarter.org, call
609.258.2787, or visit the box office between 12pm-6pm Tuesday-Saturday.
*The Berlind Theatre is at the bottom of the hill on University Place, and
faces the Dinky Bar and Restaurant*

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

*Event:* The Woman Question

*Venue:* People’s Light, Leonard C. Haas Stage

*Time:* 2:00 PM, Sensory Tour at 1:00 PM

*Description:* “A trailblazing world premiere

A new play with local roots, The Woman Question unearths the stories of
medical pioneers who led the charge for women’s health and reproductive
freedom 150 years ago. This world premiere docu-fantasy follows the 1894
class of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, an intrepid cohort of
students whose struggles and joys reverberate across centuries. Written and
performed by acclaimed theatre-maker Suli Holum (Hurricane Diane) in
collaboration with Company Artist Melanye Finister (A Raisin in the Sun)
and a remarkable cast and creative team, The Woman Question blends archival
research, flights of collective imagination, and a delightful,
Victorian-infused theatricality.”

*Website:* https://tickets.peopleslight.org/97108/97778

*Accessibility Services:* Audio Description and Sensory Tour; (Gina
Pisasale); Relaxed Performance; ASL Interpretation; (Hands Up Productions);
Wheelchair Accessible; Assistive Listening Devices; Large Print Programs;
Fidget Library

*Special Notes:* For tickets please call the Box Office at 610.644.3500,
visit peopleslight.org, or email tickets at peopleslight.org. People’s Light
is a proud member of the Art Reach Access Program. If you have an Access
Card, please purchase your tickets via phone or email and tell the Box
Office associate about your Card.  If you would like to RSVP to the Sensory
Tour (1pm before the Audio Described performance), reserve an Audio
Description Device, or have any further questions please email Olivia
DiIorio, at diiorio at peopleslight.org.

I hope you will be able to attend many of these upcoming events. I hope
everyone has a great April, and I’ll be back in May!

With best regards,

Simon Bonenfant, on behalf of the ADLN team.

-- 

Simon Bonenfant

Outreach Coordinator

Hire Musicians LLC.
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