[Nfbk] the cardinal, summer 2012

[slerythema]

I am extremely disappointed that all but two of the Kentucky Center for the
Arts described performances are matinees. Matinees are typically performed
by the B cast and often shortened. Do they think that the blind do not know
the difference? And only one performance out of the whole run is described?
This is the second year that I have encountered this. 
 
I love going to see the Nutcracker most years, and found out how much more I
enjoyed it the first time I had audio description for a performance (a
Saturday night). The next year, description was only offered at a matinee.
Both I and the sighted people that went with me were very disappointed with
the B cast and abbreviated format. Last year, due to medical issues in our
family, we were late in deciding that we could make a performance. It was
unanimous that we did NOT want a matinee, and I discovered that we had
already missed the performance that was described, but it was only a matinee
so we would not have chosen it anyway.
 
If you enjoy matinees, that fine, but I have a friend that majored in
theatre in college and worked as an asm so I have had a lot of experience
with seeing both versions of a performance and my preference is definitely
evening performances that are NOT opening night. It is such a shame that
when a service is offered, it is then taken away and you are left with
substandard choices.
 
Cindy

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Denise Franklin
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Subject: [Nfbk] the cardinal, summer 2012



 
 

The Kentucky Cardinal 




The Kentucky Center for the Arts Audio Description Program 

  


Editor's note: Following is a list of dates for theatrical performances for
which audio description will be provided.  If you have been avoiding live
theater because you felt that as a blind or visually impaired person you
couldn't enjoy it, I strongly urge you to reconsider and attend one of these
performances.  The description comes through a headset and is inserted at
appropriate times and does not interfere with dialogue or music.   


  


The Kentucky Center Presents: 


Dance Theatre of Harlem  on Friday, 10/19/12 at 8:00 PM in Whitney Hall 


Trey Mclntryne Project & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Saturday,
12/08/12 at 8:00 PM at the Brown Theatre 


  


PNC Bank Broadway Across America Louisville Presents: 


Wicked on Saturday, 9/15/12 at 2:00 PM in Whitney Hall 


Beauty & the Beast on Saturday, 10/27/12 at 2:00 PM in Whitney Hall 


Jersey Boys on Saturday, 11/24/12 at 2:00 PM in Whitney Hall 


  


The Kentucky Opera Presents: 


Tosca on Sunday,  9/23/12 at 2:00 PM at the Brown Theatre 


Cinderella on Sunday, 11/04/12 at 2:00 PM at the Brown Theatre 


  


The Louisville Ballet Presents: 


Lady of the Camellias on Saturday, 10/06/12 at 2:00 PM In Whitney Hall 


The Nutcracker on Saturday, 12/15/12 at 1:30 PM in Whitney Hall 


  


Stage One Family Theatre Presents: 


Wiley and the Hairy Man on Saturday, 10/13/12 at 2:00 PM in the Bomhard
Theater 


  


Actors Theatre of Louisville Presents: 


Romeo & Juliet on Sunday, 9/16/12 at 2:30pmin the Pamela Brown 


Dracula on Sunday, 10/07/12 at 2:00pm in the Bingham Theatre 


Long Day's Journey Into Night on Sunday, 10/21/12 at 2:30pmin the Pamela
Brown 


A Christmas Story on Sunday, 11/18/12  at 2:00pmin the Pamela Brown 


  


To purchase tickets call The Kentucky Center Box Office at 1-800-775-7777
(toll free), 502-584-7777. Please make reservations for services at the time
you purchase your ticket to ensure the best seating location for the
service. 


If you cannot attend a scheduled audio described, please call 502-562-0111
(V) or 502-562-0140 (TTY) to request the service for another performance.
The Kentucky Center will work to accommodate access requests whenever
possible. 


 To purchase tickets to Actors Theatre of Louisville, please contact them
directly at 502-584-1205. 


  


Stacy Ridgway 


Manager of Access and Volunteer Services 


(502) 562-0711 p  (502) 562-0180 f 


Access Hotline (502) 562-0111 


 Volunteer Hotline (502) 562-0141 


(502) 562-0140 TTY 


  


The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts 


501 West Main Street, Louisville, KY  40202 


 <http://www.kentuckycenter.org/> www.kentuckycenter.org 


  



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