[NFBV-Alexandria] June 2019 Kennedy Center Audio Described Theater Alert

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From: "The Kennedy Center" <access at Kennedy-Center.org<mailto:access at Kennedy-Center.org>>
Date: May 31, 2019 at 3:26:07 PM EDT
To: evelyn.valdez212 at gmail.com<mailto:evelyn.valdez212 at gmail.com>
Subject: June 2019 Audio Described Theater Alert

Audio Description Theater Alert  |  View in browser<http://email.kennedy-center.org/view?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=72954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[Red background with white text: The Kennedy Center Audio Described Theater Alert]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=73954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

To purchase tickets for an audio described performance at the Kennedy Center, please call the services desk at 202-416-8529 (voice) or visit kennedy-center.org<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=74954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>.

For more information about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Office at 202-416-8727 (voice) or access at kennedy-center.org<mailto:access at kennedy-center.org>.

Audio Describers will read their pre-show descriptions of sets and costumes approximately 15 minutes before each described performance begins.

Upcoming Audio Described Events at the Kennedy Center

[Three rows of six ballerinas dressed in contemporary, loose fitting off white t-shirt-like dresses. They demi-plie on pointe, arms raised overhead.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=76954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Ballet Across America<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=76954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Opera House
Audio-Described:
Friday, May 31, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Audio Describer: Ermyn King

Our fifth extraordinary Ballet Across America series returns, featuring full engagements from renowned companies Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet plus a spectacular shared celebration program.

Tickets for Ballet Across America<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=77954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[A mature woman with tight brunette curls smiles with her arms extended out by her sides. She wears an ornate bright red lace dress and a brilliant red feathered headdress. Men in tuxedos stand in shadow behind her.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=78954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Betty Buckley in Hello Dolly!<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=78954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Opera House
Audio Described:
Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Audio Describers: Marianne Metz, Andrea Okwesa

Tony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in Hello, Dolly!—the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!”

Tickets for Hello Dolly!<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=79954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[Against the dark silhouette of a city skyline, a young boy in a blue and tan baseball uniform and helmet stares in awe towards the sky, holding a baseball bat up and in a stance as if he’s just taken a swing. Six adults, three women and three men in average late 1970s/early 1980s casual clothing, perch themselves in varying cheering stances on a small concrete riser that mimics a baseball stadium bleacher.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7a954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Falsettos<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7a954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Eisenhower Theater
Audio Described:
Saturday June 15 at 2:00 PM
Audio Describers: Mary Lou Fisher, Marianne Metz

William Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Award®–winning musical comes to the Kennedy Center in an all new production from Lincoln Center. It’s a hilarious and achingly poignant look at the infinite possibilities that make up a modern family.

Tickets for Falsettos<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7b954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[The side of a chipping blue painted wooden house with a white framed window on the upper left side. The text in all capitalizes "We built this life..." and below that, "I will not tear it down." is typed across two panels of the house.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7c954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Byhalia, Mississippi<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7c954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Terrace Theater
Audio Described:
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Audio Describers: Andrea Okwesa, Patti Wong

Don’t miss this new Kennedy Center production of playwright Evan Linder’s uncompromising exploration of race, family, and betrayal in the American South, which won Chicago’s prestigious Jefferson Award in 2016 for Best New Work.

Tickets for Byhalia, Mississippi<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7d954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

2018-2019 Kennedy Center Audio Described Season

[Seven musicians dressed in identical blue uniforms and caps are seated in a semi-circle, playing tambourines, a cello, a violin, a guitar, and clarinets, respectively. Behind the musicians is a wall with a green and blue circular decoration that includes Hebrew and Arabic words. In front of the musicians stands a conductor facing them, wearing the same powder blue suit and caps the musicians wear.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7e954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
The Band's Visit<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7e954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Eisenhower Theater
Audio Described:
Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Audio Describers: Marianne Metz, Andrea Okwesa

This critically acclaimed new musical celebrates the deeply human ways music, longing, and laughter can connect us all. “One of the most ravishing musicals you will ever be seduced by.”—The New York Times

Tickets for The Band's Visit<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=7f954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[Set against a glittery golden spectacle of a set, Aladdin, in loose tan pants and a red vest, stands center left a top several stairs next to the Genie, a large man in a blue body suit with red belt. Both men wrap one arm around the other’s back and extend their free arm out in celebration. Seven men wearing fezzes, pants, shirts and vests all in gold, as well as women in gold fezzes and dresses, all bend on one knee or stand in front of the stairs, all also with one arm out in celebration.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=80954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Disney's Aladdin<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=80954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Opera House
Audio Described:
Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Friday, August 4, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 1:30 PM
Audio Describers: Andrea Okwesa, Mary Lou Fisher

Discover a whole new world at Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical! From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy, and breathtaking spectacle.

Tickets for Disney's Aladdin<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=81954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

[The torso of a high school boy wearing a blue and white stripped, short-sleeved, collared shirt. His left arm is wrapped in a cast, forcing a thumbs up motion, as the arm is held across his body. Written on the cast is #youwillbefound and the title Dear Evan Hansen is typed in front of his chest.]<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=82954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>
Dear Evan Hansen<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=82954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

Eisenhower Theater
Audio Described:
Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Audio Describers: Marianne Metz, Rita Tehan, Patti Wong

Winner of 6 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. The Washington Post calls Dear Evan Hansen “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.”

Limited inventory remains. To check ticket availability, stop by in person at the box office or call Instant Charge at 202-416-8529.

Patrons may request audio description for performances that are not currently scheduled to be described. Requests to audio describe a performance must be received by the Accessibility Office at 202-416-8727 or access at kennedy-center.org<mailto:access at kennedy-center.org>a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the performance date and are subject to the availability of a describer.

Tickets for Dear Evan Hansen - Limited Inventory<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=83954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028>

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The DC Arts Access Network (DCAAN) has created a calendar listing upcoming accessible performances and events at cultural arts organizations across the DC Metro region! Visit www.dcaan.org<http://email.kennedy-center.org/click?sid=Njk3XzM4ODY0XzExMzYwNTdfNjk0Nw&l=85954006-ea7c-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19EDUAccessADAlertJune&utm_content=version_A&pid=5641646&src=349028> for details.

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