Accessibility at the Ashby Stage
If you or a member of your party has vision, hearing, or mobility needs, we recommend that you read about accessibility at the Ashby Stage.
If you have questions, get in touch with us at boxoffice@shotgunplayers.org or at 510.841.6500 ext. 303
Haptic Tour & Live Audio-Described Performance - June 4
There is a haptic tour and live audio-described performance of Yerma on Sunday, June 4. Doors will open at 3:45 PM for check-in. We recommend arriving early as the tour will begin promptly at 4 PM. The audio-described performance will start at 5 PM. If you are scheduling a ride home, a good pick-up time is between 7:15 and 7:30 PM. Get tickets for June 4. Yerma's run time is approximately 2 hours including a 15-minute intermission.
Members of Shotgun's creative team welcome you to join us in a 30-minute conversation about the play's themes and aesthetics directly after the performance. Our hope is that this experience becomes an opportunity for audience members to engage with each other.
We are proud to partner with Gravity Access to provide a haptic tour and live audio description for our blind and low-vision audience members. Our June 4 performance includes a live pre-show tour that allows patrons to experience the space, performers, costumes, and objects - in addition to key movement elements in the piece - through touch, their own movement, hearing, and kinesthetic senses. Usually lasting 20 to 30 minutes, these tours lay a multi-sensory foundation to support the audio description service and are intended to focus on access for patrons with visual impairments.
During the performance, patrons can use devices provided for free by Gravity Access to listen to a live audio description of the show.
For sighted patrons, the performance is otherwise the same as on any other evening.
If you have questions or would like assistance booking your tickets, feel free to email us at boxoffice@shotgunplayers.org or call 510.841.6500 ext. 303. We're happy to help!
Live-Streamed Performances & Closed-Captioned Video on Demand
Join us from home for one of our live-streamed performances on June 1 and June 8! Or catch a video on demand with closed captioning available June 14-June 24. Book your tickets on Overture+
