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Access Virginia was established to provide and promote accessibility at performing arts theaters as well as other venues for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Visually Impaired Communities, to create tangible positive changes in their lives.
01/12/2026
As You Like It is coming to the Little Theatre of Norfolk on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at 8:00 PM! 🎭
A classic Shakespearean comedy. It follows Rosalind as she flees to the Forest of Arden, exploring love, identity, and freedom in a whimsical setting. 🌳✨
Open caption services will be available. Ask for reserved seating when purchasing your tickets.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
01/08/2026
To those who served, we thank you. 💙
Access Virginia and the Hearing Loss Association of America Virginia Beach Chapter are proud to offer free tickets to select live theatrical performances in Hampton Roads, VA for Veterans with hearing or vision loss. Each Veteran may bring one guest. Browse dates, times, and locations at www.accessvirginia.info
Accessibility Features:
🎧 Open Captioning for hearing loss
👁️ Audio Description for vision loss
Upcoming Show:
As You Like It at Little Theatre of Norfolk on January 17, 2026
Wait Until Dark is coming to Wells Theatre on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM. 🔥
In a 1944 Greenwich Village apartment, a blind woman is threatened by criminals in search of a very “special” doll. As the climax builds, Susan discovers that her blindness just might be the key to her escape, IF she can manage to stall her tormentors until dark. This masterfully constructed thriller moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward a heart-stopping finale. 🎭
Open caption and audio description services will be available.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
01/06/2026
Shucked is coming to Chrysler Hall Friday, February 6, 2026, at 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM! ✨
SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow”), and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater. 🌽
Open caption services will be available on Friday and open caption and audio description services will be available on Saturday. Purchase tickets for Left Orchestra Seating.
🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit sevenvenues.com/events/detail/shucked or call 757-664-6964.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
01/06/2026
Hadestown is coming to the Ferguson Center for the Arts on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 7:30 PM! 🎭
Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, Hadestown intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and Queen Persephone — as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell's beguiling melodies and Chavkin's poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, singers, and dancers, Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go. 🎶
Open caption services will be available. Ask for reserved seating when purchasing your tickets. Tickets can be purchased for the left or right orchestra.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
01/05/2026
As You Like It is coming to Little Theatre of Norfolk on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at 8:00 PM! 🎭
A classic Shakespearean comedy. It follows Rosalind as she flees to the Forest of Arden, exploring love, identity, and freedom in a whimsical setting. 🌳✨
Open caption services will be available. Ask for reserved seating when purchasing your tickets.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
01/01/2026
Here’s to making more cherished memories in 2026! 🥳✨🎭
12/25/2025
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🤍
12/24/2025
Chicago The Musical is coming to Chrysler Hall on Friday, February 20, 2026, at 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM! 🌆
CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses—vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart—become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy. 🎶
Open caption services will be available on Friday and open caption and audio description services will be available on Saturday. Purchase tickets for Left Orchestra Seating.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
12/23/2025
Last Saturday Access Virginia provided closed captions and audio descriptions for A Christmas Carol at Williamsburg Players. What a dazzling experience! ❄️🎻
12/19/2025
A Merry Little Christmas Carol is coming to Wells Theatre tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2:00 PM! 🎁
Hampton Roads’ most heartfelt holiday celebration! Come along with this charming ensemble as they follow the story of Scrooge's life, accompanied by the Christmas spirits of past, present, and future, to find the real Christmas spirit that he’s always been missing…his own. ❄️
Open caption and audio description services will be available. Seating for open captioning and audio description is provided in the Orchestra Left side of the House. Please use access code “ACCESSVA” when purchasing tickets online or calling the box office.
Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
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Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.
WHY IS PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION SO IMPORTANT?
Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), both the facility and the presenter/producer have a legal obligation to provide effective communication for someone with a disability that does not fundamentally alter the nature of the product being offered or cause an undue burden to the venue. As cited in the ADA Technical Assistance Manual, open captioning and audio description are examples of auxiliary aids and services that promote effective communication for people who are hard of hearing, Deaf and visually impaired.
Access Virginia Accessibility Programs (AVAP) makes attending live theatre possible for everyone. Special seating is reserved for theatre-goers who are hard of hearing, Deaf and visually impaired.
Open Captioning
Open Captioning is a speech-to-text display to provide a simultaneous transcription of dialogue, lyrics and a description of environmental sounds for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing used at performing arts venues for scripted plays, displayed through an LED Board.
This service can be used by everyone for viewing in a reserved seating area. Open captioning is considered a universal accommodation because it can be used by anyone regardless of hearing impairment, age or ability.
C.A.R.T.
Also known as Communication Access Realtime Translation. CART provides the Deaf or hard-of-hearing individual with a speech-to-text display in realtime. It’s beneficial for people who are Deaf or have a hearing loss and do not communicate utilizing ASL (American Sign Language). CART is also referred to as open captioning or realtime captioning.
Audio Description
Audio Description involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater. Audio describers provide a narration service which guides the listener through the presentation with concise, objective descriptions of scenes, settings, costumes, body language slipped in between the natural pause of dialogue or songs - those images that a person who is blind or visually impaired formerly could only experience through the whispered asides from a sighted companion.
