[NEohioPAL]Free Performance for the Visually Impaired!!!

Fri Apr 27 16:16:13 PDT 2007

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NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Benjamin Rexroad
Weathervane Ticket Office (330) 836-2626
WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE Offers

Audio Described Performance

(April 27, 2007 Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Weathervane =
Playhouse announces an AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE of Wendy =
Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig directed by Curt Arnold. The =
performance will take place May 6, 2007 at 3pm and will be described by =
volunteer Margaret Dietz. She and our other describers have been =
expertly trained by guests from the Cleveland Sight Center. Another =
training date will be coming up this summer.=20

Those who are visually impaired and their drivers will be admitted free =
of charge. Please reserve seats by calling 33-836-2626 and mention that =
you are attending for the audio description so that equipment is =
available. Seating is very limited. Also, we ask that consumers arrive =
30 minutes prior to the performance to meet their describer and become =
familiar with the equipment.=20

Audio Description allows the blind or those with low vision to =
experience live theater more completely. During the performance a =
trained volunteer speaks into a microphone between the spoken dialogue =
to describe the show's visual aspects and the movement on the stage. =
This narration is transmitted to small headsets, which are provided to =
audience members who request the Audio Description service. Only patrons =
with these headsets can hear the Audio Description narration.

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<H1>NEWS RELEASE</H1></I></FONT>
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Audio Described Performance<FONT=20
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(April 27, 2007 Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Weathervane=20
Playhouse announces an AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE of Wendy =
Wasserstein=92s=20
The Sisters Rosensweig directed by Curt Arnold. The performance =
will take=20
place May 6, 2007 at 3pm and will be described by volunteer =
Margaret=20
Dietz. She and our other describers have been expertly trained by guests =
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the Cleveland Sight Center. Another training date will be coming up this =
summer.=20

Those who are visually impaired and their drivers will be admitted =
free of=20
charge. Please reserve seats by calling 33-836-2626 and mention that you =
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attending for the audio description so that equipment is available. =
Seating=20
is very limited. Also, we ask that consumers arrive 30 minutes prior =
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performance to meet their describer and become familiar with the =
equipment. 
Audio Description allows the blind or those with low vision to =
experience=20
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