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

Thu May 31 08:37:51 PDT 2007

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WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE Offers

Audio Described Performance

(May 23, 2007 Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Weathervane Playhouse =
announces an AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE of Terrance McNally and David =
Yazbek's The Full Monty directed by Jacqi Loewy. The performance will =
take place June 24th at 2:30 p.m. and will be described by Mary Jo =
Mace-Woodburn. 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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(May 23, 2007 Akron, Ohio...For Immediate Release) Weathervane=20
Playhouse announces an AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE of Terrance =
McNally and=20
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performance=20
will take place June 24th at 2:30 p.m. and will be described by =
Mary Jo=20
Mace-Woodburn. She and our other describers have been expertly trained =
by guests=20
from the Cleveland Sight Center. Another training date will be coming up =
this=20
summer. 
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 =
to the=20
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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speaks=20
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visual=20
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