<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-495ba769-7fff-8ed7-21bf-56834e7a687a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">FREE WORKSHOP: Accessibility Design for the Theatre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Talespinner believes that when we say “theatre is for everyone” that we must put that into action through intentional design. With support from the Ohio Arts Council and the Cleveland Foundation, we are hosting a free, two-day workshop in accessibility design on October 7th and 8th, 2023, led by experienced accessibility designer and Executive Artistic Director Heather Utsler-Smith (breakfast and lunch included). This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to explore designing accessibility for sensory friendly/relaxed performances, as well as for blind and low vision and d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences, with practical application for Talespinner’s production of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Stellaluna</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. The full group of participants will be credited as designers for the show. The combination of the two days will give a comprehensive introduction to accessibility design, a chance to apply that knowledge, and the ability to take that onward into future work in Cleveland and beyond. Participants in this workshop who are interested can be placed under consideration for accessibility designer positions at Talespinner – we are actively looking for at least two accessibility designers for our 23-24 season. Register TODAY at <a href="http://talespinnercle.org/adult-education">talespinnercle.org/adult-education</a> </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Heather Utsler-Smith<div><i>She/Her/Hers</i></div><div>Executive Artistic Director</div><div>Talespinner Children's Theatre</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">78th St. Studios | 1305 W 80th St., Ste 214, Cleveland, OH 44102 | <a href="http://talespinnercle.org/" target="_blank">talespinnercle.org</a></span></div></div></div></div>