Accessible Performances

Movies:  Two Twin Cities cinemas now offer DVS Theatrical Services which make selected movies accessible for patrons with vision or hearing impairments.  To find out their daily schedules, call:  AMC Eden Prairie 18 Theatres, 952-656-0010 or Minneapolis Block E Crown Theaters, 612-338-1466.

The following performances will be Audio Described (AD) for people who are blind or have low vision, or interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

• An Artist's Paradise:  Minnesota Landscapes 1840-1940; open 1/25-6/22; ASL Sun., 2/16, 2:00-3:00; Minnesota Museum of American Art, Landmark Center; St. Paul; 651-292-4367 or MN Relay Service, 1-800-627-3529; www.mmaa.org.  An interpreted tour of artists from the Hudson River School, American Impressionism and Midwest Regionalism.
• Sunday in the Park with George; runs 2/15-3/9; AD/ASL Thurs., 2/20, 8:00; Theater Latté Da at Loring Playhouse; Mpls.; 612-343-3390; www.ticketworks.com.  This show uses musical pointilism to celebrate French neo-impressionist painter George Seurat's masterpieceCand questions the personal cost of creating art.
• And Then They Came for Me; AD Sun., 2/23, 2:00; Minnesota Jewish Theatre Co. at Hillcrest Center; St. Paul; 651-647-4315; www.mnjewishtheatre.org.
• The Hobbit; runs 2/14-2/23; ASL Sat., 2/23, 8:00; Rochester Civic Theatre; 507-282-8481; www.rochcivictheatre.org.
• To Kill a Mockingbird; runs 2/15-3/16; AD Sat., 3/1, 8:00; ASL Thurs. 3/6, 10:30 a.m. & Sat., 3/8, 8:00; Great American History Theatre; St. Paul; 651-292-4320; www.historytheatre.com.
• There Is a Field; runs 2/28-3/2; ASL Sat., 3/1, 8:00; U of M Theatre, Rarig Center; Mpls.;  Reserve tickets at 612-624-2345 at least 3 wks. before show to ensure interpreting service; http://cla.umn.edu/theater.  Imagine a field a space that encounters the landscape and culture of the Middle East that engages yet seeks to move beyond politics and individual memory.
• Macbeth; runs 2/14-3/3; AD Sun., 3/3, 2:00; Theatre in the Round Players; Mpls.; 612-333-3010; www.theatreintheround.org.
• Godspell; runs 3/7-3/16; ASL Sun., 3/9, 2:00; Woodbury Community Theatre at Park High School; Cottage Grove; 651-730-4627; www.woodburycommunitytheatre.org.
• Taking Sides; ASL Fri., 3/14, 8:00; Rochester Repertory Theatre; 507-289-1737; www.rochesterrep.org.  Set in the ruins of postwar Berlin; a dogged U.S. Army investigator is pitted against a once-proud conductor accused of serving Hitler.
• From the Inside Out; 3/7-3/23; ASL/AD Sat., 3/15, 2:00; In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre; Mpls.; 612-721-2535; www.hobt.org.  Three original works by company members.
• Stones in His Pockets; ASL/AD Sat., 3/15, 2:00; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; St. Paul; 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100; www.ordway.org.  A Hollywood film crew descends on a sleepy, Irish village and all comic hell breaks loose.  Two actors play 15 characters.
• Madame Butterfly; AD Sat., 3/15, 8:00; London City Opera at the Historic State Theatre; Mpls.; 612-373-5650 or 612-989-5151; www.state-orpheum.com.
• Political Theatre Festival; runs 3/7-3/16; ASL Sat., 3/15, 7:30 & Sun., 3/16, 2:00; Teatro del Pueblo at Intermedia Arts; Mpls.; 612-871-6927; www.teatrodelpueblo.org.  A festival of different voices from Latin America in one-act plays that explore the Latino experience; Sat. plays different from Sun.
• Dreams of a Bird Woman: The Sacagawea Story; runs 2/21-3/16; ASL/AD Sun., 3/16, 2:00 (ASL also Thurs., 3/27, 12:30); Stages Theatre Co.; Crystal; 952-979-1111; www.stagestheatre.org.
• Unsinkable Women; ASL Sun., 3/16, 8:00; Paramount Theatre; St. Cloud; www.paramountarts.org; 320-259-5463.  In celebration of Women's History Month, Deborah Jean Templin appears in her critically acclaimed, original, one-woman show about the women who survived the Titanic.
• The Grand Duke; 3/6-3/30; AD Sat., 3/22, 3:00; Howard Conn Fine Arts Center (connected to Plymouth Congregational Church); Mpls.; 651-255-6947; www.gsvloc.org.  Ludwig, an actor, replaces Rudolph, the miserly Grand Duke of Pfennig Halbfennig, after a duel.  He soon finds himself with far more wives, and prospective wives, than he knows what to do with.
• Mary Stuart; runs 3/1-3/30; ASL/AD Sat., 3/22, 8:00; Park Square Theatre; St. Paul; 651-291-7005; www.parksquaretheatre.org;  half-price tickets ($13.75) to ASL/AD patrons.  A drama of religious conflict and political intrigue pitting Mary Stuart against Queen Elizabeth I in a life-and-death struggle for power.
• Six Degrees of Separation; runs 3/7-4/6; ASL Thurs., 3/27, 7:30 & Fri., 4/4, 7:30; AD Fri., 3/28, 7:30 & Sat., 4/5, 1:00 (tactile tour 11:00); Guthrie Theater; Mpls.; 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626; www.guthrietheater.org.
• The Seagull; runs 3/8-4/19; AD Thurs., 3/27, 8:00; Theatre de la Jeune Lune; Mpls.; 612-333-6200; www.jeunelune.org.

For updates by phone, call VSA arts of Minnesota at 612-332-3888 or statewide 800-801-3883 (voice/TTY).

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Last updated on February 13, 2003
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