Accessible Performances

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.

Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare; Run: 2/13-3/14; AD 3/14, 2P; Theatre in the Round Players, 245 Cedar, Mpls.; 612-333-3010; www.theatreintheround.org. A classic portrayal of honor and loyalty, conspiracy and

murder on the Ides of March.

The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey; 2/6-3/27; AD & ASL 3/18, 730P; Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave., S., Mpls; 612-822-7063; www.jungletheater.com. A multiple-award winning drama about two elderly farmers

whose lives are disrupted when an idealistic young actor arrives one day to  research ideas for a theater

Far Away, by Caryl Churchill; Run: 3/5-4/3; AD 3/19, 730P; ASL 3/26, 730P; Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Ave. S., Mpls.; 612-825-0459; www.pillsburyhousetheatre.org. A runaway hit in the 2002 Off-Broadway season, this  haunting tale contemplates our increasing intolerance of inhumanity imaginatively and

theatrically as the comforts of home clash with the horrors of war.

Cirque Dreams; Run: 3/9-21; AD 3/20, 2P; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington, St.

Paul, 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100; www.ordway.org. An original and imaginative burst of color, costumes, and amazing artistry performed by an international cast of inventive acrobats, loose-limbed contortionists, stunning chiffon-draped aerialists and sculpted men of strength.

A Man of No Importance, book by Terrence McNally, score by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Run: 3/20-4/17; AD & ASL 3/25, 8P; Theater Latté Da at Loring Playhouse, 1633 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls.; 612-343-3390; www.ticketworks.com. Based on the film starring Albert Finney, the musical is an exquisite blend of traditional Irish music with a contemporary theatrical sensibility about a group of theatrical amateurs who dedicate their off-hours to catching moonbeams. They learn that the theater is not a place to hide from the world but instead the very place where we may finally discover our true selves.

Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri, by Gilbert & Sullivan; Run: 3/12-4/4; AD 3/27, 3P; Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Co. at the Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Ave., Mpls.; This titanic clash between the British House of Lords and a bevy of woodland fairies asks whether a 25-year-old man with an 18-year-old mother can marry a ward of chancery, and whether politics should be carried out by anyone with any intelligence. After turning in some of his best music, Mr. Sullivan was knighted by Queen Victoria. After seeing how Mr. Gilbert treated the British aristocracy in Iolanthe, one can understand why  Mr. Gilbert had to wait until she died.

Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare; Run: 2/28-4/11; ASL 4/1 & 4/9, 730P; AD 4/2, 730P & 4/10, 1P; Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland, Mpls.; 612-377-2224; TTY 612-377-6626; www.guthrietheater.org. This timeless story of star-crossed lovers pits the intensity of a new romance against the bitterness of old hatreds.

Hiding in the Open; Run: 3/27-4/25; ASL 4/1, 1030A & 4/4, 2P; AD 4/18, 2P; Great American History Theatre, 30 E. 10th St., SP; 651-292-4320, www.historytheatre.com. Two Jewish teenage sisters survive the Holocaust by assuming false Catholic identities and working as maids at a hotel favored by the Gestapo. Only their quick wits keep them from being discovered.

Snapshot Silhouette, World premiere by Kia Corthron; Run: 3/16-4/17; AD & ASL 4/9, 730P & 4/14, 10P; Children's Theatre Co., 2400 3rd Ave. S., Mpls; 612-874-0400; www.childrenstheatre.org. Two very different girls must share a bedroom. One African American, one Somali, who speak, dress and act differently, but who share something lost that's dear to them.