WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:28.720 Before the Overture Center lobby fills, I'm sitting next to her right next door. 00:28.720 --> 00:44.760 Before the tickets are scanned, before the audience finds their seats, a small number 00:44.760 --> 00:54.720 of select audience members gather for an intimate event. 00:55.720 --> 00:59.720 Some like it hot is a touring Broadway show. 00:59.720 --> 01:05.720 But before places are called, two cast members are playing a different role. 01:05.720 --> 01:12.720 It is a Tony award-winning costume, beautiful hand, stitched and rhinestone encrusted. 01:12.720 --> 01:19.720 Kelly Sheehan and Brian Hunt lead the tactile tour for audience members who have difficulty seeing. 01:20.720 --> 01:29.720 Overture Center guest services members, Tom Klubertons and Alexis O'Connell direct these efforts working with the traveling cast and crew. 01:29.720 --> 01:37.720 They bring with them key pieces of the show, whether that's props, costumes, some set pieces, wigs, 01:37.720 --> 01:44.720 and they allow our blind and low vision guests to pass them around while describing what they look like. 01:45.720 --> 01:51.720 I'm legally blind, I have no vision on my left eye and limited tunnel vision on my right eye. 01:51.720 --> 01:56.720 So getting to touch and look at stuff up front is very valuable. 01:56.720 --> 01:59.720 Classic, but they look really decadent. 02:03.720 --> 02:05.720 I love to see the Broadway musicals. 02:05.720 --> 02:08.720 I can't even think of all the shows I've been through. 02:08.720 --> 02:16.720 I think all of us have this extraordinary love for and understanding of the power that the arts has. 02:16.720 --> 02:20.720 My favorite part about my job is getting to offer that for other people. 02:29.720 --> 02:33.720 The last I might have for you is a pair of healed tap shoes. 02:34.720 --> 02:42.720 Oh my gosh, Overture takes total amazing care of people with disabilities in my opinion. 02:42.720 --> 02:44.720 It is going to get pretty loud in here. 02:48.720 --> 02:54.720 For this free concert by the drum group Handphubians, sound-reducing headphones are a popular choice. 02:54.720 --> 03:00.720 They protect hearing but are also valuable for people with sensory processing disorder. 03:01.720 --> 03:08.720 They can be checked out from one of Overture's accessibility kiosks along with a number of other assistive devices. 03:08.720 --> 03:11.720 We have our assisted listening devices here. 03:11.720 --> 03:14.720 There are strobe effect-reducing glasses. 03:14.720 --> 03:16.720 There are different fidget tools. 03:16.720 --> 03:18.720 This here is one of our wobble seats. 03:18.720 --> 03:25.720 It's primarily designed for folks that just want a little bit of extra sensory stimulation throughout a performance. 03:26.720 --> 03:30.720 You know, you can wiggle around in your seat without having it impact the folks around you. 03:30.720 --> 03:35.720 But we've also seen these be used by people who might have just had back surgery. 03:38.720 --> 03:43.720 The motto here at Overture Center is extraordinary experiences for all. 03:43.720 --> 03:45.720 And we really take that to heart. 03:45.720 --> 03:48.720 When we say extraordinary experiences, we mean extraordinary. 03:48.720 --> 03:51.720 And when we say for all, we mean for all. 03:51.720 --> 04:02.720 The Arts Center has a national reputation for its inclusion efforts, especially in providing a more complete experience for a low and no-vision audience members. 04:02.720 --> 04:07.720 One by one, they arrest the patrons of the nightclub. 04:07.720 --> 04:12.720 My name is Heather Perkins, and I do the audio description here at Overture Center. 04:12.720 --> 04:18.720 Male dancers throw the female dancers in a flip over their arms, 04:18.720 --> 04:20.720 leaping and jumping in the air. 04:20.720 --> 04:24.720 They slide the female dancers through their legs across the floor. 04:24.720 --> 04:31.720 So by audio describing into our blind and low-vision guests' ears what other people around them are seeing, 04:31.720 --> 04:36.720 they can then have the same reaction as everyone else that's here to enjoy the show. 04:36.720 --> 04:38.720 You're alive! 04:38.720 --> 04:39.720 Joe hugs Jerry. 04:39.720 --> 04:41.720 I don't have to sit there in one room. 04:41.720 --> 04:42.720 What? 04:42.720 --> 04:44.720 What's going on in the scene, or who's doing what? 04:44.720 --> 04:47.720 A set of three wooden doors are brought on stage. 04:47.720 --> 04:50.720 Heather is brings Broadway to life. 04:50.720 --> 04:56.720 The audio presentation just truly brings the Broadway show to life. 04:56.720 --> 05:00.720 We want to make sure that we're providing the absolute best service that we can. 05:00.720 --> 05:05.720 And that sort of work makes me really excited to come into this building every day. 05:14.720 --> 05:17.720 Thank you.