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- Angela Fitzgerald: Before the
Overture Center lobby fills.
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- Patty Zallar: And I'm sitting
next to her. [laughs]
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- Sitting right next to her.
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- Angela: Before the tickets
are scanned.
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- Usher: Okay, you know
where you're going?
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Okay.
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- Angela: Before the audience
finds their seats.
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- So, is that a curtain that's
up there?
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- Yes.
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- Angela: And before the curtain
rises...
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? ' Cause the times are tough ?
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- Angela: ...a small number
of select audience members
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gather for an intimate event.
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- Tom Klubertanz: This is our
tactile tour
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for Some Like It Hot!
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- Patty: Yes!
- Kathryn: Yay!
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Yes, yes, yes!
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- Angela: Some Like It Hot
is a touring Broadway show.
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But before places are called,
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two cast members are playing
a different role.
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- Brian Hunt: It is a
Tony award-winning costume,
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beautiful hand-stitched
and rhinestone-encrusted.
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- Angela: Kelly Sheehan and
Brian Hunt lead the tactile tour
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for audience members who have
difficulty seeing.
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Overture Center guest services
members Tom Klubertanz
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and Alexis O'Connell
direct these efforts,
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working with the traveling cast
and crew.
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- Alexis O'Connell: They bring
with them
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key pieces of the show,
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whether that's props, costumes,
some set pieces, wigs,
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and they allow our blind
and low-vision guests
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to pass them around while
describing what they look like.
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- There's like, little elastics.
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Feels like...
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I'm legally blind.
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I have no vision in my left eye
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and limited tunnel vision
in my right eye.
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So, getting to touch and look at
stuff up front is very valuable.
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Plastic, but they look
really decorative.
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- Ah-ha, it's in here.
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Jerry, see, I told you
I'd find it.
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- I love to see
the Broadway musicals.
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I can't even think of all
the shows I've been to.
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- I think all of us have this
extraordinary love for
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and understanding of the power
that the arts has.
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My favorite part about my job
is getting to offer that
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for other people.
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? Pulled out of the crib ?
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? Yes, there's a woman in me ?
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? Just like Adam and his rib ?
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[tap shoes click]
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- Brian: The last item
I have for you
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is a pair of heeled tap shoes.
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- Oh, my gosh!
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- Kathryn Woodson: Overture
takes total amazing care
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of people with disabilities
in my opinion.
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- It is going to get pretty loud
in here.
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[drumming]
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- Angela: For this free concert
by the drum group Handphibians,
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sound-reducing headphones
are a popular choice.
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They protect hearing,
but are also valuable
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for people with sensory
processing disorder.
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They can be checked out
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from one of Overture's
accessibility kiosks,
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along with a number of other
assistive devices.
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- We have our assistive
listening devices here.
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There are strobe effect-reducing
glasses.
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There are different
fidget tools.
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This here is one
of our wobble seats.
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It's primarily designed
for folks
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that just want a little bit
of extra sensory stimulation
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throughout a performance.
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You know, you can wiggle around
in your seat
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without having it impact
the folks around you.
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But we've also seen these
be used by people
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who might have just had
back surgery.
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[drumming]
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The motto here
at Overture Center
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is "extraordinary experiences
for all."
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And we really take that
to heart.
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When we say
extraordinary experiences,
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we mean extraordinary.
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And when we say for all,
we mean for all.
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- Angela: The Arts Center has a
national reputation
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for its inclusion efforts,
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especially in providing
a more complete experience
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for a low
and no-vision audience members.
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- Heather Perkins: One by one,
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they arrest the patrons
of the nightclub.
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My name is Heather Perkins,
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and I do the audio description
here at Overture Center.
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Male dancers
throw the female dancers
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in a flip over their arms,
leaping and jumping in the air.
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They slide the female dancers
through their legs
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across the floor.
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- So, by audio describing
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into our blind
and low-vision guests' ears
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what other people around them
are seeing,
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they can then have the
same reaction as everyone else
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that's here to enjoy the show.
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- You're alive?
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- Heather: Joe hugs Jerry.
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- Carissa Mallmann: I don't have
to sit there and wonder,
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"What?
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What's going on in the scene,
or who's doing what?"
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- A set of three wooden doors
are brought on stage.
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- Heather is, brings Broadway
to life.
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The audio presentation
just truly
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brings the Broadway show
to life.
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- We wanna make sure
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that we're providing the
absolute best service
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that we can.
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And that sort of work
makes me really excited
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to come into this building
every day.
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[audience cheers]