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Access Virginia was established to provide and promote accessibility at performing arts theaters as well as other venues for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Visually Impaired Communities, to create tangible positive changes in their lives.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🤍
12/25/2025

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🤍

Chicago The Musical is coming to Chrysler Hall on Friday, February 20, 2026, at 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 21, 2026,...
12/24/2025

Chicago The Musical is coming to Chrysler Hall on Friday, February 20, 2026, at 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 2:00 PM! 🌆

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses—vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart—become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy. 🎶

Open caption services will be available on Friday and open caption and audio description services will be available on Saturday. Purchase tickets for Left Orchestra Seating.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://www.sevenvenues.com/events/detail/chicago-the-musical or call 757-664-6964.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

📣 Set your reminder, you won’t want to miss this!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

Last Saturday Access Virginia provided closed captions and audio descriptions for A Christmas Carol at Williamsburg Play...
12/23/2025

Last Saturday Access Virginia provided closed captions and audio descriptions for A Christmas Carol at Williamsburg Players. What a dazzling experience! ❄️🎻

A Merry Little Christmas Carol is coming to Wells Theatre tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2:00 PM! 🎁Hampton Roa...
12/19/2025

A Merry Little Christmas Carol is coming to Wells Theatre tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2:00 PM! 🎁

Hampton Roads’ most heartfelt holiday celebration! Come along with this charming ensemble as they follow the story of Scrooge's life, accompanied by the Christmas spirits of past, present, and future, to find the real Christmas spirit that he’s always been missing…his own. ❄️

Open caption and audio description services will be available. Seating for open captioning and audio description is provided in the Orchestra Left side of the House. Please use access code “ACCESSVA” when purchasing tickets online or calling the box office.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://www.vastage.org/season-47 or call 757-627-1234.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

🌟 Purchase your tickets today!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

A Sherlock Carol is coming to Wells Theatre tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 7:30 PM! 🔍The merry, mysterious hit...
12/19/2025

A Sherlock Carol is coming to Wells Theatre tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 7:30 PM! 🔍

The merry, mysterious hit returns! In Mark Shanahan’s joyful and clever play, Moriarty is dead, and Sherlock is a haunted man. But when a grown Tiny Tim comes knocking on Sherlock’s door asking for an investigation into the untimely death of Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, the Great Detective must use his gifts to solve a Dickens of a Christmas case! 🎁

Open caption services will be available. Seating for open captioning is provided in the Orchestra Left side of the House. Please use access code “ACCESSVA” when purchasing tickets online or calling the box office.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://www.vastage.org/season-47 or call 757-627-1234.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

🌟 Purchase your tickets today!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

12/19/2025

“Dramatically Able saved my life.” Because access to the arts changes lives. 🤍🎶✨

Access Virginia’s founder, Lois Boyle, at Hampton Roads Vision Connection. Foundation Fighting Blindness

A Christmas Carol is coming to Williamsburg Players tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2 PM! ❄️In this holiday fav...
12/19/2025

A Christmas Carol is coming to Williamsburg Players tomorrow Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 2 PM! ❄️

In this holiday favorite, Charles Dickens shows us Ebenezer Scrooge as he falls asleep in his dingy, cold quarters on Christmas Eve. The old miser is visited by three ghosts, each revealing to Scrooge his wrong doings and what will happen if he continues in his evil ways. A traditional holiday classic for the entire family, guaranteed to fill you with the Christmas spirit and warm your heart. 💛

Open caption and audio description services will be available. Purchase tickets in Orchestra Right.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://williamsburgplayers.org/wp/shows/ or call 757-229-0431.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

🌟 Get your tickets today!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

12/19/2025

Taking time to celebrate and enjoy the wonderful people who make it possible for Access Virginia to execute its mission. They are fun but competitive :)

12/18/2025

A meaningful moment from Hampton Roads Vision Connection as our founder, Lois Boyle, highlights Access Virginia’s audio description services. 🔊🎭 Foundation Fighting Blindness

Bad Seed is coming to Williamsburg Players on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 2 PM! ✨The scene is a small Southern town ...
12/17/2025

Bad Seed is coming to Williamsburg Players on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at 2 PM! ✨

The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the queen of the story. On the surface she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed, for the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved. 🍏

Open caption and audio description services will be available.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://williamsburgplayers.org/wp/shows/ or call 757-229-0431.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

🌟 Get your tickets today!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

The Miracle Worker is coming to Swift Creek Mill Theatre on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 2:30 PM! 🎭Immortalized on scre...
12/17/2025

The Miracle Worker is coming to Swift Creek Mill Theatre on Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 2:30 PM! 🎭

Immortalized on screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months. With compassion, humor and dramatic tension, The Miracle Worker explores the volatile relationship between a lonely teacher and her headstrong charge. ✨

Open caption services will be available.

🎟️ To purchase tickets or learn more, visit https://swiftcreekmill.showare.com/ or call 804-748-5203.

🌐 Discover more shows on our website: https://www.accessvirginia.info/theater-shows

👉 Purchase your tickets today!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind, Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

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Newport News, VA
23608

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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Access Virginia, giving the gift of sight and sound!

Access Virginia is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was created to provide open captioning and audio description at live theatrical performances so that Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Visually Impaired persons can attend performances and experience the wonder of live entertainment at public facilities. Access Virginia will work to expand accommodation services to other public venues.

WHY IS PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION SO IMPORTANT?

Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), both the facility and the presenter/producer have a legal obligation to provide effective communication for someone with a disability that does not fundamentally alter the nature of the product being offered or cause an undue burden to the venue. As cited in the ADA Technical Assistance Manual, open captioning and audio description are examples of auxiliary aids and services that promote effective communication for people who are hard of hearing, Deaf and visually impaired.

Access Virginia Accessibility Programs (AVAP) makes attending live theatre possible for everyone. Special seating is reserved for theatre-goers who are hard of hearing, Deaf and visually impaired.