Accessibility Guide for Bay Area Performing Arts
A resource of accessibility services offered at performing arts organizations in the Bay Area.
Below you will find a summary of select accessibility services at performing arts organizations in the Greater Seattle Area. This guide is meant to be a resource for discovering which services are offered—this is not a conclusive or all-encompassing list, and it is ever-growing. If you notice something missing, please let us know! Please be sure to visit the organization’s website for full details, policies, and instructions regarding each service.
This guide includes services that are available at every performance. For specific accessible performances—such as ASL interpreted, open or closed captioned, sensory sensitive, or audio described—please visit our Accessible Performances Page.
- Accessible Reading Material
- Accessible Seating
- ASL Interpretive Services and Performances
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Audio Described
- Closed and Open Captioned Performances
- Sensory-Friendly Performances
- Service Animals
- Additional Information
Accessible Reading Material
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Performance scripts
- Marin Theatre: Large print programs
- San Francisco Opera: Large print cast and synopsis sheets
Accessible Seating
- American Conservatory Theater: Wheelchair accessible seating
- ATG San Francisco: Wheelchair accessible seating; limited mobility seating
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Broadway San Jose: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Cal Performances: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Hillbarn Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Marin Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- San Francisco Ballet: Wheelchair accessible seating; swing arm chairs; and wider seats
- San Francisco Opera: Wheelchair accessible seating; swing arm chairs; and wider seats
- San Francisco Symphony: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Shotgun Players: Wheelchair accessible seating; moveable chairs
- South Bay Musical Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Wheelchair accessible seating
ASL Interpretive Services and Performances
- ATG San Francisco: ASL interpretation at select performances
- Broadway San Jose: ASL interpretation at select performances
- Cal Performances: Haptic access tours; ASL performance interpretation available by prior request
- Marin Theatre: ASL interpretation at select performances
- Shotgun Players: ASL interpretation at select performances
- South Bay Musical Theatre: ASL interpretation at select performances
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: ASL interpretation at select performances
Assistive Listening Devices
- American Conservatory Theater: In-ear pods as well as induction loop
- ATG San Francisco: Infrared listening headsets
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Earbuds and neck loops
- Broadway San Jose: Assistive listening devices
- Cal Performances: Assistive listening devices
- Hillbarn Theatre: Assistive listening devices
- Marin Theatre: Assistive listening devices and hearing loop
- San Francisco Ballet: Assistive listening devices
- San Francisco Opera: Assistive listening devices
- San Francisco Playhouse: Assistive listening devices
- San Francisco Symphony: Sennheiser listening devices
- Shotgun Players: Sennheiser listening devices
- South Bay Musical Theatre: Hearing loop system
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Assistive listening devices
Audio Described
- Altarena Playhouse: Audio description at select performances
- ATG San Francisco: Audio description at select performances
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Audio description through Gravity Access Services at select performances
- Broadway San Jose: Audio description at select performances
- Cal Performances: Audio description through Gravity Access Services at select performances
- San Francisco Opera: Headsets that provide a spoken version of the projected supertitles
- San Francisco Playhouse: Audio description at select performances
- Shotgun Players: Audio description at select performances
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Audio description at select performances
Closed and Open Captioned Performances
- American Conservatory Theater: Open captions available at select performances
- ATG San Francisco: Closed captioning available at select performances
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Closed captioning available at select performances
- Broadway San Jose: Open captions available at select performances
- Marin Theatre: Closed captioning available at select performances
- Opera San Jose: Supertitles available at all performances
- San Francisco Opera: Supertitles available at all performances
- San Francisco Playhouse: Closed captioning available at select performances
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Open captioning available at select performances
Sensory-Friendly Performances
- San Francisco Ballet: Sensory-friendly performances for select shows
Service Animals
- Broadway San Jose: Service animals allowed
- Cal Performances: Service animals allowed
- Shotgun Players: Service animals allowed with advance notice
Additional Information
For more detailed information, please check out the offerings of arts organizations on their respective websites.
- Altarena Playhouse
- American Conservatory Theater
- ATG San Francisco
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- Broadway San Jose
- Cal Performances
- Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory
- Marin Theatre
- Opera San Jose
- San Francisco Ballet
- San Francisco Opera
- San Francisco Playhouse
- San Francisco Symphony
- Shotgun Players
- South Bay Musical Theatre
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Share Accessibility Services
If you have information about accessibility services from a Bay Area performing arts organization that you don’t see here, please let us know! This guide is a work in progress and we are committed to expanding this resource. Connect with us at info@encoremediagroup.com.