Seattle’s March lineup of accessible performances

This month I want to focus on movement. March brings us several dance performances that offer audio-described and sensory-friendly options. And as we independently shake off the frost and lethargy of the winter months, we can also collectively take a breath and reset in performance spaces.

At first thought you would most likely categorize dance as a visual art form. But it is so much more. It is the intensely dramatic or playfully vibrant score. It is the sound of the dancers as they leap, spin, and cross the stage. It is the pounding in your body that you feel from a live orchestra. And it is the bubbling energy of people who share your passion sitting beside you.

There are more accessible options for dance performances this month than any other since we have started these guides. And, of course, there are options for other art forms as well. Enjoy.

The Notebook

Closed Captioned: Available at all performances
Audio Described: March 8 at 1 p.m.
ASL Interpreted: March 8 at 1 p.m.
Open Captioned: March 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.

Broadway at The Paramount
seattle.broadway.com

The Foreigner

Closed Captioned: March 15 at 2 p.m.

When a painfully shy Englishman lands at a rustic Georgia lodge, his fear of small talk inspires a harmless fib: he doesn’t speak English! When overheard asides set off chaos, Charlie’s accidental silence becomes a mirror: what might we learn if we actually listened?

Harlequin Productions
harlequinproductions.org

Firebird

Audio Described: March 21 at 2 p.m.

Ming Cho Lee’s breathtaking sets, the epic Stravinsky score, and choreography from PNB Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell work in harmony in this theatrical one-act ballet.

Pacific Northwest Ballet
pnb.org

Momotaro

Sensory Friendly: March 28 at 12:30 p.m.

One part Wizard of Oz, one part Tom Thumb, Momotaro (The Peach Boy) is a narrated, hour-long performance featuring PNB School students in Jessica Lang and Kanji Segawa’s brand-new adaptation of Japan’s oldest folk tale!.

Pacific Northwest Ballet
pnb.org

Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story

Sensory Friendly: March 7 at 1 p.m.
Audio Described: March 15 at 11 a.m.
ASL Interpreted: March 15 at 11 a.m.

Before he was a legend, Bruce Lee was just a young man trying to figure it all out—right here in Seattle. This action-packed, soul-searching story follows the Young Dragon as he navigates a new country and finds his voice.

Seattle Children’s Theatre
sct.org

Fellow Travelers

Open Captioned: March 1 at 2 p.m.
Audio Described: March 1 at 2 p.m.

Recent college graduate Timothy Laughlin arrives in 1950s Washington, D.C., ready to join the fight against Communism. A chance encounter with the handsome State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, results in Tim’s first job and his first romantic relationship with a man.

Seattle Opera
seattleopera.org

Camille A. Brown & Dancers

Audio Described: March 7 at 8 p.m.

Continuing her explorations of Black Joy, director and choreographer Camille A. Brown creates a new work for her Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers that launches new queries into the possibilities of imagination—and boldly investigates the future.

Seattle Theatre Group
stgpresents.org

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Audio Described: March 22 at 2 p.m.

Audiences will be treated to classic works from the Ailey repertory that have inspired and uplifted fans for decades—including the touchstone of inspiration Revelations, the ultimate anthem to resilience and joy.

Seattle Theatre Group
stgpresents.org

Stand By Me: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later

Audio Described: March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Open Captioned: March 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Experience Stand By Me on the big screen once more, followed by an intimate, long-awaited reunion and live, in-person conversation with the stars who lived it—Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Wil Wheaton.

Seattle Theatre Group
stgpresents.org

Spring Awakening

ASL Interpreted: March 29 at 2 p.m.

In 1891 Germany, where adults hold power, young Wendla questions life's mysteries while her mother silences her curiosity. Meanwhile, the fearless Melchior defends his anxious friend Moritz, who is overwhelmed by puberty and school pressures.

Tacoma Little Theatre
tlt.com

Baskerville

ASL Interpreted: March 7 at 2 p.m.
Captioned: March 21 at 2 p.m.

From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most notorious case.

Village Theatre Everett
villagetheatre.org