Access to the Arts

From Broadway to Ballet, IRIS volunteers provide live Audio Description for performances and community events. Patrons hear this “play by play” of the visual elements of a performance on a headset provided by IRIS.

Audio Description is scheduled for the performance dates listed below. It can also be arranged by special request.

Upcoming
Audio Description Performances

A Beautiful Noise – Sunday, October 26, 2025 – 1:00PM

Les Miserables – Sunday, November 16, 2025 – 1:00PM

The Notebook – Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 1:00PM

How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Sunday, December 21, 2025 – 1:00PM

SIX – Sunday, January 18, 2026 – 1:00PM

Kimberly Akimbo – Sunday, February 8, 2026 – 1:00PM

The Outsiders – Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 1:00PM

The Music Man – Sunday, March 22, 2026 – 1:00PM

Suffs – Sunday, May 3, 2026 – 1:00PM

Wicked – Sunday, September 6, 2026 – 1:00PM

Bright Star – Sunday, October 5, 2025 – 2:00PM

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, November 9, 2025 – 4:00PM

Disney’s Frozen – Thursday, December 18, 2025 – 7:00PM

Red Riding Hood (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, January 11, 2025 – 4:00PM

Mousetrap – Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 2:00PM

Crazy for You – Sunday, April 19, 2026 – 2:00PM

Polka Dots: The Cool Kids Musical (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, May 10, 2026 – 4:00PM

Noises Off – Sunday, June 14, 2026 – 2:00PM

Legally Blonde – Sunday, July 19, 2026 – 2:00PM

Mark Twain Tonight starring Richard Thomas – Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 – 7:00PM

The Addams Family – Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 – 7:00PM

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol – Saturday, December 13, 2025 – 7:00PM

Mrs. Doubtfire – Tuesday, January 27, 2026 – 7:00PM

Chicago – Tuesday, February 3, 2026 – 7:00PM

Trisha Brown Dance Company – Friday, November 2, 2025 – 7:30PM
Kinky Boots – Sunday, January 25, 2026 – 2:00PM
Clue – Sunday, February 8, 2026 – 2:00PM
The Joffrey Ballet: American Icons – Saturday, March 7, 2026 – 7:30PM
The Music Man – Sunday, March 29, 2026 – 2:00PM
Beetlejuice – Sunday, May 3, 2026 – 2:00PM

No shows scheduled at this time

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:30pm – Book of Mormon
 
 
 
 

Information for Venues

With our portable portable equipment and awesome AD Team, we can set up and serve patrons in your facility. From Broadway to Ballet, opera to children's theater, our team can help you deliver equal access to the arts!

Through my participation here, I have come to realize what a valuable resource IRIS is for the people of Iowa who depend upon it. So, when we learned about this idea, and the need for funding, my husband and I felt this was something which we could help develop.

How better to enrich the lives of those we serve than to bring art, music and theater to them?  We recommended to name the team “Sensation,” because it not only implies the sensational nature of the art forms we will be describing, but also ties into the feelings we all experience in our senses and emotions as we listen to and appreciate these performances.

Eileen Bowerman