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
Sunday, December 3 at 1:00pm – Girl from the North Country
Sunday, December 17 at 1:00pm – The Wiz
Sunday, January 14 at 1:00pm – STOMP
Sunday, January 28 at 1:00pm – Mamma Mia
Sunday, February 11 at 1:00pm – Company
Sunday, March 3 at 1:00pm – Les Miserables
Sunday, March 17 at 1:00pm – Funny Girl
Sunday, May 5 at 1:00pm – MJ The Musical
Sunday, August 25 at 1:00pm – Moulin Rouge!
Sunday, December 10 at 2:00pm – All is Calm
Sunday, December 10 at 5:00pm – A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sunday, February 4 at 1:00pm – Our Town
Sunday, April 7 at 2:00pm – Beautiful
Sunday, June 9 at 2:00pm – The Play that Goes Wrong
Sunday, July 14 at 2:00pm – School of Rock
For tickets, call 1.800.HANCHER
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Sensation Audio Description Team
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.