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
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Audio Described
- Courtesy Wheelchair or Transportation
- Interpretive Services
- Service Animals
- Additional Information
Accessible Reading Material
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Performance scripts
- San Francisco Opera: Large print cast and synopsis sheets
Accessible Seating
- American Conservatory Theater: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- BroadwaySF: Wheelchair accessible seating; limited mobility seating
- Broadway San Jose: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Hillbarn Theatre: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Cal Performances: Wheelchair accessible seating
- Cal Shakes: 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
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Wheelchair accessible seating
Assistive Listening Devices
- American Conservatory Theater: In-ear pods as well as induction loop
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Earbuds and neck loops
- BroadwaySF: Infrared listening headsets
- Broadway San Jose: Assistive listening devices
- Cal Performances: Assistive listening devices
- Cal Shakes: Assistive listening devices
- Hillbarn Theatre: Assistive listening devices
- 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
- TheatreWorks Silicon Valley: Assistive listening devices
Audio Described
- San Francisco Opera: Headsets that provide a spoken version of the projected supertitles
- Shotgun Players: Audio MP3 directions to the theatre from BART; Audio MP3 Orientation of Ashby Stage Lobby
Courtesy Wheelchair or Transportation
- Cal Shakes: Shuttle and golf cart service to the venue are available
Interpretive Services
- Cal Performances: Haptic access tours; ASL performance interpretation available by prior request
Service Animals
- Broadway San Jose: Service animals allowed
- Cal Performances: Service animals allowed
- Cal Shakes: 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.
- American Conservatory Theater
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- BroadwaySF
- Broadway San Jose
- Cal Performances
- Cal Shakes
- Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory
- San Francisco Ballet
- San Francisco Opera
- San Francisco Playhouse
- San Francisco Symphony
- Shotgun Players
- 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.