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Seattle’s May lineup of accessible and inclusive performances

As May unfolds and the city bursts into bloom, Seattle’s stages come alive with ASL interpretation, audio description, and sensory-friendly performances.

Seattle’s May lineup of accessible and inclusive performances
Mesgana Alemshowa and Tracy Michelle Hughes in Golden at ACT Theatre. | Photo by Rosemary Dai Ross

May brings a new rhythm to the city—longer days, warmer evenings, and a full calendar of performances that welcome everyone in. Across Seattle, arts organizations are creating space for all audiences through ASL interpretation, audio description, and sensory-friendly offerings. Whether it’s the drama of a play, the joy of a musical, or the soaring beauty of opera, these performances invite you to connect, reflect, and be moved. This spring, let the arts meet you where you are.

Golden

  • ASL Interpreted: May 3 at 2 p.m.
  • Audio Described: May 3 at 2 p.m.
  • Tactile Display: Available at every performance

Morris Golden, fighting to save his laundromat after The Great Recession of 2008, finds an unexpected source of hope in a broken change machine with mysterious powers. From the mind of celebrated Seattle writer Andrew Lee Creech, and first seen at ACT’s inaugural New Works Northwest festival, comes a riveting world premiere.

ACT Contemporary Theatre
acttheatre.org

Six

  • ASL Interpreted: May 10 at 8 p.m.; May 11 at 1 p.m.
  • Audio Described: May 11 at 1 p.m.
  • Open Captioned: May 11 at 6:30 p.m.
  • Closed Captioned: Closed Captioning provided for all performances by GalaPro (May 6–11)

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over.

Broadway at The Paramount
seattle.broadway.com

Once Upon a Mattress

  • ASL Interpreted: May 24 at 8 p.m.

Prince Dauntless has one wish—to be happily married so his kingdom’s curse can be lifted and he can find his true love. Only one thing stands in his way—his mother, Queen Aggravain. She has put into law that until the Prince is married, no one in the kingdom can get married, which creates a huge problem for Sir Harry and Lady Larken, who are keen to start a family.

Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts
redcurtainfoundation.org

The Pa’akai We Bring

  • ASL Interpreted: May 17 at 1:30 p.m.
  • Sensory Sensitive: May 18 at 11:30 a.m.

A one-of-a-kind experience steeped in history, culture, and the healing we all need right now. The Pa’akai We Bring follows multiple generations of salt farmers on Kaua‘i, mixing in ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of audience participation into a tasty potluck of performance, joyously served up with aloha.

Seattle Children’s Theatre
sct.org

A woman in a beautiful red gown sits on a chaise lounge holding a dagger.
Tosca at Seattle Opera. | Photo by Philip Newton

Tosca

  • Audio Described: May 11 at 2 p.m.
  • Open Captioned: available at every performance (May 3–17)

Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama returns to the McCaw Hall stage in a classic production that “has just about everything: great tunes, desperate lovers, loads of action, and a bad guy you’re going to love to hate” (The Seattle Times).

Seattle Opera
seattleopera.org

Laughs in Spanish

  • Open Captioned: May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
  • ASL Interpreted: May 10 at 2 p.m.
  • Audio Described: May 10 at 2 p.m.

Mari is about to open a career-defining show in her Miami art gallery, but when the paintings are stolen the day of the event, all hell breaks loose. Her movie star mother sweeps into town under suspicious pretenses, the intern picks up the wrong catering order, and her high school crush arrives in a most unexpected manner...

Seattle Rep
seattlerep.org

Juno Birch

  • ASL Interpreted: May 18 at 8 p.m.

Juno Birch is most recognized for her glamorous alien 1950s housewife persona, which she brings to life on stage (or, more recently, Instagram and YouTube).

Seattle Theatre Group
stgpresents.org

Four young men gather around a piano singing with two playing the guitar.
Jersey Boys at Village Theatre. | Photo by Auston James

Jersey Boys

  • ASL Interpreted: May 10 at 2 p.m.
  • Captioned: May 24 at 2 p.m.

They were just four guys from Jersey until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard…and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. Go behind the music and inside the world of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award-winning true-life musical phenomenon, Jersey Boys.

Village Theatre Everett
villagetheatre.org

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