Tapping Technology - Audio Description Schedule

	November 1997

Maryland Arts Access, Inc.
Fall 1997

Located in:
THE Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts
The Blaustein Building
1 North Charles Street, Mezzanine
Baltimore, Md. 21201

The goal of Maryland Arts Access, Inc. (MAAI), is to promote access to the lively arts by patrons with all types of disabilities. Presently, trained volunteers work in conjunction with MAAI to provide Audio Description, Braille and large print programs at theaters and other cultural events in the state of Maryland. MAAI recruits and trains describers and encourages everyone , regardless of disability, to take full advantage of area theaters and cultural events.

Tickets can be purchased directly from the theaters. Please call MAAI at 410 347-1650 to hear up-to-date listings and to request Braille and large print programs.

Audio Description Schedule

The following performances are audio described; contact theaters directly to confirm availability of accessible seats and sign language interpreted performances. MAAI is compiling a registry of accessable arts organizations. Your comments are welcome.

BIG
The Mechanic
Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201
410 625-1400
Oct. 12; 3pm

A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT
Essex Community College
7201 Rossville Blvd.
Essex MD 21237
410 780-6534/39
Oct. 16; 8pm

FALLSTAFF
By Verde
Lyric Opera House
140 W. Mt. Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
410 625-1600
Oct. 16; 7:30pm
Oct. 17; 8:15pm
Oct. 22; 7:30pm
Oct. 25; 8:15pm
Oct. 19; 3:15pm
Oct. 26; 3:15pm

LES MISERABLES
The Mechanic
Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, Md. 21201
410 625-1400
Oct. 24; 8pm

ROOM SERVICE
Fell's Point Corner Theater
251 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410 625-1400
Nov. 2; 2pm

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Center Stage
700 N. Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410 685-3200
Oct. 15; 1pm
Oct. 19; 2pm
Oct. 23; 8pm
Oct. 24; 8pm
Oct. 29; 8pm
Nov. 1; 2pm
Nov. 9; 7:30pm

MADAME BUTTERFLY
by Pucchini
Lyric Opera House
140 W. Mt. Royal Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
410 625-1600
Nov. 12; 7:30pm
Nov. 13; 7:30pm
Nov. 15; 8:15pm
Nov. 16; 3:15pm
Nov. 19; 7:30pm
Nov. 21; 8:15pm
Nov. 23; 3:15pm

WORKING
Essex Community College
7201 Rossville Blvd.
Essex MD 21237
410 780-6534/39
Nov. 20; 8pm
Nov. 21; 8pm

TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Everyman Theater
1727 N.Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
410 752-6757
Nov. 26; 8pm

INHERIT THE WIND
Vagabond Players
906 S. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
410 563-9135
Dec. 7; 2&7 pm

CHRISTMAS CANTATA
Trinity Church
2122 W.Joppa Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
410 821-6573
Dec. 12; 8pm

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JACOB MARLEY
Fells's Point Corner Theater, 251 S. Ann Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
410 276-7837
Dec. 21; 2pm

SPLASH HATCH ON THE E GOING DOWN
Center Stage
700 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
410 685-3200
Dec. 19; 8pm
Dec. 27; 2pm
Dec. 28; 7:30pm
Dec. 31; 1pm
Jan. 3; 2pm

Maryland Arts Access Photos

Debbie Grubb, Secretary of MAAI, and President of the Maryland Chapter of the American Council of the Blind, uses a Braille and Speak^tm device to take notes at Board meetings.

David Nanney, MAAI's newest Board member, brings his fundraising experience with the RP Foundation, and his guide dog offers a canine perpective on the proceedings.

Around the table at the MAAI Board meeting are: David Nanney (new Board member), Ellen Weichtler (National Federation of the Blind member), David Ott, (Director of the B & O Railroad Museum), Sam Yaksich, (active with the Baltimore Opera Supers), Ralph Welsh, (Cockpit in Court theatre), Tom Ley, (Training Director of Blazie Engineering), Nancy Dosh, CPA (MAAI Treasurer and Owner of Harbor Express transportation service), and Michael Esserman, (pop culture afficionado and man-about-town).