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New Works at Berger Park Cultural Center

Berger Park Cultural Center 6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago

Synapse Arts and the 2026 New Works artists Aurora Tabar, Christine Shallenberg, and Qū Jié 曲洁 invite you to our culminating performances! The annual New Works program provides rehearsal space, mentorship, career building, and stipends to support underrepresented dance artists as they try new things. At Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd in […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Digital Documents Available
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Pay What You Can
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Everyone at Play at Kohl Children’s Museum

Kohl Children's Museum 2100 Patriot, Glenview

Kohl Children’s Museum welcomes children with disabilities and their families for an afternoon of learning and play focused on them. Our Museum campus is designed for universal accessibility with a purpose to encourage linguistic, cognitive, motor and social skills for all children ages birth to 8. 16 hands-on Museum exhibits. One-on-one interactive activites with trained, […]

  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY – Open Captioned Performance at Lookingglass Theatre

Lookingglass Theatre 163 E Pearson St, Chicago

UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY World Premiere Written by Kevin Douglas Directed by Devon DeMayo Hilarity (and tragedy) ensue in the World Premiere of UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY when Val, a vampire, is in a new relationship with a mortal, Dom, each having different ideas about where their relationship should go. Rose, Val’s progeny, wants Val to consider […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Open Captions
  • Wheelchair Accessible

UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY – Touch Tour & Audio Described Performance at Lookingglass Theatre

Lookingglass Theatre 163 E Pearson St, Chicago

UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY World Premiere Written by Kevin Douglas Directed by Devon DeMayo Hilarity (and tragedy) ensue in the World Premiere of UNTITLED VAMPIRE PLAY when Val, a vampire, is in a new relationship with a mortal, Dom, each having different ideas about where their relationship should go. Rose, Val’s progeny, wants Val to consider […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Theater of the Mind: Relaxed Performance at The Goodman – Reid Murdoch Building

The Reid Murdoch Building Goodman 333 N. LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO

Relaxed Performance on Wednesday, July 15 at 7 pm Created by David Byrne & Mala Gaonkar Directed by Andrew Scoville Produced in Special Arrangement with Arbutus IT'S ALL INSIDE YOUR HEAD. BUT IS ANY OF IT REAL? Co-created by Academy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning artist David Byrne* and writer Mala Gaonkar, Theater of the Mind is a […]

  • Audio Description
  • Opt In/Out Choices
  • Sensory Map
  • Touch Tour

Theater of the Mind: ASL-Interpreted Performance at The Goodman – Reid Murdoch Building

The Reid Murdoch Building Goodman 333 N. LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO

ASL Performance on Thursday, July 16 at 7 pm Created by David Byrne & Mala Gaonkar Directed by Andrew Scoville Produced in Special Arrangement with Arbutus IT’S ALL INSIDE YOUR HEAD. BUT IS ANY OF IT REAL? Co-created by Academy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning artist David Byrne* and writer Mala Gaonkar, Theater of the Mind […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Iceboy! The Musical at The Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN PURCELL AND JAY REISS DIRECTED BY MARC BRUNI CHOREOGRAPHED BY JOANN M. HUNTER STARRING MEGAN MULLALLY AND NICK OFFERMAN A musical 40,000 years in the making. Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Iceboy! The Musical at The Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN PURCELL AND JAY REISS DIRECTED BY MARC BRUNI CHOREOGRAPHED BY JOANN M. HUNTER STARRING MEGAN MULLALLY AND NICK OFFERMAN A musical 40,000 years in the making. Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the […]

  • Audio Description
  • Touch Tour

Iceboy! The Musical at The Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN PURCELL AND JAY REISS DIRECTED BY MARC BRUNI CHOREOGRAPHED BY JOANN M. HUNTER STARRING MEGAN MULLALLY AND NICK OFFERMAN A musical 40,000 years in the making. Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the […]

  • Open Captions

“Iceboy! The Musical” at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

MUSIC BY MARK HOLLMANN LYRICS BY MARK HOLLMANN AND JAY REISS BOOK BY ERIN QUINN PURCELL AND JAY REISS DIRECTED BY MARC BRUNI STARRING MEGAN MULLALLY AND NICK OFFERMAN A musical 40,000 years in the making. Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the top of her game. But […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Open Captions

El Tango Cafe at Experimental Station

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

El Tango Cafe is a theatrical production with humor, heart, music, and dance featuring wheelchair user Robby Lee Williams in the lead role, and wheelchair dancer Ladonna Freidheim. Robby was a company member with Tango 21 Dance Theater prior to acquiring a disability. Ever since Tango 21 has been developing adaptive Argentine Tango techniques led […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

A Seat at the Table: Accessibility at Film Festivals Webinar Series

Zoom

Film Festival Alliance invites you to join a new webinar series exploring the experience of disabled patrons at film festivals, and the real impact that good (and bad) accessibility can have on that experience. This series is free and open to all, though registration is required. Structured around the theme of a dinner party, each […]

  • Captioning
  • English Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Open Captions
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

Octet: Open Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Open-Captioned Performance Friday, July 24 at 7:30pm Raven Theatre’s “astonishing” (Chicago Tribune) a cappella musical—hailed as “one of the most engrossing pieces of theater this year” (Chicago Reader)—comes to The Goodman for a limited run. In an anonymous meeting room on the North Side of Chicago, a group of people —always eight—gather to sing. Best […]

  • Open Captions

The Beverly Theatre Guild Presents “The Lifespan of a Fact” at the Baer Theatre

The Baer Theatre at Morgan Park Academy (2153 W. 111th Street, Chicago 60643) 2153 W. 111TH STREET, Chicago

The Lifespan of a Fact This sharp media satire explores the boundaries between fact and fiction. The Beverly Theatre Guild (BTG) is thrilled to present this timely exploration of journalistic […]

  • ASL Interpreted

Archiving Disability: Preserving, Recovering, and Centering Disability Art & Culture – Hybrid Event

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

Join us for an artist-led conversation around disability, art, and the archive with Bri Noonan, Reveca Torres, and Tempestt Hazel. Working in different ways to engage with, investigate, and create archives, these three artists will discuss the issues and opportunities they encounter in their practices. We’ll focus especially on what it means to engage with […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Low Lighting
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown at Dovetail Studios

Dovetail Studios 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown Friday, August 21st at 7:30 pm Saturday, August 22nd at 3:00 pm 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 Black box opens 30 minutes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Setting The Table: The Guest Arrivals with the Film Festival Alliance

Zoom

Join us for part two of our webinar series covering Film Festival Accessibility. Our guests have officially arrived! The best way to make them feel welcomed is by thinking ahead and anticipating their needs before they even come through the door. In this session we will cover physical access to your screening space, as well […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Virtual
  • Virtual Event

Blue Hour at Haymarket House ft. Hussain Ahmed + Ali Black

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena, Chicago

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our September featured readers are Hussain Ahmed and Ali Black. Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) and includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open mic includes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Super Saturday: Knitting for Dogs-An ASL Story and Craft at Indian Trails Library

Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL 355 Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling

Ages 5 and older with a caregiver. Join us for a special film screening of the American Sign Language (ASL) adapted picture book by Laurel Molk, followed by a live […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music at Garfield Park

Garfield Park 100 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music Showcase is a new, multi-arts experience for EVERYONE that affirms that the opposite of “oppression” is “expression”! Come to help make a community […]

  • All ages
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Barefoot in the Park – ASL Performance at Theatre of Western Springs

Theatre of Western Springs 4384 Hampton Ave, Western Springs

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon will be performing at the Theatre of Western Springs. Use code MOTOASL to get $5 off! A young newlywed couple settles into their […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Wheelchair Accessible

INCLUSIVE DANCE PANEL: A LOOK AT THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE PRODUCED BY UDF AND ACCESS LIVING IN CELEBRATION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTERBALANCE

Access Living 115 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago

FREE Panel Event at Access Living! 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654 Join us for an evening panel at Access Living that brings together voices from the inclusive dance […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

The Attic: ASL-Interpreted Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

ASL-Interpreted Performance Friday, September 25 at 7:30pm The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, […]

  • ASL Interpreted

The Attic: Open-Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Open-Captioned Performance Sunday, September 27 at 2:00pm The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, ground-breaking […]

  • Open Captions

Hack for Accessibility 2026 at McDonald’s Global HQ

McDonald's Global HQ 1035 West Randolph Street, Chicago

Hack for Accessibility is back—and this year, we’re bringing together an incredible community at the Global McDonald’s Headquarters in Chicago! Join Code Your Dreams, Deaf Kids Code, AIxDisability, and McDonald’s […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly