Upcoming Accessible Events

The Accessibility Cohort of Greater Philadelphia is engaged in ever improving accessibility offerings. If you have feedback related to your experience of the accessibility offerings listed below, please email: [email protected] and please follow us:
THEATRE
LA GRINGA
September 4 - September 20, 2026
Ritz Theatre Co
915 White Horse Pike
Haddon Township, NJ 08107
856-288-3500
Accessible Services:
  • All performances presented in our intimate, fully accessible Black Box space.
  • Box Office, Concessions, Gallery and 1st floor restrooms fully accessible
  • Assistive Listening Devices available for all performances
  • We welcome your Service Animal, please call 856-288-3500 to arrange for best seating
  • Following are available with a two week prior notice: Large Print Programs, Braille Programs 
María Elena Garcia, a young Puerto Rican woman born and raised in New York City, travels to Puerto Rico for the first time during Christmas, hoping to connect with her roots and find a sense of belonging. She romanticizes the island and believes that being in Puerto Rico will complete her identity. However, when she arrives and meets her extended family, she is surprised to find that they see her as a “gringa”—an outsider—because she was raised in the U.S. and doesn't speak fluent Spanish. As María tries to understand her family and immerse herself in Puerto Rican culture, she is forced to confront her assumptions and redefine what it means to be Puerto Rican. The play explores the tension between the diaspora and the island, between American and Puerto Rican identity, and how one's sense of self can be challenged by perceptions from both sides. Through moments of humor, conflict, and heartfelt dialogue, LA GRINGA ultimately conveys a powerful message about the complexity of bicultural identity and the universal quest to find one’s place in the world.
Box Office open Mon-Fri from 1p to 6p, as well as 1 hour prior to Curtain for all shows. Online Box Office open 24/7 here: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/RitzTheatreCo/6520
Group Sales (10 or more) contact Maria Bryan for reservations, 856-288-3500 x 202 or [email protected].
DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE
The Holy Fool
Ninth Planet 
September 10, 2026 - September 19, 2026
The Gym at Impact Services (2953 N Front St, Philadelphia 19133)
Tickets: $35 per person 

Accessible Services: 
  • All performances Open Captioned
  • Audio Description available on September 16 and 18 provided by Shannon Brooks  
  • Masks are required on September 15 and 17
  • This event is appropriate for ages 13+
  • Violent Content, Adult Language - The performance contains themes of loss, grief, and death.
  • ​Wheelchair/Limited Mobility Seating available . Separate wheelchair accessible entrance - contact [email protected] for exact entrance address → it is around the block from the main entrance. 
  • Venue social narrative available
  • ASL Interpretation - dates TBA
  • Fog/Smoke Effects present in performance 
Event Description: Grief, absurdity, and heartache collide in this world premiere dance-theatre piece.
Mother makes dinner. Daughter sets the table. One empty chair. A knock at the door. The cameras are rolling. Everyone’s watching. The Fool keeps dancing. Through the eyes of an American family, The Holy Fool examines the toll of aging, grieving, and growing up in a culture where normativity is the most valuable currency — and your everyday life is live-streamed. A thrilling ghost story unfolds inside a cavernous industrial space, scored by Jordan McCree and Marty Gottlieb-Hollis’ original music, a hypnotic blend of trumpet, percussion and synthesizers. The Holy Fool marks Ninth Planet’s return to the Fringe after a sold out run of High Noon as part of Cannonball in 2022. This world premiere work of dance theatre is Co-Directed by Ninth Planet’s Sam Tower and Nia Benjamin, and collaboratively written by the ensemble, featuring Bi Jean Ngo, Hannah Gold, Katarina Poljak, and Fringe Festival veteran and co-founder of Headlong, David Brick, who returns to the stage alongside his daughter, Zephyr Saffron Brick.
For tickets call 215.413.1318 or go to: https://fringearts.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUO00000LEaFd2AL
Please contact Shannon Brooks for questions about audio description access at [email protected]
DANCE
Lunar Retreat
Nichole Canuso-Branching Paths
Leonard Pearlstein Gallery
URBN Center Annex, Drexel University
3401 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Accessibility Services: Pre-recorded Audio Description, Touch Tour, Sighted Guides, Sensory Kits and post-show talk-back offered on the following dates: This new work by Nichole Canuso - Branching Paths, is an immersive, interactive, and multi-sensory performance inspired by the gradual, growing distance between the Moon and Earth. As we developed this piece, we built relationships with the Blind and Low Vision communities through workshops, showings, explorations and conversations. Tactile elements are now incorporated into the design of the show to ensure that the sensory world of the piece is fully available to those experiencing it through touch. Audio Description is included alongside the gentle invitations to wander, witness, and reflect on how we move through care, loss, and transformation—both individually and collectively. In some moments, dancers will guide and interact with you through light touch, inviting you to join them in gestures and movement. Come as you are, engage along your own chosen path, and move at your own pace. 
Please plan to arrive 30 min early, so that we can make sure your access needs are accommodated.
​All audience members receive headphones with adjustable volume for much of the show’s soundscape and for AD on select performances.
Ticketing: Tiered ticket prices, FringeAccess Member Tickets and discounts available using the code Lunar20.
PCA's do not require a ticket, but please let us know in advance that your PCA will accompany you as space and headsets for the show are limited. 
To purchase tickets via phone, call the FringeArts box office at 215.413.1318.
If purchasing online, please use the AD links below:
TICKET LINK for Saturday, September 12 at 2pm
TICKET LINK for Sunday, September 13 at 4:45pm
Listen to the White Canes Connect Podcast about Lunar Retreat, hosted by Lunar Retreat accessibility consultant Simon Bonenfant on Apple Podcasts,  Spotify, or YouTube
For more information, please contact Lee Etzold, [email protected]
THEATRE
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
September 17th - October 11th
Montgomery Theater
124 N. Main St.  Souderton, PA 18964
Accessible Services:
  • Relaxed Performance: 9/24 | 7:30pm
  • Open Captioning: 10/1 - 10/4 | All shows!
  • Audio Described Performance by Nicole Sardella on 10/1 at 7:30pm includes a Touch Tour at 6:45pm. Please contact the Box Office at [email protected] or 215-723-9984 x0 to reserve a headset in advance.

Jack, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, and Louise, an aspiring actress in New York City meet by letter during World War II. For years, they write to each other, dreaming they may someday meet, but circumstance always intervenes. Will their love story ever make it off the page and into real life? In this heartfelt play, two-time Olivier and Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You) shares the true story of his parents’ unlikely courtship with wit, warmth, and irresistible charm.
Buy tickets anytime online here. Tickets may be purchased over the phone or in person during our Box Office hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 2-5pm. Call (215) 723-9984, or visit us at 124 N. Main St. in Souderton. Please ring the doorbell at our Main Street entrance. Email [email protected] with any questions.

MUSICAL THEATRE
The Addams Family: The Musical
September 22 – November 1, 2026
Walnut Street Theatre  
825 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Accessible Services:
  • Open Caption: Sunday, Oct 4th 2026 at 7pm
  • Audio Description (Amanda Pasquini): Thursday, Oct 15th 2025 at 2pm
A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is the magnificently unhinged hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters. Wednesday Addams is the ultimate princess of darkness and has fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family... a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Box Office & Tickets: Phone Charge · 7 days a week at 215-574-3550, 12pm-Showtime (in season) · 12-6pm (non-performance dates)
In-Person Box Office Hours Monday: CLOSED, Tuesday – Saturday: 12pm-Showtime on performance dates, 12-6pm on non-performance dates, Sunday: 12pm-Showtime on performance dates, CLOSED on non-performance dates
Order online 24/7, or by phone at the Phone Charge number and hours listed above. Please note, the box office staff cannot sell tickets to future performances or exchange tickets during the 30 minutes prior to a performance. To avoid standing in line to exchange tickets, we suggest that you visit us during non-performance hours or take advantage of our convenient mail, phone or online exchange services. Please also note the box office will not be open during intermissions for evening performances.
MUSICAL THEATRE
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens, Adapted by Neill Hartley
Acting Without Boundaries
October 4, 2026 4:00pm
Centennial Hall Theatre
The Haverford School for Boys
27 Railroad Ave, Haverford, Pa
Tickets online or at the door, $15
Accessibile Services:
  • Open Audio Description
  • Open Captioning
  • Braille Programs
  • Sensory-friendly performance
Acting Without Boundaries turns this Christmas tale into a musical! With classic carols and original songs, our audience will be transported to 19th century London. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly man who cares more about profit than people. After being visited by three ghosts, will Ebenezer stay with his stingy ways or change for the better? Come find out on October 4th!
THEATRE
​TROLLS AND MEN
Written by Alex Wilkie
October 9, through October 25, 2026
Ritz Theatre Co
915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township, NJ 08107
856-288-3500
Accessible Services:
  • Open Caption Performance: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 3:00 pm
  • Box Office, Concessions, Gallery and 1st floor restrooms fully accessible
  • Assistive Listening Devices available for all performances
  • We welcome your Service Animal, please call 856-288-3500 to arrange for best seating
  • Following are available with a two week prior notice: Large Print Programs, Braille Programs 
When World War II arrives on the doorstep of Norway, Julius Thoreson, the Artistic Director of the Trondheim Transformational Theatre, is thrust unexpectedly to the forefront of resistance against Nazi occupation. After being visited by the newly appointed Minister of Culture and Enlightenment, it is clear that Thoreson, his friends, and his theatre company have caught the eye of the fascist regime. Through performance and a series of planned resistances, Thoreson’s theatre becomes a cultural battleground against the would-be Nazi occupiers. Based on a true story, TROLLS AND MEN is an inspiring tale about the power of theatre and the human spirit. Presented as part of our New Works Initiative, TROLLS AND MEN marks the ninth original piece produced by the Ritz in as many years. Join us for an evening of brand-new theatre and celebrate the work of local playwright Alex Wilkie.
Box Office open Mon-Fri from 1p to 6p, as well as 1 hour prior to Curtain for all shows. 
Online Box Office open 24/7 here: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/RitzTheatreCo/6520
Group Sales (10 or more) contact Maria Bryan for reservations, 856-288-3500 x 202 or [email protected].
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE. THIS LIST IS UPDATED MONTHLY.

About the Cohort:

We are a group of professionals from the arts and culture sector who meet monthly to promote accessibility in our field. We are committed to building relationships with and learning from the disability communities we serve. We regularly invite feedback from audiences, artists, and staff members on their experiences using and providing accessible services. We cross-promote Cohort events, share resources, build audiences and offer each other community through reciprocal learning.

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