Access to the Arts
From Broadway to Ballet, IRIS volunteers provide live Audio Description for performances and community events. Patrons hear this “play by play” of the visual elements of a performance on a headset provided by IRIS.
Audio Description is scheduled for the performance dates listed below. It can also be arranged by special request.
Upcoming
Audio Description Performances
A Beautiful Noise – Sunday, October 26, 2025 – 1:00PM
Les Miserables – Sunday, November 16, 2025 – 1:00PM
The Notebook – Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 1:00PM
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Sunday, December 21, 2025 – 1:00PM
SIX – Sunday, January 18, 2026 – 1:00PM
Kimberly Akimbo – Sunday, February 8, 2026 – 1:00PM
The Outsiders – Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 1:00PM
The Music Man – Sunday, March 22, 2026 – 1:00PM
Suffs – Sunday, May 3, 2026 – 1:00PM
Wicked – Sunday, September 6, 2026 – 1:00PM
Bright Star – Sunday, October 5, 2025 – 2:00PM
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, November 9, 2025 – 4:00PM
Disney’s Frozen – Thursday, December 18, 2025 – 7:00PM
Red Riding Hood (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, January 11, 2026 – 4:00PM
Mousetrap – Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 2:00PM
Crazy for You – Sunday, April 19, 2026 – 2:00PM
Polka Dots: The Cool Kids Musical (Sensory-Inclusive Performance) – Sunday, May 10, 2026 – 4:00PM
Noises Off – Sunday, June 14, 2026 – 2:00PM
Legally Blonde – Sunday, July 19, 2026 – 2:00PM
Mark Twain Tonight starring Richard Thomas – Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 – 7:00PM
The Addams Family – Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 – 7:00PM
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol – Saturday, December 13, 2025 – 7:00PM
Mrs. Doubtfire – Tuesday, January 27, 2026 – 7:00PM
Chicago – Tuesday, February 3, 2026 – 7:00PM
Trisha Brown Dance Company – Friday, November 2, 2025 – 7:30PM
Kinky Boots – Sunday, January 25, 2026 – 2:00PM
Clue – Sunday, February 8, 2026 – 2:00PM
The Joffrey Ballet: American Icons – Saturday, March 7, 2026 – 7:30PM
The Music Man – Sunday, March 29, 2026 – 2:00PM
Beetlejuice – Sunday, May 3, 2026 – 2:00PM
World Ballet Company: The Great Gatsby Ballet – Thursday, October 9, 2025 – 7:00PM
Iluminate – Friday, October 17, 2025 – 6:30PM
Addams Family – Sunday, October 19, 2025 – 7:30PM
The Nutcracker Ballet – Sunday, December 14, 2025 – 1:00PM
Mrs. Doubtfire – Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – 7:30PM
The Simon & Garfunkel Story – Tuesday, February 24, 2026 – 7:30PM
A Christmas Carol – Iowa Stage Theatre Company – Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 2:00PM
Winnie the Pooh – Young Artists Theatre – Sunday, February 22, 2026 – 2:00PM
Clue High School Edition – Young Artists Theatre – Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 2:00PM
RENT School Edition – Young Artists Theatre – Sunday, July 26, 2026 – 2:00PM
The Nutcracker – Hoyt Sherman Place – Saturday, December 13, 2025 – time tbd
Presented in Early July 2026:
- Tosca
- Of Mice and Men
- King Roger
AD dates will be updated when they are confirmed.
Information for Venues
With our portable portable equipment and awesome AD Team, we can set up and serve patrons in your facility. From Broadway to Ballet, opera to children's theater, our team can help you deliver equal access to the arts!
Through my participation here, I have come to realize what a valuable resource IRIS is for the people of Iowa who depend upon it. So, when we learned about this idea, and the need for funding, my husband and I felt this was something which we could help develop.
How better to enrich the lives of those we serve than to bring art, music and theater to them? We recommended to name the team “Sensation,” because it not only implies the sensational nature of the art forms we will be describing, but also ties into the feelings we all experience in our senses and emotions as we listen to and appreciate these performances.