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Hello, I'm Beth Peters, I'm the producing artistic director of The Accessible Theatre.
The Accessible Theatre was founded to create are with everyone. Our mission is to create
theatre for and with artists and patrons with disabilities.
Our first goal is to work with existing arts organizations including theaters around creating
and implementing policies about disability, both onstage and off.
Our second goal is educational. To provide theatre education in underserved communities
for artists with disabilities, including adults with disabilities and organizations that serve
children with disabilities.
Our third goal is to produce main stage theatre that explores issues of disability on stage,
including casting artists with disabilities and working with artists with disabilities
backstage.
To achieve this great work we need support in three areas. The first area is administrative
basic costs in starting our company, everything from buying ink cartridges and paper to send
out letters of thanks when you send us your donation to purchasing insurance polices for
our performance and educational events.
The second type of donations we need will support or educational programing, so that
we can hire teachers who are prepared to work with special populations, including adults
and children with disabilities, and so that we can provide these teachers with the tools
they need to do their work at the best level.
The third type of support we need is artistic. We need support so that we can produce readings
and fully staged productions that explore the issues of disability, including the casting
of disabled artist and providing them with transportation if needed and other support
in our rehearsal process.
Thank you so much for your interest in the Accessible Theatre.