LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Apr 3
FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (in-person)
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Apr 2
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Summary: “To hope is to vote!” Famed activist and civil rights hero Fannie Lou Hamer makes this impassioned rally cry, reminding us that change begins with just one voice. Tracing her steps from sharecropper to activist to political candidate, Fannie takes audiences on a gospel-filled journey of justice and self-determination, inspiring every American to rise up and fight for the vital issues of our time.
There will be three audio-described performances, courtesy of Gravity Access Services. Those performances are:
March 31 at 8:00 pm (pre-show talk at 7:30 pm)
April 1 at 8:00 pm (pre-show talk at 7:30 pm)
April 2 at 2:00 pm (pre-show talk at 1:30 pm)
(Additionally, there is an ASL performance and three performances with copen captioning.)
Performances take place at the Lucie Stern Theatre at 1305 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, 94301.
Purchase tickets online for FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.
After you purchase your ticket, you will also need to contact the box office to let them know you would like a headset for the audio-described performance at 650-463-1960 or boxoffice@theatreworks.org. There will be a talk You can also purchase your tickets this way. Pre-show talks are held 30 minutes before each performance.
Safety info: Masks are required for all attendees.
Visit the FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer TheatreWorks webpage.
View Trailer for FANNIE: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Meet FANNIE star Greta Oglesby.
Queering Dance Festival Frolic (in-person)
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Apr 2
Gravity Access Services, who provide accessibility for live performances in the Bay Area, are offering free tickets for blind/low-vision audience members and their companions to the Queering Dance Festival’s FROLIC on April 2.
The Queering Dance Festival (QDF) presents FROLIC, a live dance performance featuring new works by five commissioned LGBTQ+ dance artists. QDF highlights the artistic work and issues on the minds of the Queer, East Bay dance community through events that are opportunities to make cute connections and enjoy meaningful art!
Live audio description will be offered on Sunday, April 2 at both the 5:30pm and 7:30pm shows. A haptic tour will happen 45 minutes prior to both shows at 4:45 pm and 6:45 pm, respectively.
For those interested in performances with ASL interpretation, those shows are on April 1. RSVP information is below.
Show descriptions for audio-described shows:
5:30 pm - Program B: Clarissa Dyas | Xochipilli Dance Company (Héctor Jaime & Carmina Márquez)
Haptic tour starts at 4:45 pm
Héctor Jaime presents Insecta with collaborator Carmina Márquez: a moment of transcendental movement of embodying both characteristics of the masculine and feminine simultaneously; and Codornices en pétalos de rosa, an exploration of love.
Clarissa Dyas presents a new duet with collaborator Gabriele Christian.
7:30 pm Program A: Alyah Baker | Scott Duane | Emma Tome
Haptic tour starts at 6:45 pm
Alyah Baker presents Quare Dance, which deconstructs and reimagines ballet through the lens of Black Queer subjectivity, offering a fresh perspective on what ballet is and can be. Based on a research project and installation of the same name, Quare Dance combines movement, text, and adornment to explore the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.
and this is the sound of my voice, is a solo sound and dance work by emma tome, moving through the terror and relief of recognition. A stumble between dysphoria and euphoria, the dance happens inside a live vocal echo chamber, and reflects the sometimes lonely, aching process of change, transition, and self-knowing.
Scott Duane and collaborators present Join Me on the Hunt, a trio that explores what it means to share their most precious and hard-earned discoveries with one anot
Performances take place at the Live Oak Theater at 1301 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley.
COVID-19 Policy: Masks are required for all audience members inside the lobby and theater. Performers will be performing unmasked and will be testing throughout the performance week.
Please email jessi@shawl-anderson.org to reserve tickets for the audio-description or ASL performances.
The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.
The LightHouse is scent-free. Please abstain from wearing colognes, perfumes, or other scented products. Additionally, coffee must be securely lidded at all times and citrus should not be peeled on the premises. Thanks for supporting our efforts to respect chemical sensitivities!
