Providing Accessibility to Arts & Cultural Events for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities
Upcoming Shows
Forbes Accessibility 200
We’re thrilled to announce that Hands On has been featured in the Forbes Accessibility 200!
Being recognized by Forbes alongside organizations and leaders driving accessibility forward is an incredible honor.
This recognition belongs to our entire community: our team, interpreters, partners, artists, and Deaf/HH audiences who inspire our work every day. Here’s to continuing to make access the standard, not the exception.
Explore Hands On’s Instagram feed by hovering over or clicking the images below. Click “Follow Us” to stay up to date on upcoming shows and stories that highlight our shared commitment to community and access.
Join us for a lively stage adaptation of Disney’s Academy Award-winning film, The Lion King! 🦁✨
Aug 17
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ASL-interpreted Shakespeare in the Park! 🎭✨ Join us for “The Winter’s Tale,” a magical story of love, loss, and second chances under the stars. This performance is currently SOLD OUT, but spots may open up! Email us to be added to the waitlist. We hope to see you at the park! 🌳
Aug 7
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Attention must be paid. Our lovely Loman family! ✨
Aug 4
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Team of Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo ✨💗 Swipe right to see the beauty of ASL!
Jul 29
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SOLD OUT! 🚨 Missed your chance? Add your name to the waitlist! Hands On is excited to partner with TDF to offer tickets to the ASL-interpreted Broadway production of Death of a Salesman. Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece returns to Broadway starring Nathan Lane as Willy Loman, an aging traveling salesman confronting the reality that the American Dream he spent his life pursuing may be slipping away. Join the waitlist through the link in our bio. 🎭
Jul 23
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✨ The Winter's Tale is coming to Free Shakespeare in the Park! Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan returns with Shakespeare's enchanting tale of jealousy, loss, love, and redemption. Join us for this magical story where fate, forgiveness, and true love take center stage. As always, we'll do our best to accommodate everyone interested in attending our interpreted performances. If tickets are limited, priority will be given to Deaf audience members. Reserve your tickets through the link in bio! 🎭
Jul 20
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About Hands On
Offering Sign Interpreted Performances in the not-for-profit theatrical arena along with information on Deafness and the arts across New York City and the country.
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Our Services
Interpreted Performances
Hands On offers the Deaf community a diverse range of quality interpreted performances at some of the city’s most popular venues.
Consulting Services
Hands On offers services including marketing strategies, staff training and disability community outreach and engagement campaigns.
Cultural Calendar
The Calendar provides the Deaf community with information on a variety of cultural offerings available in New York City metropolitan area.
Put Your Hands Up for Hands On!
We’ve accomplished so much in the last 35+ years and we want to keep interpreted theater around for another 35+ years. To keep going, we need your help.
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