Access in Practice: Integrating Accessibility into Immersive Theater

• Monday, May 19, 5:30pm - 9:30pm

This workshop explores performance craft with accessibility as a core artistic value, embedding access features from the start rather than treating them as an afterthought. Beyond basic compliance, we’ll examine how access can be an aesthetically exciting and artistically fulfilling element for both performers and audiences. Through hands-on exercises and discussion, we’ll workshop a variety of methods—both overt and subtle—to integrate accessibility into performance, whether on stage, in immersive environments, or nightlife spaces. By centering thoughtful design, we’ll discover how accessibility can enhance connection, deepen artistic expression, and expand the possibilities of live performance.

Particpants should prepare 30-60 seconds of a performance (either completed or work-in-progress).

• Participants will be immersed in Detour Productions' approach to devised theater, experiential work, and drag artistry;
• Each workshop is facilitated by Detour collaborators, offering unique vantage points into the company's creative process;
• These workshops are geared towards advanced, pre-professional, and professional level dance & theater artists;
• Detour is offering sliding-scale tuition for each workshop, with no one turned away for lack of funds;
• All workshop venues are ADA accessible and have gender-neutral restrooms;
• Masks are encouraged, not required;
• If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Glamputee (he/they/she) is a Black-white biracial, queer, disabled artist whose drag is a love letter to their expansive queerness, Black excellence, and crip magic. Glamputee is a decorated, “drag toddler”, proudly serving as former reigning 2023 Butch Queen and regularly performing with the Detour Productions family. You can catch them in the Clutch the Pearls lineup or as one of the featured artists in pieces like Up on High, We Build Houses Here, and Twilight Aristocracy.

Host or Publisher Detour Dance