Disney’s Encanto – A Sensory Friendly Movie Experience

Name: Disney’s Encanto – A Sensory Friendly Movie Experience
Start: 2025-09-26T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center

Schedule

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center | Rahway, NJ

UCPAC’s Sensory Friendly Theatre movie screening of Disney’s “Encanto” is a digital presentation specially adapted for children and adults with autism and other sensory sensitivities.
Funded by the Union County Board of County Commissioners
Friday, September 26
Tickets: $5 (All-In Pricing)
Doors: 6 PM
Film: 7 PM
“The miracle is not some magic that you’ve got – the miracle is you.” Bring the whole family to experience the magic of Disney’s “Encanto!”
Disney’s “Encanto” follows a multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, led by a matriarch whose children and grandchildren—except for Mirabel Madrigal—receive magical gifts from a miracle, which they use to help the people in their rural community, called the Encanto. When Mirabel learns that the family is losing their magic, she sets out to find out why and save her family and house. Starring the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo [es], Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama, with Rhenzy Feliz, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Adassa, and Maluma in additional roles.
“‘Encanto’ has been visualized with a vivacious naturalistic glow (swirling flower petals, eye-candy pastels) that, at moments, is nearly psychedelic.” –Variety
Billboard’s Leila Cobo stated “Colombia is “finally seen and not just heard” via Encanto. Cobo praised the film for not homogenizing all of the Latin American countries in the manner U.S. media has generally been, instead accurately depicting the culture unique to Colombia: “from accents to outfits to minute details like the hand-painted tableware, the embroidered dresses, the food, the many colors of our skin, even the animals – including the ubiquitous toucan and the yellow butterflies that are synonymous with García Márquez.”
What to expect at a Sensory Friendly Theatre Movie Experience:
Movie will run its full length without intermission.
Seating is general admission; a limited number of tickets will be sold to maintain a comfortably-sized audience.
Lights will remain on at 25% brightness inside the theater auditorium during the entire performance.
Sound volume will be lowered and remain constant to prevent abrupt, jarring sounds.