Actors with autism portray a character on the spectrum, and a new elevator helps disabled patrons.
has remodeled its space to better accommodate actors and audiences with disabilities, and offered shows catering to these audiences.
“I’ve helped out in ‘Curious Incident’ before, with how those shows interpreted autism, because their actors don’t have autism, but I do,” he said. “It’s pretty cool to get to be a part of a show that I’ve always been a part of and helped before.” Over at Salt Lake Acting Company, whose theater is a converted Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Salt Lake City’s Marmalade neighborhood, the performing arts organization supports casting actors with disabilities or actors living similar experiences to the characters they play.
In May 2020, SLAC launched the Amberlee Accessibility Fund, launched in memory of patron Amberlee Hatton-Ward, who died in 2019. Hatton-Ward used a wheelchair and frequently attended holiday productions, which were presented in SLAC’s Upstairs Theatre. Without an elevator available, friends and family had to carry Hatton-Ward into the theater.
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