INVITED AUDIENCES

PERFORMANCES FOR EVERYONE

Free sensory-friendly shows for our community

As part of Durham Ballet Theatre's mission to provide arts access to everyone, we offer free sensory-friendly performances for each of our shows. Over the last 11 years, we have been able to offer these performances to over 8,000 community members, who would otherwise be excluded from arts performances due to special needs, economic challenges, or other barriers.

Our Invited Audiences performances allow people to experience the theatre arts directly and are open to individuals and families that are unable to attend or uncomfortable attending a regular paid performance. We extend invitations to organizations such as Autism Society, Camp Bluebird, Durham County Community Living Programs, Families Moving Forward, TROSA, Urban Ministries, and other sources to families facing economic or social challenges.

“It is so important to have these opportunities for families with someone on the autism spectrum. It is so difficult to do the things most of us take for granted — like going to the movies, a restaurant or shopping because of the unpredictable behavior associated with autism and society’s lack of understanding of it.”