Think Outside the Vox December Letter 2025

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Think Outside the Vox

December 2025

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Let’s collectively exhale and review 2025…

Vox trained and mentored 

547 individuals and engaged 

~70,000 patrons.

More statistics, impact and a letter from the co-founders in our 2025 annual report – The Purple Report – coming soon to your inboxes.

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Maria up close and personal with a Kingfisher bird puppet which wears a crest of blue, black and grey porcupine hair, perching on a birch tree.

Congratulations to the CCAD Mentorship team Maria Hendricks, Ashley Hicks, Amber Pearcy and Kerry Candeloro who worked on Skeleton Canoe at Lincoln Center last weekend made possible with our partner A.R.T./New York.

Sabrina and Kristin with Deaf applause/waving hands during Vox's accessibility training.

DASLs Sabrina and Kristin at VOX’s accessibility training for CSC cast and crew

Join us for the last purple-powered performance of the year: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company at Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre December 20th and 21st.


ASL Team: DASL Sabrina Dennison, Christopher Robinson, Josh Ayoub, Michael Herschberg and Dorothy Weems (Tiny Tim). Access the DASL vlog and Character Name Signs.

AD Team: Maria Hendricks, Mikey Rose and Ashley Hicks (AD training cohort, A.R.T./New York).


Saturday, December 20th at 1:30 PM – Audio Description  with Tactile Tour at 12:30 PM.

Saturday, December 20th at 7:30 PM – ASL-interpreted

 with special guest signer for Tiny Tim!

Sunday, December 21st at 1:30 PM – ASL and AD 

with Tactile Tour at 12:30 PM.

Vox dinner table selfie with AD team for Don't Eat The Mangos and DASL/AD for The Book of Mormon.

One of our favorite post-show activities is gathering for a post-show team meal; Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Low Vision access teams together, laughing as we break barriers and break bread. Here’s to many more in 2026.



Wishing you Joy and Justice,



VOX

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