Think Outside the Vox May 2026

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Think Outside the Vox

May 2026

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Think Outside the VOX and Roxbury International Film Festival hosted the first VOX n’ ROX CARE (Collective Action Resource Exchange) Fair. Thanks to Barr Foundation for sponsoring, The Huntington for providing their space, and the participants for their candor and engagement on assets and needs. We are stronger when we work together!

CARE Fair arts administrators and directors with VOX and ROX facilitators in a group photo.

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disabled and nondisabled patrons dance in pairs to merengue with alternating steps on the dance floor. others conversate in ASL, tactile, and spoken English. some dance solo or with a walker.

Disability Leads: Joy Follows.

Salsa ASL By the Shell was a success! Much gratitude and waving hands to our staff, access providers, Silent Rhythms, VOXunteers, Esplanade Association, Tactus Music, DJAct1, DCR, and MOAC. We connected outside in conversations and lessons in salsa, merengue and ASL taught by DeafBlind instructor Kerry Thompson.

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Desiree Weems interpreting on stage in ASL as the actor delivers her one woman show. Chris sits near Desiree, also on stage.

Congrats to the ASL team of What the Constitution Means to Me: DASL Sabrina Dennison with ASL interpreters Christopher Robinson and Desiree Weems. VOX collaborated with Greater Boston Stage Company to place ASL interpreters directly on the stage; this is a way to prioritize accessibility in arts spaces!

Access team for The Secret Sharer in a group photo: Mikey, Christopher, Eli, Ayisha, Kristin, Dave, Ingrid.

Congrats to the representative team of Black, Brown, and Queer access providers and community experts that delivered for DNAWORKS’ and ArtsEmerson’s world premiere of The Secret Sharer! DASL Ayisha Knight-Shaw, ASL interpreters Christopher Robinson and Eli Onyeabor, AD Blind QC Mikey Rose, and Audio Describer Dave Heard.

UPCOMING


Oedipus El Rey at Calderwood Theater, 527 Tremont St. The Huntington


ASL-interpreted Friday, June 5th at 7:30p

DASL Ivy Vélez with ASL interpreters Juana Aguilar and Luke Baer (use promo code ACCESSASL)


Audio Described Saturday, June 6th at 2:00p

Blind Quality Control Expert Kwaku Darko with Audio Describers Maria Hendricks and Luis Cotto (use promo code ACCESSAD)


Skeleton Canoe at University Theatre, New Haven, CT International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Friday, June 19th at 7:30p; Saturday June 20th at 3:00p.

VOX is supporting this traveling production again with culturally competent Audio Description. Both performances will have AD and open captions (Blind QC Kwaku Darko, AD Maria Hendricks, Captioner Olivia Reinebach).