Think Outside the Vox September 2025

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THINK OUTSIDE THE VOX

September 2025 Newsletter

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VOX spent lots of time outside this summer on the Common for ASL, AD and Open Captioned performances of As You Like It (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) and ASL interpretation with haptic suits at the Hatch Memorial Shell (Boston Landmarks Orchestra). Vox hosted a retreat for its local staff and consultants to recharge before we enter a busy season of community events and theater shows, including an ASL opera with Deaf dancers happening in Boston and another Mfoniso Udofia UFOT cycle play! Read on and mark your calendars.

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The show poster with a turquoise underwater design with bubbles and white text that reads "World premiere! Ululations and gurgles of the invisible."

Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible

September 19-21 (AD on 9/21)

The BCA Plaza Theatres, South End

Blending opera, dance and technology, Guerilla Opera and Urban Jazz Dance Company have united to present Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible, an interdisciplinary show that features vocalists, musicians and Deaf dancers – all of whom perform their music, dance and poetry with American Sign Language.

Think Outside the Vox is partnered to provide access for the artists and audiences, including an Audio Described performance with a tactile tour for the 3pm performance on the 21st. All performances are delivered in ASL with English supertitles (open captions projected above the stage). Dancers and musicians wear motion-sensor technology to drive gestures, sound and projection cues uniting the artists.

Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month and enjoy this multisensory music and dance experience. Come support Deaf artists, including Antoine Hunter and Zahna Simon, and their groundbreaking world premiere. Get your tickets here!

ASL and AD theater shows in Boston

Vox is continuing accessibility for Mfoniso Udofia’s UFOT Family cycle with culturally competent AD:

The Ceremony

Saturday, October 4th at 1pm – Audio Description

Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre

AD: Kwaku Darko, Maria Hendricks, Joshua Olumide

September 27th, 28th and October 4th – Open Captions by Vox with CC Theater

Vox is renewing its partnership with The Huntington to provide culturally competent ASL and AD performances for its 2025-2026 season.

The Hills of California

Saturday October 4th at 2pm – Audio Description

The Huntington Theater

AD: Tanja Milojevic, Cori Couture, Gamalia Pharms

Sardines

Friday, November 7th at 7:30pm – ASL

The Huntington Theater

ASL: Kristin Johnson, Kellynette Gomez, Christopher Robinson

Mass Q Ball

Saturday, October 4th, 10am-4pm

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Christopher Robinson is bringing purple power to his ASL spoken word poetry performance at Mass Q Ball 2025, a large-scale celebration of ritual, performance, and cross-cultural arts featuring the diverse artistry of Boston’s communities of color. This cultural event is hosted by the Arnold Arboretum and co-produced by Create & Record and Castle of Our Skins, a partner of Vox. Experience Boston’s best musicians, dancers, poets, cultural bearers and artists of color at the FREE inaugural event – learn more about the history and team behind the event.

Voxers, Deaf community and allies at the Hatch Shell for a large group photo.

VOX at Landmarks Orchestra

Congratulations and thank you to the Deaf and Blind community for showing up to Landmarks Orchestra’s concert last month! Think Outside the Vox provided visual vernacular interpretation, or a poetic and gestural storytelling style of ASL, for Deaf and signing audiences. Vox also helped distribute haptic vests from Not Impossible Labs to Deaf and Blind patrons. Thank you to DASL Kristin Johnson, ASL team Christopher and Aimee Robinson, Vox staff, interpreters, audio describers, sighted guides and volunteers who made this outdoor concert a multisensory experience for all.

Partnership Spotlight: Vox and A.R.T./New York

Vox’s Culturally Competent Audio Description Training made it to NYC! We partnered with A.R.T./New York to host another Culturally Competent AD workshop. Thomas Reid and Cheryl Green are leading 15 NYC-based trainees on Zoom, primarily Blind/Low-Vision artists. Learn more about Vox’s impact on the field of AD and high quality accessibility education or sign up for a future class by visiting ThinkOutsideTheVox.org.

Voxers on yoga mats in a circle doing a pose near the lake.

Posing with Purple – Vox at the Docks

How we find balance: Vox took a stretch and a collective breath before the summer came to a close. We had a lovely time at the lake, swimming, feasting and exhaling with each other in person.

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Olivia Reinebach (they/she) aka Via

Marketing & Communications Manager, Arts & Accessibility Administrator

Olivia Reinebach thrives at the intersection of production and performance, taking on creative and technical roles in performing arts, education and community spaces in Boston and beyond. They found their niche by combining their skill sets in marketing, PR, social media and event coordination with accessibility consulting, disability advocacy work and arts administration. She has six years of experience in the arts and accessibility scene in Boston and NYC Metro areas. They’ve most recently presented on Accessible Social Media & Marketing for Massachusetts Cultural Council (Access Office Hours), Berklee College of Music (ABLE Assembly) and Mosaic Lowell Arts. Principal access work and arts credits include: pre-show/post-production Audio Description (The Huntington Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Open Door Theater); Access & Communication Lead for Into the Body, Into the Ground (Nelly Kate/The Boston Public Art Triennial); Caption Operator/Editor for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; CPX ASL Instructor (Madison Park Development Corporation); PR & Social Media Director [and actor] in The Handless Maiden, or Here, All Dwell Free (NYU Steinhardt); ASL Consultant for The Raft of the Medusa, (Juilliard Theatre).
Via is a band geek turned theater kid and finds joy in creating inclusive experiences in arts and entertainment. She regularly presents music shows and live performances at the Museum of Science Planetarium and has produced variety dance showcases for The Dance Complex/Public Displays of Motion. She has freelanced as a choreographer/dance teacher (Sabor Latino BU, Apollinaire Play Lab, Edison K-8), and as an ASM/PA/carpenter (American Repertory Theater, Sanders Theatre, Frost Productions, Isenberg Projects). She earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Public Relations and Bachelor’s of Arts in Linguistics at Boston University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-reinebach/