Theater for the Blind; Suzuki Method; Gluten-Free Foods
05 August 2012
Visually-impaired theatergoers touch the skull, a prop in Everyman Theatre's production of "You Can’t Take It With You."
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm June Simms.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we visit a theater that has special performances for the blind. Then, we get a lesson in the Suzuki method for teaching young children to play musical instruments. And, later, we look at the growing demand for gluten-free foods in the United States.
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JUNE SIMMS: "You Can't Take It With You" is a funny play from nineteen thirty-six. But on this day, the people who have come to the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, are not here for a traditional performance. Marcus Kyd is the education director for the theater.
MARCUS KYD: "We are here to take you on an experience through 'You Can't Take It With You.'"
The visitors are all visually impaired. Many theater companies offer wireless earpieces for blind people to hear descriptions of the action on stage. But Everyman Theatre goes a step further. It offers special performances for people with little or no eyesight to experience theater in a different way.
MARCUS KYD: "We don't believe that just because they can't see a play they can't enjoy a play."
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