Performance Accessibility

San Francisco Playhouse is committed to making both our art and our website accessible to all audiences.

At the venue, we have Assisted Listening Devices (ALDs) available for all performances free of charge.

For blind and visually impaired audience members, San Francisco Playhouse partners with Gravity Access Services to offer live audio description and haptic access tours for selected performances. Audio description is a live audio track spoken by a professional audio describer to audience members with visual impairments through a wireless headset system. It provides clear and engaging descriptions of the meaningful visual details of a performance. Haptic access tours (20-30 minutes) are a live pre-show tour that allows patrons to experience — through touch and their own movement — the space, performers, costumes and objects in addition to key movement elements in the performance.

For more information, to book a spot in a Haptic Access Tour or to reserve a headset please call: 415.677.5956.

Upcoming Audio Description Dates

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Sunday, June 1st at 2:00 P.M. | Haptic tour at 1:00 P.M.

Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady
Sunday, August 10th at 2:00 P.M. | Haptic tour at 1:00 P.M.

Website Accessibility

With our ongoing accessibility efforts, we are striving to meet or exceed Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 level AA.

We are constantly working to improve the accessibility of our website in order to provide an inclusive experience to all users, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive and motor impairments.

As part of our efforts, while we do not control third-party content, we strongly encourage our vendors of third-party digital content to provide solutions that are equally accessible and just as user-friendly.

We welcome your comments and suggestions. If you encounter any accessibility barriers, please let us know by emailing [email protected] or calling 415-677-9596. If possible, please include “Website Accessibility” in the subject line and provide a description of the specific feature you feel is not equally accessible.

You may always book tickets by phone by calling our box office at 415-677-9596.

San Francisco Playhouse is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.