S E N S O RY F R I E N D LY Screenings In the 2017-2018 season, The Naples Players will provide sensory screenings for two of its most exciting, family-friendly performances: Miracle on 34th Street (December 12th, 2017), and The Music Man (March 20, 2018). As sensory-friendly screenings become more common in local movie theatres and even on Broadway, we know it is beyond time to expand this practice to our plays and musicals. The Naples Players is proud to participate in the national shift towards making it possible for individuals with special needs and their families to experience the same quality theatre as everyone else. What are sensory-friendly screenings, and why are they important? For many people with special needs, sensory stimuli are overwhelming and sometimes painful. Tina J Richardson, a woman with autism, describes it well when she writes: “Some things just feel so intense. I’m not over-reacting. My sensory processing is unique to me.” This, coupled with the fact that many people with special needs cannot sit still for long periods of time, makes it difficult for them to attend traditional screenings full of loud noises and strobe lights, and where they are not “Individuals with special sensory needs are a large poion of our population. The impoant thing is that we’re providing the same quality a to these individuals without the overwhelming stimulus.“ • BRYCE ALEXANDER Aistic Director 62
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