Accessibility at Berkeley Playhouse

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Wheelchair Access and Seating:
Berkeley Playhouse has a ramp from the right side of the front patio to the theater’s front entrance, and to the right side of the house where there is chair accessible seating. ADA accessible restrooms are located near this seating area, and the House Manager provides access upon request. (*Historical building layout informs location).

Assistive Listening Devices:
Infrared Assistive Listening Devices are available by request. Please ask a member of the House Management team.

Audio Described Performances:
Beginning in the 2025/26 Season, Berkeley Playhouse will partner with Gravity Access Services to offer one live audio description performance and pre-show haptic access tour per show title for blind and visually impaired audience members.

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. For sighted patrons, the performance is otherwise the same as on any other performance.

Haptic access tours (20 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.

Getting to Berkeley Playhouse:
For directions and more info, click here. If you have questions about finding the theater, please call the box office at 510.845.8542 x351 (box office hours are Mon-Fri 11am-4pm) or email [email protected].