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Sensory Friendly & Inclusive Performance

WHAT IS A SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE?

Sensory-friendly and inclusive performances are designed to provide a supportive and judgment-free environment for people affected by sensory processing challenges so they may enjoy the shared experience of live theatre.

Learn more about upcoming sensory-friendly or inclusive performances, and read about past programs and performances here.

STG in Hospitals

Photo Credit: Melodic Caring Project

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) and Melodic Caring Project (MCP) join forces to provide a program that serves families and patients from the comfort of their hospital room or home in collaboration with Disney Theatrical Group and various touring shows. This program helps provide access to families in need.

STG + MCP in Hospitals provides the following:

• Livestream backstage tours hosted by a Broadway cast member. Patients get to see the set, props, costumes and other magical bits from a Broadway show.
• Patients are visited by cast members from a Broadway touring show and local artists to their hospital and in some cases, to their hospital room (arranged by STG/MCP and hospital)
• Patients and family members who are able to engage are invited to a sing-a-long at their hospital with the cast from a Broadway show and local artists.
• Families and patients able to attend are invited to a Broadway performance at no cost.
• Families and patients are provided with swag from a Broadway show.

Hamilton Community Day

WHAT WAS HAMILTON COMMUNITY DAY

We enjoyed HAMILTON as a community, and we celebrated those organizations and schools doing some incredible work! Community day brought various organizations and schools serving historically excluded populations to the evening performance of HAMILTON on August 28, 2022, at 7:00pm. Organizations and schools were seated throughout the theatre and were able to enjoy the show.

Power Of Horses

(War Horse)

STG thanks the Broadway League for a grant in 2013 to support the POWER OF HORSES residency, connecting to the themes of the play War Horse. This three-part series tells the story of the Power of Horses from therapeutic riding, working with ASL teens with learning sign mimes, and a visit by the teens to see the play War Horse along with a sign mime interpretation performed by the students. War Horse played at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle from February 13th to 24th, 2013.

WAR HORSE - Part 1 - In this first video, learn about how deaf riders at Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center in Woodinville use horseback riding as a way for therapy.

WAR HORSE - Part 2 - In this video, Deaf artist Howie Seago conducted a residency in American Sign Language (ASL) with deaf teens at Edmonds-Woodway High, to teach them about sign mimes.

WAR HORSE - Part 3 - In this video, the deaf teens from Edmonds-Woodway High, came to the Paramount to watch the play, War Horse, and had a Q&A with the cast and for the finale of the project, the students interpreted the play with a sign mime performance.

To Kill A Mockingbird

Community organizations and schools attended a matinee performance of To Kill A Mockingbird on October 13, 2022 and 11am at the reduced cost of $10/ticket.

Broadway at Kent

Photo from Broadway at Kent’s workshop for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at Kent Senior Center

This program takes place at either Kent Senior Center (600 East Smith Street; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 253.856.5164) or Kent Library (212 2nd Avenue N; 253.859.3330).

STG's Broadway at Kent is a workshop program in partnership with the Kent Senior Center, Kent Library and Seattle Theatre Group. Dancers of all skill levels and ages are invited to take classes inspired by Broadway shows being presented at The Paramount Theatre.  These classes are taught by local STG artists and not by a company member from the show.

Beyond the Pit

Photo with Adam McDonald, Music Director from WICKED

Beyond the Pit provides an opportunity for young musicians ages 14-20 of all skill levels to observe a free professional Broadway orchestra rehearsal at The Paramount Theatre. Jack Klitzman, STG’s Music Director for Broadway, provides music education background as local musicians work with touring show musicians to prepare for the upcoming show. To learn more about Beyond the Pit events, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Behind The Scenes Tours / Meet The Cast

School or community groups attending a Broadway performance can request a behind the scenes tour or a talkback with the cast by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Beyond the Curtain – Broadway

Continuing the tradition of the Beyond the Curtain series for Broadway shows, STG will go virtual to discuss upcoming performances and themes. Your host Marisol Sanchez-Best, Associate Director of Education, will ask curated questions to artists about their craft and their artistic journeys. Inspired by the power that the arts have to conjure our imagination, STG unravels the richness of these experiences by taking you Beyond the Curtain.

Videos will be posted below as each session goes live!