Audio-Description Services

You can see a sliver of Beth's face on the left, looking at a desk with a microphone, theatre script and monitor showing a theatre stage.
Beth all set to describe a performance at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
LIVE THEATRE  Beth was an Inaugural Fellow of the Audio-Description Learning Network, created to increase representation by queer and BIPOC people as theatre audio-describers in the Philadelphia area.  Audio description makes live events more accessible and enjoyable for those who are blind/low vision/visually impaired. Through a radio-enabled microphone, a live audio describer details setting, movement, character appearance, costumes – anything visual that is needed to understand the play – and attendees listen via headphones and receivers in real time as the show is performed.

You can learn more about the Fellowship Program here and read about Beth's work with People's Light here. You can listen a sample Beth's audio-described pre-show notes here.


Six people of various ages stand in front of green plants with a pond in the distance. Some hold white canes and one has a guide dog.
Beth and the audio-description team from the Chicago Botanic Garden and Second Sense staff and participants.
Three people stand in from of the Bartram's Garden welcome sign. One wears a pick Eagles sweatshirt and carries a white cane.
Beth with audio-description partner Charmaine Parrish (in pink) and Bartram's interpretation consultant Sarah Pharaon.
GARDENS AND CULTURAL SITES  Beth was an inaugural awardee of the Sowing Excellence program, a collaboration of the IDEA Center for Public Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG), that supports the growth of plant-centered activities that tap into the potential of under-resourced, underrepresented communities and organizations, including peer-to-peer learning opportunities and networking to support success.

Through this program, Beth collaborated with the interpretation staff and representatives of the low-vision community to design and record audio-descriptions for the Chicago Botanic Garden and Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia.    With "know-before-you-go" information, navigation essentials, and descriptions that give a full sensory experience, these recordings provide visitors with impaired vision an accessible, on-demand way to explore public gardens.
To engage Beth for audio-description services, send her an email to start a conversation.