Life With A Hearing Loss

As I mentioned in a prior post, I recently caught my first open captioned performance at the Denver Theater.  The show I saw was the musical, Wicked.  The cast, the props and the special effects were exceptional.  I really had a good time and would love to go to another open captioned performance again.

At the time of this writing, all open captioned performances are held at the Buell Theater.  You will want to take care to purchase seats that will give you a good view of the captioning screen.  The captioning screen is located to the far left of the stage (as you face the stage), so the best sections to be in are the D or E sections.  You can view the seating chart here.

My seat was in the D section, row A, seat 1, so I was 3 rows back, the first seat next to the aisle.  This was too far to the right for me to see both the captioning and the performance at the same time.   I had to physically turn my head to every time I wanted to switch from watching the captioning to the performance, or vice versa.

I would recommend getting seats that are further to the left, at least 6 or 7 seats in, so that you can see both the captioning screen and the performance at the same time.

Visit the Denver Theater web site to see a list of upcoming captioned performances.  ASL interpretation is also available on certain dates.  If you go, be sure to come back and share your experience with us!  Enjoy!