Access for Classes, Workshops, & Puppet Cabarets (Nasty, Brutish, & Short)

We want Rough House workshops, classes, and shows to be accessible to everyone who wants to be there. Some of our events have access accommodations baked in. When they don’t, we’re here to work with you to get you the puppet art you crave.

Here are some access tools we can make available:

Audio Description (A.K.A. Descriptive Audio, Visual Description)

We have a trained audio-describer on the team who would be delighted to add live description to your puppetry experience. For AD and/or a sighted assistant for classes and workshops, please email info@roughhousetheater.com at least 3 weeks before the scheduled event.

This accommodation is typically used by blind and low-vision patrons, but is open to anyone for whom it would make the experience more accessible.

Captioning/ASL Interpretation

Automatic captions will run with all live-streamed performances of Nasty, Brutish, & Short: A Puppet Cabaret (NBS).

If ASL interpretation would make a class, workshop, or other live event more accessible to you, please email info@roughhousetheater.com at least 3 weeks before the scheduled event, so we can secure an interpreter.

Captioning and ASL interpretation are typically used by deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons, but are open to anyone for whom they would make the experience more accessible.

Physically Accessible Entrances and Restrooms

We aim to always hold events in physically accessible venues. Sometimes we do partner with spaces that are not yet fully accessible. Please email info@roughhousetheater.com to let us know what your access needs are, and we’ll do what we can to make the program you want accessible to you.

Access for House of the Exquisite Corpse

Let us know what accommodations will make your experience smoother and more complete!

Rough House is committed to making Exquisite Corpse accessible to everyone who wants to be there! The venue and the show are equipped with the following accessibility features:
• Fully accessible entrances and restrooms
• Accessible Seating available for wheelchair users and those with difficulty standing
• Audio Descriptions available for low-vision and blind audience members
• Plain Language Summaries for those with processing/cognitive differences
• Print-outs of Spoken Text for hard of hearing and deaf audience members
• (Every audience member receives personal audio through headphones, so additional additional assistive listening devices are not necessary for this production.)

If any of these accommodations will help you experience this show, let us know! 
Give us a heads up of any accessibility needs at boxoffice@roughhousetheater.com
When possible please communicate requests at least 48h prior to your show.

How to Request Accommodations

If any of these accommodations will help you experience this show, let us know! 
Give us a heads up of any accessibility needs at boxoffice@roughhousetheater.com or info@roughhousetheater.com
When possible please communicate requests at least 48h prior to your show.

Sensory Warnings

Please be aware that our show may include:

• Fog and Haze
• Flashing Lights
• Loud Noises
• Depictions of Puppet Violence

Parking and Facilities

Self-parking is available in the Steppenwolf parking garage at 1624 N Halsted for $17.

Accessible parking spaces are located in Steppenwolf’s valet parking lot at 1700 N Halsted, one block north of the theater. Patrons who park here may pay the standard rate of $17 at Steppenwolf’s café in Front Bar.