“I just want to go to a show," said the former music teacher and piano instructor who lost her hearing at 30. "You brought a little light into my dark world," said the massage therapist who appreciates having theater performances audio described for her.These are two of the many reasons Access Virginia was established in 2014, to create accessibility to the arts to persons with profound vision and hearing loss.  We provide accommodations of open captioning, a speech-to-text translation of the spoken work and audio description, a narration of the visuals.  Our goal is to make sure no one is denied access because of lack of accommodations.  Our mission is to achieve a more inclusive community and create positive, tangible impact in people's lives and in our community.  You help us make that happen!