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   Physical accessibility and a casual, family atmosphere are additional factors which make the Festival the most available and approachable arts experience in Louisville. For many audience members, the Festival is the only arts experience they are able to attend, the cost of arts events being the prohibitive factor. The amphitheatre is wheelchair accessible. The Festival is the only Kentucky arts organization to offer professional shadow sign interpreted performances of summer productions for the deaf and hearing impaired and is the first theatre in Kentucky to provide live audio described Shakespearean performances for the blind and visually impaired. The Festival's summer audience is the most diverse of any professional arts organization in Kentucky.

   In 1994, the Festival was awarded a Cultural Olympiad Regional Designation Award in the Arts by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games for outstanding service to the underserved. Winners were chosen on the basis of excellence, innovation, and the degree and reach of audience impact.

   Audio-described performance

   Audio description is accomplished through the use of individual headset receivers worn by the visually impaired. Trained audio describers present the play's setting and program information. They then provide descriptive commentary throughout the action of the play, without interfering with the dialogue.