2nd Story is for everyone.

2nd Story is committed to making our programming inclusive to everyone. We believe there is no endpoint to inclusion, and we take our responsibility for accessible programming seriously. We are actively engaged in the process of expanding the services below, and we look forward to building upon them in the next season and beyond.

To arrange any of the services below, or if you require another access service to fully participate or have any questions about accessibility, please contact Manager of Operations Ali Drumm at info@2ndstory.com. To ensure the best experience, please contact us at your soonest convenience.

Venue Information

The Davis Theater (4614 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625)

As you’re planning your trip, please consider the following:

There is street parking around The Davis Theater. There is no designated parking lot.
For those who take public transit, The Davis is a short walk south of the Western brown line stop. The 81 bus also stops nearby at Lawrence & Western.
The main entrance has three sets of double-door entrances with c-shaped pull door handles. The set of doors furthest to the left has an automatic door opener.
Once inside, the floor slopes upwards very gradually as you move towards the theater entrance.
We recommend looking at the walk-through available through Google Maps for a better sense of the lobby space. The walk-through also goes into Theater 2 where our performance will take place.
The theater itself has a long sloping hallway down to the entrance. There are railings on both sides of the hallway.
The seats inside the theater are plush movie theater seats. Accessible seating, including at least 6 spaces for wheelchair-users, is available. Please visit The Davis’ website and look for information for the Tom Fencl Memorial Theater to view a floorplan. Please email info@2ndstory.com as soon as you purchase your tickets if you would like to reserve accessible seats.
There are multi-user, gender specific restrooms in the lobby and one single-user, gender non-specific restroom.
There are two water fountains in the lobby, including one less than 36” tall. Both water fountains jut out directly from the wall which means there are no knee or toe barriers.

This event will be available virtually through a live-streamed Zoom performance, and through our View Later option. The virtual performance will use Zoom’s automatic transcription feature.

If you require another access service to fully participate or have any questions about accessibility, please contact Manager of Operations Ali Drumm at info@2ndstory.com. To ensure the best experience, please try to contact us at your soonest convenience.

Haymarket Pub & Brewery (737 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60661)

As you’re planning your trip, please consider the following:

There is street parking around Haymarket. There is no designated parking lot.
For those who take public transit, Haymarket is near the 8 Halsted bus at the Halsted & Randolph stop.The Morgan green/pink line stops are a short walk away.
The main entrance is a revolving door. There is also an accessible, ground-level door on the north side of the venue. This door also has an automatic door opener.
We will be performing in Haymarket’s back room. As you enter the restaurant, please proceed straight back through the restaurant - you’ll see a 2nd Story person at the end of the hallway!
There is a slope with a railing that leads from the main restaurant space to the event space.
There are multi-user, gender specific restrooms and one single-user, gender non-specific restroom.
Most of the seating is high-top tables and chairs. There are also a few lower tables and chairs available. If you’d prefer to be seated at one of the lower tables, please let us know by emailing boxoffice@2ndstory.com as soon as you purchase tickets.

This event will be available virtually through a live-streamed Zoom performance, and through our View Later option. The virtual performance will use Zoom’s automatic transcription feature.

Additional Services

Services For Folks With Mobility Disabilities

2nd Story spaces, including our performance venues and our studio space in Albany Park, are fully ADA and wheelchair accessible. This includes restrooms.
With advance notice, space can be specifically reserved for folks with wheelchairs, walkers, or other mobility aids.

Services For Folks Who Are Deaf or Hard-Of-Hearing

2nd Story provides captioning for all virtual performances.
With advance notice, we can provide a text copy of the stories for patrons to follow during the storytelling.
With advance notice, we will do our best to provide an ASL Interpreter.

Services For Folks on the Vision-Loss Spectrum

For in-person and virtual performances, a large print program is available on 2nd Story website. These programs are provided in a format that is compatible with screen readers.
Braille programs can be made available with a one-month notice.

Gender Inclusive Restrooms

2nd Story’s studio space in Albany Park has one single-user restroom.
2nd Story intentionally chooses in-person performance spaces with gender-inclusive restrooms. Venues may change from show-to-show, so please review the information for your specific performance.

Financial Accessibility

In the spirit of our core value of Inclusion and to eliminate financial barriers to our programming, we have built the 2nd Story Public Access program.

All tickets are free for virtual performances. For in-person shows, ticket reservations, free or paid, must be made no later than 24-hours in advance of the performance.
For in-person performances, we also offer Pay What You Feel tickets. These are only available at the door, and may be limited based on venue capacity. To take advantage of these, we recommend showing up 1 hour in advance of the performance.
2nd Story offers full and partial scholarships for all of our classes and workshops.