HAI's Summer Program provides opportunities for people with disabilities and frail elderly individuals to attend performances in New York City parks. For performances of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic in parks in the five boroughs, the Summer Program reserves space near the stage, and arranges for wheelchair-accessible bathrooms, so that people with disabilities and the frail elderly can enjoy concerts safely and in comfort.

For performances of the New York Shakespeare Festival, HAI reserves seats at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, so that people whose disabilities make them unable to stand in long lines for tickets can enjoy classic performances.

Summer Program highlights from past years have included Garth Brook's and Pavarotti's concerts in Central Park, the much-acclaimed production of The Tempest with Patrick Stewart, and performances on the Central Park Summerstage. During the summer of 2006, the program will feature performances by the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, as well as Broadway Under the Stars.

To be put on the mailing list for HAI's Summer Program,
please contact Tricia Hennessey at (212) 575-7663.