How to Make Events More Neuro-Accessible: From Broadway to Corporate

In this episode, we’re talking with Partnership Strategy & Engagement Lead of Workplace Experience at Google and Founder of The Neu Project, Megan Henshall, and Co-Founder of P3 Productions and Lead Producer of the Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio, Sammy Lopez.

Accessibility is extremely important! And it may be easier than you think. From Broadway shows to corporate events, this episode looks at simple, cost-effective ways to make your audience comfortable. So hit the download button, screw your headphones on tight, and get ready to take notes.

Megan Henshall (She/Her/Autistic) joined Google in April 2019, and serves as the Partnership Strategy & Engagement Lead, Workplace Experience. She partners across Google to understand how events drive business, build communities and promote cultural continuity, informing strategy for a global team of amazing event professionals.

She also leads an internal/external research and innovation effort called the Google Experience Institute (Xi), focused on the futures of human-centered, multi-modal experience design and founded The Neu Project, a non-profit focused on neuro-inclusion in the events, experience, travel and hospitality industries.

Sammy Lopez (he/him) is a Tony Award-winning theatre producer and co-founder of P3 Productions, a company dedicated to building productions from the ground up with artists to support new voices and communities. P3 recently produced How to Dance in Ohio and Job on Broadway, with the upcoming Broadway-bound musical Gun & Powder in development.

His recent co-producing credits with P3 include Sunset Blvd., Next to Normal, Just for Us, and A Strange Loop. Additionally, he serves as the Creative Producer at New York City Children's Theater and is a co-founder of The Industry Standard Group (TISG), an organization committed to increasing BIPOC representation among producers and investors in the entertainment industry. Sammy mentors for Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC) and is a partner and educator with The Business of Broadway.

CREDITS

Hosted and Written by Jeremy Dobrish

Produced by Bethany Potter & Grace McCarney

Theme Music by Mike Mancini

Logo design by Shraddha Maharjan

Special thanks to Dossie McCraw