Abilities Dance Boston presents the fifth iteration of our Intersections series: highlighting BIPOC and disabled honorees past and present April 17th and 18th, 2026. This year only our April 17th show will be livestreamed. Additioinally, we highlight queer/trans identities, womxn/nonbinary identiites, and more to really highlight the further intersectional nature of their lives and communities impacted by their work and advocacy. We’re thrilled to translate their lived experience to music, movement, and narrative for all to understand the depths of their remarkable work, while connecting it to bills on the Massachusetts state floor to dive into the real impact these bills have/could have on their life journeys. 

Our honorees this year are Claudia Alick, Dr. Baiyina Muhammad, Casandra Xavier, and Tom Wiggins. These honorees work in dance, theatre, and producing accessible performances (Claudia Alick); researching the lived experience of blackness and disability (Dr. Baiyina Muhammad); utilizing technology and other mediums to advocate for the deaf-blind community; and being a lesser known ancestral musical prodigy (Tom Wiggins). We’re honored they shared their time and life journey with us to dig deep into creating compelling works. Artistic direction/choreography is led by Founder/Executive & Artistic Director Ellice Patterson. Musical composition is created by Director Music & Operations Andrew Choe.

Our general admission tickets are $35 for person for both in person and virtual performances. We do offer unlimited free tickets so that finances aren’t a barrier to accessing our performances in the spirit of accessibility. If able, we do ask our supporters to help offset those costs by donating to help subsidize the costs. Generally, half of our audiences have opted into free tickets. We must rely on community in these times to balance community needs while still paying our artists and administrators as equitably as possible.

Venue Information:

The Multicultural Arts Center is located at 41 Second Street in Cambridge, MA. Please enter at the ground floor entrance and visit the Box Office on your right as you enter.

Once you check in, you will head upstairs to the theater. There is an elevator and staircase for access to the theater.

Seating is general admission. Box Office will open an hour before the show starts, so you are welcome to arrive early. Feel free to visit our gallery before the show begins.

Getting There:

The Multicultural Arts Center is located just a few blocks from the Green line Lechmere MBTA Station.

The East Cambridge Parking Garage is entered off Spring Street, between First & Second Streets, one block away from us, and open 24/7.