ALL IN: The Festival of Accessible Theater is an annual showcase of original theater by and about people who are neurodivergent, blind, low-vision, Deaf and hard-of-hearing.

ALL IN puts differently abled actors at the center of the creative process and centers their experiences and perspectives — unlike the conventional approach to accessibility, which focuses on accommodating people from these populations into experiences designed for the non-disabled world.

Aspiring actors from these populations historically have had little to no opportunity to perform or to explore and develop their talents and skills. Mainstream theater almost never cast a person who is neurodivergent, blind or Deaf, except as the rare character who has one of those disabilities. (Until the past generation or so, people of color experienced similar casting barriers for similar reasons.)

Similarly, audiences from these communities have limited access to theater, due to socioeconomics as well as the absence of trained ASL interpreters and audio describers at most theater venues. Audiences from these communities rarely see themselves or the reality of their experiences reflected onstage. For audiences from mainstream society, accessible theater may be their first encounter with these people and their stories.

ALL IN is a project of Short Center Repertory, a theater company established in 1988 as a community outreach program of Developmental Disabilities Service Organization. Short Center Rep launched ALL IN in 2024 as part of its Climate Theater project in collaboration with InnerVision Theater and Theater V58. The companies presented ALL IN again in 2025 with the goal of making it an ongoing cultural asset for the Sacramento region.