Throughout this process, we have made multiple changes to the rehearsal routine we are used to. We take breaks in the hallway every thirty minutes to make sure the air stays circulating. We taped a grid of six-foot squares on the floor to make sure we maintained physical distance during staging. “No sharing squares!” is the game we played every night and still play with every performance even after most of the grid has been taken away. Upon entry, we are all scanned for our temperatures, masks on, and ready to go. Every single prop has only one owner, never passed between two actors and sanitized every night. In fact, every high touch surface on the stage is sanitized before every show.

            These changes may have been weird at first, but we are so grateful that we can bring this story in person to you today. We love this art and we have taken the guidelines seriously to make sure we can expand on our educational experience and create in a time when live theatre is at its darkest.