BACKSTAGE: FIRST INDOOR THEATER PERFORMANCES SINCE COVID SHUTDOWN GET EQUITY GREENLIGHT

After almost six months of nationwide shutdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Actors’ Equity Association is allowing three theater companies to mount indoor shows using union members. The three that have gotten the go-ahead to resume indoor performances are Weathervane Theater in Whitefield, New Hampshire, Music Theater of Connecticut, and Northern Stage in Hartford, Vermont. On the list of approved productions is a seven-actor version of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” which will be performed for 44 people.

As part of the health requirements to reopen, the theaters are committing to virus testing for actors with a 48-hour turnaround for results, small audiences with social distancing, and ventilation systems with high levels of purification and circulation.

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