Theater leaders are beginning conversations around how to reopen their institutions after they were shuttered by the coronavirus.
With the highly contagious—and potentially deadly—novel coronavirus changing the way the world gathers, theaters have become risky places not only for tightly packed audiences but also performers and crew who operate in close-quarters backstage. The leadership of the nation’s union for stage actors and managers, Actors’ Equity, has declared that union members cannot return to work from the COVID-19 shutdowns until Equity deems it safe. To help union leadership assess the safety of when and how actors can return to work at theaters, Equity has hired public health scientist Dr. David Michaels to advise.
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