Ten days ago, The Old Globe, following the guidelines of the California Department of Public Health, took the unprecedented step of suspending public performances until at least the end of March. That “at least” is the government’s, not ours. We’re in for a long period of darkness.
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It's so strange how quickly everything changed once the Coronavirus got into the United States. So quickly, many people knew its effects were going to be lasting and take a long time to get over. In a sense I feel like a lot of us quickly understood what it mean and thats how many of us are okay with social distancing from one another to prevent the virus from further spreading. Theater relies on the collaboration between designers and actors and the audience involvement with the show always being done live. It's a shame that theater shows can't be further produced when there is no end in sight to this pandemic. Some have already referred to this situation as this current generations 9/11 or world war. I am glad the Old Globe's Barry Edelstein could have this talk and share his view. Everyone in the theater community knows it is going to be a rough patch for theater in the next few months, but we have to stay together and willing to not stop our art.
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