The show must go on, heat wave edition: How outdoor theater handles extreme weather

Datebook: If in recent years Northern California wildfires brought attention to the difficulty of mounting outdoor theater amid poor air quality, 2024 is already posing challenges to the Bay Area’s open-air theaters for the heat alone. But as record-breaking temperatures baked the Bay Area on Independence Day, many theaters with performances scheduled over the weekend are practicing one of the art form’s oldest traditions: adapting to the unexpected.