Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Cal Shakes to close, in harshest blow yet to Bay Area theater
www.sfchronicle.com: California Shakespeare Theater is closing, the company announced Thursday, Oct. 10. Many theaters locally and nationwide have shuttered since the pandemic accelerated the industry’s financial problems, but Cal Shakes is the biggest yet in the Bay Area.
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The closure of Cal Shakes is a huge hit to the Bay Area, and California as a whole. So many theatres have been struggling of late, after COVID exacerbated already rough financial realities, and it is sad every time one of them falls. So many theatre companies are closely linked to their local communities, making the closing of their doors all the more painful to the people in the area. They also often include educational programs, like the one at Cal Shakes, which must close with the companies, reducing access to arts education for kids in the region and closing pipelines for future generations of theatre makers. For the theatre community as a whole, Shakespeare festivals like Cal Shakes often facilitate the production of new works and adaptations that might otherwise have a difficult time getting produced, bringing new voices into the theatre world. The closure of them is a hit to playwrights, directors, actors, and technicians alike as it continues to shrink the opportunities for unusual productions.
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