Artists Repertory Theatre Lays Off Artistic Director
The layoff comes as the theatre navigates a canceled season and unmet fundraising goals for its new performing arts space.
The layoff comes as the theatre navigates a canceled season and unmet fundraising goals for its new performing arts space.
This fall Tim Bond returned to his longtime creative home to serve as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s artistic director. The festival is struggling, but Bond’s outlook is sunny.
Festival leaders say they need to raise $1.5M by June or cancel its 2023 season.
A rebranding, a new mission and a focus on different ways of delivering art signal a new era for Portland’s oldest theater company.
As performing arts organizations struggle with financial losses from COVID-19, some have developed innovative strategies for a new era when online performances will be the norm.
As COVID-19 halts public gatherings, arts organizations rise to the occasion to protect their fragile institutions.