TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and more than 40 other arts organizations are co-presenting a reading of Jeffrey Lo s "Writing Fragments Home" as a benefit for Compassion in Oakland.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and more than 40 other arts organizations are co-presenting a reading of Jeffrey Lo s "Writing Fragments Home" as a benefit for Compassion in Oakland.
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Fourteen months into the pandemic, countless aspects of what was once everyday life have grown foreign. Near the top of the list is live theater. Sitting in a dark room with hundreds or thousands of strangers, watching dozens more strangers on stage, a story unfolding in the collective space all feels hard to remember.
That’s not good for theaters, many of which will not survive the pandemic. To some, this is a sad but negligible loss. Performing arts are often dismissed as a luxury, and even in better times arts funding or arts education in schools is regularly threatened.
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