The newly created Theater Emergency Relief Fund begins taking applications this week for grants specifically aimed at Minnesota theater and dance production and design professionals.
The fund is being managed by the Minnesota Fringe which will take applications through its website Dec. 31 through Jan. 15.
Fringe Executive Director Dawn Bentley said these behind the scenes workers are responsible for creating much of a performance’s magic. She said they are gig workers who have been hit hard by the pandemic which shuttered theaters 10 months ago. Those people have been without work since March, and they are often forgotten in some of the relief packages, she said.