Shakespeare & Company 2020: Searching for answers amid shifting sands
Allyn Burrows "All you can do is dodge rocks and make it down the river," Burrows says in his answer to one of a series of questions posed to him about the year just ended and the one that's just begun. As it did to all the cultural institutions in the Berkshires, COVID-19 forced some tough decisions on Burrows and his board â cutbacks; canceling the season; furloughing staff â and some thinking outside the box to survive. Ironically, Shakespeare & Company was facing stiff challenges when Burrows returned to Shakespeare & Company in the fall of 2016, after a nearly 10-year absence,...