Five artists have demonstrated their dedication to theater by quarantining together to produce a play for Short North Stage, the first Ohio professional theater approved for such in-person work.
After isolating separately for two weeks, rehearsing via Zoom and getting tested four times for COVID-19, Artistic Director Edward Carignan and four actors lived and rehearsed together for another six days starting Jan. 18 at a rented house in the Short North.
While staying indoors and away from family and friends they prepared, performed and recorded the dark comedy “Bad Jews” without needing to wear masks or socially separate onstage.
With special permission from Actors’ Equity Association, the national union for stage actors and stage managers, Short North Stage followed pandemic-era protocols to keep everyone safe during each step producing the off-Broadway hit, which will stream Thursday through Feb. 14. Carignan said the union confirmed that the theater is the first of