Author: Kirk Montgomery Updated: 6:00 PM EST February 18, 2021
MUSKEGON, Mich. The Muskegon Civic Theatre is the only community theatre in Muskegon County. The troupe was busy rehearsing their big spring musical last March when the lockdown went into effect because of COVID-19. That s when everything stopped.
“What the heck do we do now?” said Managing Director Jason Bertoia’s. “Performing arts and live theatre is what our organization does . Large groups of people? That’s what we do!”
After he and Artistic Director Kirk Wahamaki, the only two full time employees of the organization, were furloughed for several months it was time to strategize.