With dwindling membership numbers, smaller audiences in theaters due to the pandemic, and loss of the theater workforce, the nonprofit's board decided to shut down the organization.
Created: December 17, 2020 04:33 PM
The doors are closed at
Open Window Theatre in Inver Grove Heights as the state of Minnesota announced continued restrictions on indoor entertainment venues Wednesday. We have what we call a redemptive vision in the arts, which is producing plays, live performing arts that have a message of faith, hope and reconciliation, said founder and Executive Artistic Director Jeremy Stanbary.
Open Window had a production on the stage when the state closed indoor entertainment due to spiking COVID-19 numbers in November, and that will be their last one until at least early January. We had to pour a lot of time and effort and financial resources into our COVID preparedness plan,” Stanbary said.