The Stratford Festival’s entire 2020 season is being put on hold over COVID-19.
Officials say while they anticipate that theatres will not be able to reopen until next year, they have not ruled out the possibility of mounting specially scheduled fall or holiday programming should public health conditions allow.
The Festival had been preparing to mount one of its most ambitious seasons in its 67-year history:15 productions in four theatres, including its dazzling new Tom Patterson Theatre, which having reached 98% completion is now shuttered.
Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino says in a release “this is devastating for the Festival and for the City of Stratford”, adding “the Festival is an engine for this region, driving $135 million in economic activity each year. Thousands of people and hundreds of business owners rely on the Festival for their livelihood.”
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