Page 4 - Boca Club News - August '20

Page 4, Boca Club News

What South Florida Theater Will Look Like from page 3
Boca Raton Museum of Art Presents from page 1
Perhaps the most common question has to do with seating Concessions and food service: Among several precautions,
To that end, the Museum and the community and social distancing – an area most theaters will deal with a plexiglass type of barrier will divide staff from the patrons
celebrate the recent gift of $1 million from Jody and differently. In some large capacity theaters in Europe, seats at the Arsht and Fantasy Theater Factory. Food and non-
Martin Grass and their children Leila, Sharla, and Noah. are physically being removed. In this country, seats may be alcoholic beverages will be pre-packaged. Souvenirs might
The contribution is one of the largest cash gifts in the taped off. be sold online so they can be delivered to homes or, at worst,
Museum’s history and underscores years of dedicated The Arsht plan is especially specific about seating: Most in an on-site pick-up location. The Wick is delivering drinks
stewardship shown by the family: Jody has served as charts have configurations of two and four seats together with paper covers. Its kitchen staff prepares meals with a
chair of the Museum’s Board of Trustees since 2016. The separated by three empty seats, and with every other row plastic cover before giving to the server. The Arsht, which
Grass gift made possible the completion of the Education being empty. This will cut capacity at the 2,400-seat Ziff hosts individual events with food, mandates that no space
Center and the new Lobby projects. Their support, along Ballet Opera House down to 560; the 2,200-seat Knight will have more than 50 percent occupancy, tables will be set
with another key gift of $600K from Nick and Patricia Concert Hall to 384 seats (where the second Presidential at least six feet apart, and buffets will be outlawed.
Ohnell, now allow the Museum to start on changing debate is slated for October); and the 175-seat Carnival Studio Masks: Depending on factors, the staff and actors will be
and improving the entrance path to and renovating the Theater to 60 seats. expected to use the masks except when on stage performing.
sculpture garden–projects anticipated to be completed At Empire Stage, with its living room-size audience At Fantasy, patrons will have to use them “when social
in 2021 in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the seating, the audience capacity will be cut in half to 25 people distancing of six feet cannot be achieved, except for members
Museum in Mizner Park. at a time. Only two groups of four or less will be admitted of the same household. Facial coverings are not required for
The new renovations, including the Wolgin Education into the theater. Chairs will be removed to prevent seating children under two years old and persons who have trouble
Center where this video art installation is on view, were closer than that six feet apart. The Wick’s current cabaret breathing due to a chronic pre-existing condition.” At Empire,
designed by Margi Glavovic Nothard/ Glavovic Studio. places tables six feet apart with a capacity of 50 people. masks are recommended for patrons but not specifically
Janet Biggs is a videographer, photographer and At Fantasy’s black box theater, its normal 174-seat required. At the Wick, masks may be provided if patrons
performance artist whose work depicts individuals in bleacher layout has been re-configured to allow for 12 four- don’t bring them.
extreme situations, often in landscapes such as the Arctic, seat groupings and three-seat groupings for a total of 44 Actors and backstage crew: Numerous precautions are
the Horn of Africa, the Taklamakan Desert in China, patrons. A 6-foot buffer will be set up between each grouping. listed for off-stage activity from the dressing rooms to the
and sites in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and around the United Only groups from the same household will be permitted to sit rehearsal hall. Fantasy will have no more than three actors
States. Biggs is engaged with the issues of the day, together in groups up to four people. No groups larger than to a dressing room – an issue that may stymie small theaters
including climate change and environmental degradation four persons will be seated together. with tiny communal dressing spaces. Guidelines on the
addressed in this video installation. Biggs works with The consortium report suggests eliminating seating complexities of rehearsals, dressing rooms, on-stage contact
scientists such as aerospace engineers, astrophysicists, adjacent to aisles. and many other issues are still being debated by the Actors
Polar researchers, explorers, and neuroscientists. These Just moving people in and out to reduce contact will be Equity union, which will not allow its member to sign a
videos are examples of the intensity she seeks in both a major challenge. PACC suggests opening the auditorium contract until the specifics are worked out – and agreed to by
her art and life. at the same time as the lobby; “loading” the auditorium individual theaters. No more than four people can congregate
More About the Artist. Janet Biggs, a 2018 John from front to back; avoiding bottlenecks by “unloading” in the green room. Visiting companies and staff will be
Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow, lives and the auditorium in sections and not letting people congregate required to wear face coverings at all times. The Arsht will
works in Brooklyn, New York. Biggs’s work focuses afterwards in the lobby. Fantasy will keep all doors propped install protective barriers between make-up stations.
on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations open except for restrooms. Signs will be everywhere in the Restrooms: The Wick will have an attendant on duty
and often navigates territory between art and science. Broward Center “to help or navigate (patrons) from outside throughout the evening to reclean after every use. The Arsht
She has captured such events as kayaks performing a the building all the way to their seat,” Shanley said. will have all bathrooms cleaned, including in the office space,
synchronized ballet in Arctic waters and sulfur miners Cherished after-show traditions will be discouraged, every two or three hours.
inside an active volcano. Recent projects have explored ranging from eliminating fans waiting at the stage door for Parking: In the early stages, valet parking will be
the creation and loss of memory from personal, physical, autographs to banning backstage tours and visits. Hugging, suspended at the Arsht. Staff will not enter a car at the Wick
and scientific perspectives. Biggs’s work has taken her hand shaking and other physical contact on premises will be (even to retrieve a walker) unless specifically asked to.
into areas of conflict in the Horn of Africa and to Mars verboten. Tours at the Arsht will be suspended. An immense amount of time and planning has gone into
(as a member of crew 181 at the Mars Desert Research Among the other measures: most of these plans for the twin goals of providing a safe
Station). She has collaborated with neuroscientists, Arctic Ticketing: Empire strongly suggests buying tickets environment and one that makes patrons more comfortable
explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists, Yemeni online. The Wick will not exchange tickets on site. At in returning, regardless of government approval and health
refugees, and a robot. Fantasy, general admission will be changed to assigned department guidelines.
In addition to videos, her recent work includes multi- seats. At some houses, physical tickets will not exist; patrons “When it comes time to reopen we’re going to be prepared
discipline performances, often including multiple large- will show receipts on their smart phones or provide their to do it safely and in an organized way, and do the best we
scale videos, live musicians, and athletes. names at the box office to check against a list. In others, can in a way that also doesn’t seem to impose a big burden
Biggs has had solo exhibitions and film screenings at like the Arsht, tickets will be scanned with a touchless on the folks who are attending,” Shanley said.
the Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre and the Museo de system. Patrons will provide their name, address and phone “That’s the thing I feel the most confident about: our
la Ciencia y el Cosmos de Tenerife; Neuberger Museum numbers when purchasing tickets to facilitate contact tracing ability to use our plans that we’ve put together in an effective
of Art; SCAD Museum of Art; Blaffer Art Museum; if necessary. The consortium report suggests avoiding cash way, create a safe environment and make all of that work,
Musee d’art contemporain de Montréal; Hirshhorn transactions and printing out the ticket at a machine away as difficult as that will be. That’s the thing I feel the most
Museum and Sculpture Garden; Tampa Museum of Art; from the ticket booth. Social distancing will be enforced in confident about. What I feel the least confident about is
Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl; Herbert F. Johnson line at the box office. knowing when that will be.”
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