In the midst of a financial crisis for theater, the Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition holds a briefing on Capitol Hill.
complicated the briefing’s timing. Still, three senators attended and spoke in the Kennedy Caucus Room. They included Sen. Amy Klobuchar , who was instrumental in creating 2020’s federally funded, $15 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, the largest relief effort for the performing arts in U.S. history.
“That’s my goal, to continue to stand by you and help you in every way,” said Klobuchar, who was followed from the podium with pledges of support from Sens. Peter Welch and Ron Wyden , the latter the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.The theater leaders attempted to impress upon Congress that the legislation authorizing $500 million a year — under a proposed Supporting Theater and Generating Economy Activity Act — was a comparatively small price to pay for keeping theater alive.
Rashad spoke more personally about the impact theater can have, reminding the room that theater is principally “communication from the heart.” Her implicit message was that theater binds one heart to another, in a time when the country needs avenues for healing. “When we communicate from the heart, other hearts are touched,” she said. “This is why theater creates community.”
Klobuchar observed that the Shuttered Venue legislation was unusual because the amount of relief in the bill actually increased as the negotiations in Congress unfolded. It remains to be seen how receptive her colleagues will be to another monetary rescue. Asked after the briefing about those prospects, the senator was philosophical. Pointing out that when the rescue for the arts during the pandemic was first proposed, “no one thought it was going to happen,” she said, adding, “As Lin-Manuel said, it’s not a moment, it’s a movement.”
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