Z, I'm gonna go in with what
@MNicolai is saying. So, not tryin' to be jerk here, but to paraphrase Grand Moff Tarkin "I think you overestimate your chances".
All New Haven public schools will be closed indefinitely starting Friday, March 13 due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus and Mayor Justin Elicker said that families should prepare for children to be out of school for an extended period of time. The schools are closing “due to the...
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Look around at what's going on. Have you noticed the "2-week closure" thing is all but a memory?
How many people in the cast? You REALLY think a group of high school kids are going to maintain disciplined social distancing? You think any district isn't gonna squash a chance to have kids avoid exposure? I'll bet my mortgage payment on "no".
And other than essential services like breakfast and lunch TO GO... school closures especially now, are a hardcore thing. I can't imagine a school district worth anything will allow this. A lot of people here are teachers, or like me, are married to one. If I'm wrong, I'll get called out. But I kinda doubt it.
I know you all want to do this for the school, and your cast and crew. I get that you're bored. But now's not a time to do what you- as an individual or a group- want to do. It is a time to step up and do what MUST be done. Look at it as your first real world exercise in risk management, and start getting hip to something that will serve you well (and is still missing in many parts of the industry, and especially schools): the show does not have to go on. Especially in light of a pandemic. Especially at your
level. Let go of the lie that "SM's do WHATEVER it takes to get the show on". Part of what the arts do right now is entertain/distract in a safe fashion. But we as a whole have shut down every
theatre and cinema in the country. Full stop, no questions asked.
Does your teacher know you're out here sniffing around like this? Because, again, indefinite school closures in your area, right?
I implore you to have the courage to seriously question yourself and your teachers about whether you're about to put your community and yourself at further risk over an entirely disposable activity.