*Since this is a flu­id sit­u­a­tion with new infor­ma­tion emerg­ing reg­u­lar­ly, we review our plans and pro­ce­dures often to ensure we are being as safe as pos­si­ble with the cur­rent guide­lines and sci­en­tif­ic knowl­edge. We stay in close com­mu­ni­ca­tion with our artists about our cur­rent plans and expec­ta­tions.* — last updat­ed 3/14/2023

THEATRE PRO RATA PERFORMANCES

The­atre Pro Rata fol­lows all CDC guide­lines for audi­ence and artist safe­ty, as well as all MN State require­ments for pub­lic gatherings. 

If Hen­nepin Coun­ty has Medi­um or Low trans­mis­sion rates based on the CDC Data Track­er: masks will be option­al and Proof of Vac­ci­na­tion will not be required. 

If spread in Hen­nepin Coun­ty is High: The­atre Pro Rata will require pho­to ID and Proof of Full Vac­ci­na­tion or a neg­a­tive Covid test with­in 72 hours for all audi­ence mem­bers, front of house staff, and artists. Sun­day per­for­mances will be masks required for all patrons and front of house staff.

PROOF OF VACCINATION 

Audi­ence mem­bers must have a com­plet­ed COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion card, copy of dig­i­tal health record (avail­able through your home health dept), or dig­i­tal copy of vac­ci­na­tion record with their final dose at least four­teen days pri­or to the event, or a neg­a­tive COVID-19 test result from 72 hours or less pri­or to the event (date stamped pho­to­graph of an at-home test is acceptable).

“Ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed” means that either 14 days have passed since receiv­ing the sec­ond dose of FDA or WHO autho­rized dou­ble-dose vac­cines or that 14 days have passed since receiv­ing the sole dose of FDA or WHO autho­rized sin­gle-dose vaccines.

For indoors productions:

• Artists will per­form with­out masks, but wear masks while off­stage if trans­mis­sion rates are High.
• Audi­ence capac­i­ty equals no more than the cur­rent state man­dates for indoor group gatherings.
• We pre­fer tick­et pur­chas­es online in advance. Tick­et sales end at 4:00pm on the day of an evening per­for­mance, noon on the day of matinees.

EXCHANGES

If you can­not attend a per­for­mance, you may exchange your tick­ets, based on avail­abil­i­ty. Exchanges must be made 24 hours in advance. If you are unable to attend a per­for­mance, you may exchange your tick­ets to a dif­fer­ent date of the same pro­duc­tion, based on availability. 

if the pro­duc­tion is sold out or no alter­na­tive dates work for you to attend, you may choose to con­vert your tick­et into a tax-deductible dona­tion. No exchanges can be made after a per­for­mance has passed. Exchanges are not final­ized until a mem­ber of the box office con­tacts you.

REFUNDS

ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL. We do not offer refunds.

THEATRE PRO RATA REHEARSALS

Rehearsals will be con­duct­ed indoors, artists will be ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed and boost­ed, and masks will be worn if Hen­nepin Coun­ty has High trans­mis­sion rates based on the CDC Data Track­er.  N95 or KN95 masks rec­om­mend­ed; valve masks, ban­danas, and ‘gaiters’ will not be allowed. If artists do not have an appro­pri­ate mask one will be pro­vid­ed. Masks must be worn over nose and mouth and prop­er­ly fit­ted (with­out gaps). As per CDC rec­om­men­da­tions: Artists will stay up to date with COVID-19 vac­cines and get test­ed if they have symp­toms. They will wear a mask if they have symp­toms, a pos­i­tive test, or expo­sure to some­one with COVID-19 (for five days after the expo­sure). Artists may choose to wear a mask at any time as an addi­tion­al pre­cau­tion to pro­tect them­selves and oth­ers. If they are at high risk for severe ill­ness, they should con­sid­er wear­ing a mask indoors in pub­lic and take addi­tion­al pre­cau­tions.

Live feed or record­ing of rehearsal will be used as need­ed to allow design­ers and any absent actors to view rehearsal remotely. 

Artists will be asked to iso­late if they have symp­toms (includ­ing: fever, cough, short­ness of breath, and loss of smell or taste) until they have received a neg­a­tive test result. 

Artists will dis­close if they have come in close con­tact (less than 6 feet for more than :15 min) with some­one who has con­tract­ed COVID-19 and then par­tic­i­pate in rehearsal remote­ly until they receive a neg­a­tive test result. They will wear a mask for five days after the expo­sure regard­less of test result.

If an artist tests pos­i­tive: The artist will iso­late for five days. Then once they are asymp­to­matic and fever free for 24 hours: they may return to rehearsal and wear a mask for anoth­er five days. Addi­tion­al­ly: Rehearsals will be con­duct­ed remote­ly for all oth­er par­tic­i­pants until they test negative. 

Depend­ing on when in the pro­duc­tion time­line this may occur could impact the deci­sion to post­pone the pro­duc­tion or can­cel performances.

The Stage Man­ag­er will be dep­u­tized to ensure that all pro­to­cols are being fol­lowed by all artists at all times.

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If it becomes clear that a per­for­mance will not be able to hap­pen, we will post­pone the pro­duc­tion into the next sea­son. We will com­mu­ni­cate reg­u­lar­ly about this pos­si­bil­i­ty and the final deci­sion will be made before rehearsals are sched­uled to begin. Artists will be com­pen­sat­ed a sin­gle stipend on clos­ing night, regard­less of when the pro­duc­tion opens. Artists will be giv­en right of first refusal for post­poned pro­duc­tion dates.

We are excit­ed to con­tin­ue, but pre­pared to postpone.