Elm Street Adjusts Spring Theatre Lineup To Small, Streamed Shows

WOODSTOCK, GA — Due to coronavirus concerns surrounding mass gatherings and in order to produce their productions well, safely, responsibly, and feasibly, Elm Street Cultural Arts Village has announced additional updates to their scheduled programming.

“While we are cautiously optimistic for the coming months, we want to ensure that when we provide our programs we are still showing stewardship of this community's support,” Elm Street’s Executive Director Christopher Brazelton said. “The staff has been incredibly creative and come up with some fantastic plans to move some of our programs forward, but unfortunately, the theatre season in particular proves to be precarious financially. For now, the environment to best tell these fantastic stories is not the safest environment for our audiences.”

The Woodstock-based non-profit arts center has made adjustments to its spring
theatrical programming, including:

• Small, safe, and spaced monthly comedy nights with iThink Improv Troupe as well as
  guest comedians hosted by Jessica It’s All Good have been added now through July that include digital streaming options.
• The musical "Freaky Friday" has moved to March 11 – March 14 due to current COVID-19 cases locally and state-wide and will include a condensed rehearsal and performance schedule.
• The play "26 Pebbles" by Eric Ulloa has been postponed to a later season, to be determined
  due to COVID-19 data spikes and logistics surrounding an extended rehearsal and performance schedule.
• "Sister Act", a musical based on the popular Whoopi Goldberg film, has been postponed to
  a later season, to be determined due to COVID-19 data spikes and logistics surrounding an extended rehearsal and performance schedule.

“We do look forward to producing these and other shows that we've postponed and using these stories to positively impact our community as they have for years,” Brazelton said.

Elm Street has contacted all impacted ticket buyers explaining the situation and have offered
options to hold, exchange, or donate the value of their ticket(s) as a tax-deductible donation.

“Future programming not mentioned and on our website is still planned,” Marketing Manager
Justin Spainhour-Roth said. “We are closely monitoring COVID-19 data and are working
diligently to ensure proper social distancing guidelines are met for the health, safety, and comfort
of all audience members, volunteers, staff, and artists for the events we can safely control
through limited in-person audiences, live stream options, and thorough healthy and safety
procedures.”

Elm Street will continue to provide updates on how the outbreak impacts the rest of their
programming and the most up-to-date information will be available on their social media and website.