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Performances of Ann, My Father’s War, Matilda: The Musical, and The Arkansas New Play Festival have been rescheduled. All ticket holders are being accommodated with new dates

TheatreSquared announced today that in the interest of public health concerning the COVID-19 virus, the company will adjust its performance schedule for the remainder of the 2019/20 Season to support containment efforts in Northwest Arkansas.

“As a public trust, we will take any steps necessary to help support the health of our community,” said Executive Director Martin Miller.  “We are grateful that the flexibility provided by our new two-venue facility allows us to postpone, rather than cancel, our remaining performances for the season.”

TheatreSquared will provide all ticketholders with a comparable seat for the same production on rescheduled dates, and give full flexibility for subsequent exchanges to any alternate performance if requested.  T2’s ticketing concierge team is implementing the schedule changes immediately and will contact ticketholders directly by email and phone during the week of March 16 to confirm new dates.

The current weekend’s performances of Ann, including this evening’s performance, have been rescheduled. Patrons will be re-accommodated during an encore three-week run of Ann with veteran stage, film, and television actor Libby Villari (Friday Night Lights, Boyhood, Grey’s Anatomy) in the Spring Theatre August 19 – September 27, 2020

My Father’s War, by Robert Ford, will now open in the Spring Theatre on June 17, 2020. To accommodate this rescheduling, Matilda: The Musical’s opening date will also be adjusted by two weeks and will begin its month-long run in the West Theatre on June 3, 2020.  Casting has just been completed for the production and will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Arkansas New Play Festival, currently slated for early April 2020, will return to its traditional summer schedule.  Performance dates are being confirmed with festival partner The Momentary, including four new plays in staged reading performances. The rescheduling will also allow for the addition of a staged workshop production, in partnership with an off-Broadway company, of a new musical that is slated to make its New York debut in 2021.  The full performance schedule and lineup of new works for the Festival will be announced in the coming weeks.

For the present, TheatreSquared’s public spaces will remain open and the Commons Bar/Café will continue to operate with reduced hours closing at 8pm each evening. Elevated disinfecting, sanitation and social distancing measures have all been implemented, and takeaway options (including grab & go) are recommended in order to minimize contact while containment efforts continue.

Upcoming March and April education residencies in Arkansas schools; the NexT2 brunch on March 15; and April donor events including the Sustainers Dinner and Playwrights Breakfast are in the process of being rescheduled.  Updates and new dates for these events will be posted to the company’s website at theatre2.org and communicated directly to patrons.

OVERVIEW OF SCHEDULING CHANGES

Ann, by Holland Taylor

Current performances of Ann will not go on as scheduled.  The show will have a special, return engagement, in fall 2020. As previously announced, Libby Villari (Friday Night Lights) will still star in this limited encore.

My Father’s War, by Robert Ford, starring Amy Herzberg

The production will now begin on June 17 and continue through July 19.

Matilda: the Musical, from the novel by Roald Dahl, adapted by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin

Performances of this Tony Award-winning musical will now begin on June 3 and continue through June 28.

The Arkansas New Play Festival

This national showcase of new plays in partnership with The Momentary will return to its traditional summer schedule.  Current all-access pass holders and ticket buyers will be contacted with dates as soon as venue and artist availability is confirmed.

For patrons needing ticketing assistance, please contact the TheatreSquared Box Office at 479.777.7477 or visit theatre2.org.  Please note that, due to the volume of exchanges, a longer than typical wait time is expected; all patrons will receive a call or message directly from the Box Office confirming new dates and seating preferences beginning March 16.  For further information on the schedule changes, contact Director of Marketing & Communications Joanna Sheehan Bell at (479) 777-7081 or at joanna@theatre2.org.

ABOUT THEATRESQUARED

TheatreSquared’s signature offering of bold new plays in an intimate setting has driven its growth to become the state’s largest theatre, offering more than 300 performances annually in two intimate spaces. The playwright-led company is one of mid-America’s leading laboratories for new work, having launched more than 60 new plays. Notable collaborators have included Bryna Turner, Anne García-Romero, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lisa D’Amour, Qui Nguyen, Mona Mansour, Tony Award nominee Lee Blessing, Amy Evans, and many others. TheatreSquared’s remarkable expansion—with a twentyfold increase in audience in just the past decade—parallels the emergence of its home region in the northwest corner of Arkansas as a booming population center and destination for American art.  Offering far-reaching access and education programs and an open-all-day gathering space, the Commons Bar/Café, TheatreSquared remains rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.”