#CANCELRENT

As members of the United for Small Business NYC coalition, we call for the immediate freeze of commercial rents and mortgages for the duration of the COVID-19, including all phases of recovery.

Performance venues cannot earn revenue, but are still required to pay rents month after month.

Venues are already being lost — see our list of COVID-related closed venues.

#NYCBUDGETJUSTICE

Following the lead of BIPOC groups, we demand divestment from the police and incarceration and investment in black communities, determined by black communities.

Violence against black theater artists is violence against the theater community.

For more information, see Communities United for Police Reform, Black Lives Matter and the Movement for Black Lives, whose lead we follow on this issue.

LIT PERMIT

The League is working with the community to develop a LIT Permit for public performance, allowing theater to be performed outside.

Facing the possibility of a year or more until audiences can truly engage with performance indoors, this permit would allow some opportunity to recover needed revenue during this crisis.

REOPENING GRANTS
AND GUIDANCE

The League calls upon the city to provide grants to assist with reopening costs (including the costs of PPE and modifications to venues), along with comprehensive guidelines.

For audiences to return, they will need confidence that theaters are safe. Theaters - who have been paying rent and unable to collect revenue - will face additional costs to reopen again.