Hello all! This is the first post in what is intended to be a thread where individuals can link or discuss the creation of resources for theater makers. Hopefully this subsection of the website will be filled with posts describing ways to support local artists through networks of support spanning across states.

Having recently watched the Trans*Revolutions Virtual Symposium the first link that I’ll post here was brought to my attention. It is a go fund me page created as mutual aid for LGBTQI+ BIPOC Folks in this time of Covid-19 quarantine.

The second issue that has stuck out to me is that local theaters in Portland, OR that I have grown up taking classes and performing at are at risk of closing their doors forever because the massive amounts of lost revenue with all shows and classes being cancelled. Oregon Children’s Theater has a donation goal of $200,000 to open their doors again. The theater where I spent most of my time throughout high school, Northwest Children’s Theater, has not posted any sort of donation goal, but I believe they are also struggling with most of their main stage productions, as well as classes, being shut down. They accept donations online.

Feel free to add any other links to donation pages or go fund me’s that y’all have discovered during this time. We can all make it through this difficult time and emerge on the other side largely in tact if we all support our local artists who are hit hard by this global health crisis.