SDCF COVID-19 Resource List

Updated as of August 14th, 2020.

We’ve put together a list of resources, articles and reading material to help everyone move forward together during these unprecedented times. Resource suggestions are welcome! Please send them to Dani Cattan at dcattan@sdcfoundation.org.

Resource Round Up:

A compilation of helpful resource lists from the field.

• Abrons Art Center
  
• Alternate Roots
  
• Americans for the Arts 
• Artist Relief Tree
• Artists Thrive 
• A.R.T/NY
• BOOOOOOOM Slack
  
• Brad Lander for NYC (relief and advocacy for NYC freelancers and gig workers)
  
• Creative Capital (includes online workshops – previously recorded and upcoming)
  
• Gibson Dunn (resources for non-profits and small businesses – NJ, NY & CT)
  
• HERE Arts Center (community resources)
• I Care if You Listen 
• National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness and Emergency Response
• National Council of Nonprofits 
• NEA 
  
• New York State Youth Leadership Council (prioritizing resources for undocumented people)
  
• Nonprofit Financial Fund
• NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
• School of Bravery
• SDC (see here for an extensive list of emergency relief funds nationwide)
• Springboard for the Arts
  
• Theater Community Benevolent Fund
• Together We Rise (resources for youth in foster care)

Financial Support:

• Abrons Arts Center Parent Artist Relief Fund – a relief fund to support NYC-based parent artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  
• The Actors Fund: Emergency Financial Assistance 
• Artist Relief- This fund will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19. Deadline July 22, 2020.
• Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund- This fund is for US-based BIPOC artists and administrators.
• Boston Artist Relief Fund
• The Bret and Paul Reish Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Fund – This fund is specifically for playwrights, composers, librettists and lyricists who have had a full professional show canceled, closed or indefinitely postponed due to COVID-19. Grants will be given in $2500 increments.
• Calculate how much you’ll receive from the Stimulus Package
• Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund 
• Colorado Artist Relief Fund – this fund will provide grants of up to $1,000 to individual artists who live in Colorado who are experiencing immediate unforeseen emergency needs due to COVID-19, and whose incomes are being adversely affected due to cancellation of events, classes, performances, and other creative work. Grants will be made on a rolling basis.
• COVID-19 Financial Help in Washington State
• Dance/NYC Coronavirus Relief Fund– This fund will open April 10th for freelance dance workers.
• Drama League’s Emergency Relief Fund – this fund offers stage directors relief grants of up to $599 due to the loss of income during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Denver Actors Fund Emergency Relief  – this fund is for Colorado residents that were previously employed by a theater company and have lost their job due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Denver Foundation support on behalf of Bowen Family Performing Arts Fund – this fund accepts applications from performing arts programs that serve elementary and middle school youth who have fewer opportunities to learn and appreciate the arts. Programs dedicated to the teaching and appreciation of the performing arts, such as ballet, tap, jazz, opera, symphonic music, musicals, and theater productions, will be considered.
• Department of Cultural Affairs in LA, Arts Relief Fund: Round Three – this fund is for LA-based artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Deadline July 31, 2020.
• The Franciscan Relief Fund (FRF)– this fund is available to provide those individuals and families in New York, New Jersey & Connecticut affected financially by the coronavirus pandemic with a one-time food voucher valued at $100.The Franciscan Friars have decided to partner with Stop & Shop grocery stores to provide $100 gift cards to those individuals and families that qualify for the program. Stop & Shop will mail the gift cards directly to the recipients who qualify.
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts – if you are an artist who has suffered financial losses as the result of a project cancelation or postponement due to COVID-19, you can apply for relief through the FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund.
• Free meals for children and families – this is for New York City residents.
• HireArtists.org – this is a new platform that allows artists to sell practical and creative services.
• Houston Arts Alliance, Artist and Arts Worker Relief Fund – this fund will help secure food, health and housing security for artists and employees of arts businesses and nonprofits. The deadline is May 31st, 2020.
• IRS Economic Impact Payment – check the status of your Economic Impact Payment and add your direct deposit information if the IRS does not have it already.
• LA: Resources for Theater Makers amidst COVID-19
• NC Artist Relief Fund – this fund has been created to support creative individuals who have been financially impacted by gig cancellations due to the outbreak of COVID-19. 100% of donated funds will go directly to artists and arts presenters in North Carolina.
• New England Foundation for the Arts – this fund provides artist relief in six states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
• New Orleans Business Alliance Relief Fund – this fund is for gig economy workers that live in the Orleans Parish who have been directly impacted by COVID-19 via loss of income.
• NYFA Emergency Grants – This is an extensive list of emergency grants available for artists in a range of mediums.
• NYFA Classified – The Classifieds board is open to include any valuable opportunity from any industry that may be hiring right now, free of charge.
• OCTG Theatre Artists Relief Fund – this fund is for individual theatre artists who live in the Greater Orange County area in need of support as a result of lost earnings due to the outbreak of COVID-19. They are also accepting donations to the fund.
• Performing Arts Worker Relief Fund (Theatre Bay Area)
• Philadelphia Performing Artists’ Emergency Fund Application 
• Protecting Immigrant Families – this list provides a general overview of some of the federal public programs available to support individuals and families under existing law, including immigrant eligibility for public programs during the COVID-19 crisis.
• Rapid Response: Racism is a Virus too – Nellie Mae Education Foundation created this rapid response fund to respond to the hate crimes and bias against Asian American communities resulting from COVID-19.
• Rauschenberg Emergency Grants – this program will provide visual and media artists and choreographers with one-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical emergencies.
• The Safety Net Fund (Bay Area) – this fund is designed to help Bay Area artists who have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
• SDCF Emergency Assistance Program – our fund is available to SDC Members who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis.
• Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium (SBGWC) Emergency grants – this fund is offering emergency grants through the SBGWC COVID-19 Fund in support of black girls and women and the people who rely on them. Through the fund, grants will be awarded to organizations serving black girls and women in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia that may be experiencing financial difficulties or uncertainty due to the coronavirus outbreak.
• Theatre Philadelphia Emergency Relief – this funds awards micro-grants of $300 to individuals who live in the Philadelphia region, work in theatre, and whose theatre income has been impacted by COVID-19. Individuals who live within a 35-mile radius of Philadelphia’s City Hall are eligible to apply. Micro-grants are first-come-first-serve.
• TrickleUP: NYC Artists Network – As members of the performing arts community struggle to maintain their livelihoods amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Trickle Up enlists artists who are suffering from lost income, by sharing work on the platform.
• Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts -this is a list of organizations that provide a broad range of free and low-cost legal services and educational programs addressing the needs of artists, small arts-related businesses and cultural organizations.
• Washington, D.C: Theatre Washington Emergency Fund
• Women’s Center for Creative Work: COVID-19 Emergency Health Grant for Artists-This fund is for low-income artists who work in any genre or medium, who identify as a woman, trans or nonbinary and/or person of color, who live in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino Counties.

Anti-Racist Tools and Resources:
This is not an exhaustive list and will be added to consistently.

• Anti-Racism Resources list 
• 1619 Project
• Black Visions Collective
• Showing Up for Racial Justice
• Black Lives Matter – What Matters Web Series
• From Privilege to Progress
• Center for Black Equity
• Anti-Racist book list – buy from this list and support goes directly to Brain Lair Book.
• Layla F. Saad (author of Me and White Supremacy).
• “Why You Need to Stop Saying ‘All Lives Matter’ “– by Rachel Cargle, Harper’s Bazaar.
• Reclaim the Block 
• “97 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice”– by Corinne Shutack, Medium. *note that this list is actively being updated.
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• “Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to be Talking About Race: Resource Roundup”- by Katrina Michie.
• Level Up: Why Non-Black Latinx’s Should Actively Work Towards The Fight Against White Supremacy
• Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List
• George Floyd, Racism and Law Enforcement (in English and en Español)
• Blackspace Manifesto
• Recursos Antiracistas en Español
• Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility” 
• Anti-Racist Resources
• “Dismantling Anti-Blackness Together”– by Dr. Lorgia Garcia-Pena, NALAC.
• “Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice” – Megan Ming Francis, TEDx Talk.
• “Undoing Racism & Anti-Blackness in Disability Justice”– by Lydia X. Z. Brown, Autistic Hoya.
• CNN/Seasame Street on Racism – for kids and parents.
• The Bail Project
• Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
• National Bail Out
• The Audre Lorde Project
• What to Send Up, When it Goes Down Online – by Aleshea Harris.
• “Seeing White” podcast series 
• Kimberle Crenshaw – The Urgency of Intersectionality 
  
• Law Enforcement Accountability Project 
• Equal Justice Initiative
• “The Case for Reparations” – by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Anti Racist/Anti Fascist Education
• Rachel Ricketts Racial Justice Resources
• White Lies – NPR
• Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives
• Marie Beecham – activist and educator.
•  “As the Pandemic Continues, Black Transgender People Are More Vulnerable Than Ever” – by Sage Dolan-Sandrino, Complex.
• Black Theatre United
• Black Theatre Coalition
• HowlRound- Anti-Racist Theatre
• Cultural New Deal – for Cultural and Racial Justice.

People to Follow on Social Media For More Anti-Racist Resources:

• @thegreatunlearn
• @natblacktheatre
• @bwayadvocacycoalition
• @brandonkgood
• @rachel.cargle
• @ckyourprivilege
• @ijeomaoluo
• @sonyareneetaylor
• @tamikadmallory
• @mvmnt4blklives
• @theconsciouskid
• @ibramxk
• @austinchanning
• @indyamoore
• @janetmock
• @civilrightsorg
• @theokraproject
• @OsopePatrisse
• @opalayo
• @aliciagarza
• @bellhooks
• @deray
• @thenewjimcrow
• @ava
• @MHarrisPerry
• @Lavernecox
• @VanJones68
• @Luvvie
• @AntiracismCtr
• @ShowUp4RJ
• @RAICESTEXAS
• @wokebrownfem
• @alokvmenon

Opportunities from the Field:

• The Lewis Center for the Arts – in collaboration with other University departments, The Lewis Center for the Arts offers two artist fellowship opportunities, The Princeton Arts Fellowship and the Hodder Fellowship. Both are designed to support artists, in all artistic disciplines, who demonstrate great promise. Deadline: September 15, 2020.
• Creative Capital – this is a list Creative Capital has composed of many artist opportunities around the country with upcoming deadlines in August and September 2020.
  
• The Sappho Project, The W*rk Lab – this is a seven month workshop supporting the development of three new musicals by women, transgender, and gender non-conforming composers, lyricists, and book writers. Through a highly individualized approach and intentional community-building, the W*rk Lab aims to provide resources and visibility for the next generation of underrepresented musical theatre creators, and position them for future success. Applications due September 10, 2020.
• Green-wood Cemetery Artist-in-Residence Program – this nine-month-long residency (January– September 2021) will offer one artist the opportunity to create a new project or body of work inspired by beautiful natural landscape, stunning monuments, and compelling history. The residency is open to emerging or mid-career artists residing in New York City and working in the visual and/or performing arts. Deadline: September 2, 2020. 

Learning Together:

• SDCF virtual conversation with financial behaviorist Jacquette M. Timmons – join us for a conversation on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 4pm EDT with Jacquette M. Timmons, President and CEO of Sterling Investment Management, Inc. Jacquette will speak with us about financial planning during long-term unemployment and share her unique blend of strategic budgeting advice coupled with candid talk about the ways our emotions play out in our financial lives. Registration is free, but space is limited.
• The Role of Artists in Social and Cultural Change – in this free online workshop, hosted by Creative Capital, artists and activists Favianna Rodriguez and Julio Salgado will provide an overview of the role of artists in powering social and cultural change. Tuesday, July 14th, 2020, 4pm EDT.
• Directors Lab West Connects series – this series reflects upon, explores, and inspires paths forward in the transformed and transforming nature of live theater.
• Black Lives Black Words – they announced the first season of Plays for the People, an online series celebrating the diversity of the African-American and African experience in today’s world.
• Off Book: The Black Theatre podcast – this series is a theatre podcast made with black theatre artists’ interests & issues in mind.
• Teaching Theatre Online: A Shift in Pedagogy Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak 
• HowlRound Panel: Artists in a Time of Global Pandemic (ASL & Captioned)
• Yale’s The Science of Well-Being course – Coursera is offering the class for free for one month.
• Shawn Blanc’s course on time management – a free, 5-day course on Time Management (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to sign up).
• 450 Ivy League courses you can take for free
• Alternative Programming: Online performances, courses and events – A.R.T/NY is compiling all of the ways the nonprofit theatre community is still cultivating connection and sharing art online.
• Mass Cultural Council Webinar: COVID-19 Preparedness for the Cultural Sector
• Advisory Board for the Arts – the Arts Resilience Center resources, which include webinars and the digital engagement library, are now available to all arts organizations (even if you’re not a member).
• Caring for Your Kids Webinar & Resources – this resource is available to help parents and students navigate remote learning, with a focus on social/emotional health. 
• Northern Stage – a play reading class with online discussions and performances. 
• New York Theatre Workshop online virtual programing – this includes masterclasses and conversations with professionals in the field.
• SDSU Studio Series – a free digital conversation series with musical theatre professionals; all previous conversations are avaible under the archive tab.
• Public Theater’s Digital Duets – a conversation between artists, activists and leaders in the Public Theater community. 
• Drama League’s Digital series – a video and podcast series of conversations with directors who are changing the face of theater, television and film.  
• Harvard Online Theater Courses – Harvard is offering free online theater courses on Shakespeare. 
• The Kennedy Center – media and interactive articles for students of all ages interested in theater and history.
• New Victory Theater, “Arts Break” – free weekly video lessons for elementary aged students including projects, worksheets, coloring pages and more.
• INNOVA: The Association for Performing Arts and Entertainment Professionals – this is an online learning tool for professionals in entertainment design and technology. Many classes are free until May 31, 2020.
• The Harry Potter at Home Project – this is an initiative developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes an open license for teachers, allowing them to post recordings of themselves reading the Harry Potter stories onto educational platforms and networks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is available to stream for free via Audible.

Mental Health Resources:

• ” Five-Minute Coronavirus Stress Reset” – by Jenny Taitz, New York Times. 
• Artist Wellness: Meditation, Herbalism and More – Artist Relief has produced a series of free wellness videos to help artists’ physical, mental and emotional well-being.
• The Necessity of Healing through Poetry – with Fariha Roisin
• Resources for Black Healing – by Micalah Webster
• Therapy for Black Girls
• “4 Coping Tips For Managing Your Anxiety During These Uncertain Times” – by Dr. Broderick Sawyer, Healthline.
• IDC Self-Care Thursdays 
• Against Productivity in a Pandemic
• COVID-19: Mental Health in the age of coronavirus
• Emotional resilience during the coronavirus crisis
• Online Intergroup: Alcoholics Anonymous
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• That discomfort you are feeling is grief – An interview with David Kessler on how to acknowledge and manage the grief we are feeling worldwide.
• All the Ways to Get Free Therapy During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure
• Advice from astronauts about enduring isolation
• Magaly Colimon-Christopher: Scan & Release – A relaxing Feldenkrais mindfulness and awareness video.
• Virtual Home Building & Rebuilding: Disabled Communities in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Thoughts on managing isolation from the disabled community.
• Free meditation and mindfulness – resources for New Yorkers through the application, Headspace. 
• Do nothing for 2 minutes
• Love and kindness meditation
• Domestic Violence Hotline
• Suffering from COVID-19 anxiety? Here’s what you can do
• Brene Brown on anxiety
• 9 strategies for quarantining in a non-LGBTQ+ affirming environment
• An activist-therapist’s 15 affirmations for hope amidst COVID-19
• “One Foot in Front of the Other: How a Daily Walk Helps Us Cope”– by the New York Times.
• Breathing exercises
• CDC resources on coping with a disaster or traumatic event
• Advice from women who have endured extreme isolation
• Free Headspace plus for the unemployed
• “How to Be Alone When You’re Really Bad at It”– by Sindha Agha, The New York Times. 

A Few Distractions:

• Broadway.com song spotlight videos including Lin-Manuel Miranda & Kimber Elayne
• Free Concerts to Watch at Home During Covid-19 Distancing
• SDCF Masters of the Stage: Podcast series (Free download)
• Broadway Weekends at Home
• Museum Tours Online
• Free Coloring Pages 
• New York Public Library Online Resources
• Stay at Home Music Festival
• 7 Board Games You Can Play Online With Friends
• Access to books online – A guide to accessing books and community online.
• London’s National Theatre Live is streaming shows for free – Every Thursday at 2PM EST.
• Broadway World Book Club – first book up: Jennifer Ashley Tepper’s The Untold Stories of Broadway, available free on Kindle.
• Play card games online with friends
• Puppies in the Georgia Aquarium: The Atlanta Humane Society took two puppies to wander around the closed Georgia Aquarium.
• SiriusXM Premier – Free through May 15
• Moment of Zen: Watch the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Live Jellyfish Cam
• Take virtual tours of NYC Parks
• Free film treasures – online streaming of old films, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
• “Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for these Novels” – by Alexis Soloski and Laura Collins-Hughs, New York Times.
• Hamilton’ cast reunites: with Emily Blunt, John Krasinski and one lucky 9-year-old.
• NYC fun at home – NYC launched a free new digital platform to provide safe, fun, and entertaining virtual activities for New York City’s teens and young adults
• Learn origami – a beginner’s guide to origami.
• The 92nd Street Y’s on demand Poetry Center – in a renewed effort to share some of the great literary moments the Poetry Center has presented across the decades, this page features archival recordings of some of the best writers of our time.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art – free online drawing class you can take at home.
• Virtual tour of the Great Wall of China
• The 50 best T.V. shows streaming on Netflix right now
• Going Viral Festival – presented by Maladjusted, the Going Viral Festival is a series of short plays presented via Facebook Live to help bolster spirits during quarantine.
• Virtual trip to Australia 
• Virtual tour of 11 different stages around the world – including Carnegie Hall, The Bolshi Theater and more. 
• Videochat with garden eels in Japan 
• Watch Liza Donnelly, cartoonist for the New Yorker, draw cartoons live
• The Pack Podcast – a spoken word series presenting short comedies written and directed by Eugene Pack. New episodes released every Thursday.
• A Tour of the Brooklyn Bridge – with architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi.
• Stonehenge will livestream its’ summer solstice celebration for the first time ever
• Hamilton with stream on Disney + in July
• “Social Distant Theater” – an Al Hirschfeld Foundation online exhibition.
• Japan’s Studio Ghibli Museum is now open for virtual visitors
• Free digital queers books for quarantine
• Watch upcoming films from Cannes & Sundance for free on YouTube – starting May 29th through June 7th, 2020
• What to read, watch, cook, and listen to under coronavirus quarantine
• Ickabog – J.K. Rowling has begun publishing Ickabog for children in lockdown, for free online.
• Virtual Pride Parade – The Lavender Effect, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing LGBTQ+ heritage and culture, is having a virtual Pride Parade on May 31 at 3PM ET on Zoom and Facebook Live.

From the Field:

•  “How to Get more Black on Broadway” – by Soraya Nadia McDonald, The Undefeated. 
• “Being Black on Stage” – by Wanyi Jiang, Marie Claire.
• “These Shows Are Made for Walking” – by Michael Paulson, New York Times. 
• “In Challenging Times, Our Theatres Can Rise to the Challenge” – by Karen Azenberg, American Theatre. 
• ” ‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion” – by Michael Paulson, New York Times.
• “Theatergoers Are More Likely to See ‘Hamilton’ Live After Streaming It” – by Suzy Evans, TodayTix.
• ” Penumbra Theatre to Become Penumbra Center for Racial Healing” – by American Theatre Directors, American Theatre.
• ” ‘Howard’ Review: A Lyricist’s Life Cut Short”– by Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times.
• “The Rise of Open-Air Theatre – and How to Get Started” – by Eleanor Ross, Backstage.
• “The Always Intimate Theatre for One Goes Online”– by Mark Kennedy, AP. 
• “Broadway Will Remain Closed Through the Rest of the Year” – by Michael Paulson, The New York Times. 
•  “Listen: How One Leader Fights Racism in the Theater” – by Gordon Cox, Variety. 
•  “Five Years and 100-Plus Stories: What it’s like Covering Hamilton“ -by Michael Paulson, The New York Times.   
•  We See You, White American Theater Statement – signed, The Ground We Stand On (see statement for full list of signatures).
• “Finding the Sweet, Stinging Salt in Plays of Confinement” – by Ben Brantley, The New York Times.
• “The Drive-In Theater: Keeping Drama Alive During the Lockdown” – by Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times. 
• “Tony Kushner: Larry Kramer Spoke the Truths We Needed to Hear” – by Tony Kushner, The New York Times. 
• “Theater Returns to an Old Art Form – The Radio Drama – With a Twist” – by Jeff Lunden, heard on the Morning Edition, NPR. 
• “On Racial Justice: A Letter from Billie Holiday Theatre Artistic Director Dr. Indira Etwaroo” – by Local Voices, BK Reader.
• “A New World Awaits Us” – By Indira Etwaroo and Kenny Leon, American Theatre.
• “Op Ed: The Nonprofit Theater Industry Can’t Just Do the Bare Minimum Anymore” – by David Gordon, TheaterMania.
• “Dancing Bodies That Proclaim: Black Lives Matter” – by Siobhan Burke, The New York Times.
• “Building Trust After Inclusivity Failed: Lessons for the Theater” – by Helen Shaw, Vulture.
• Deadline Interview with Rachel Chavkin – Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis.
• Ken Davenport, The Producers Prospective Live – Honest and inspiring conversations with Broadway’s best and brightest as they share how this crisis has affected them.
• ‘We Will Gather Again, Because We Have To” – by Molly Smith, American Theatre.
• “Performance Buildings in a Post-Pandemic World” – by Byron Harrison, Charcoalblue.
• “Can Artists Find a Silver Lining in the Cloud of COVID-19? Peter Sellers is Looking”– by Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times. 
• “Artists May Need a Depression-Era Jobs Program” – by Ryan Prior, CNN.
• ” How to Make The Most of Your Quaran-time” –  by Ken Davenport. 
• “A.R.T, Harvard Public Health Researchers Map How to Resume Public Performances” – by Cristela Guerra, WBUR.
• ” ‘The World Goes Away’ and Other Lessons From Online Classes”– by Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times. 
• “Will Theater Come Back? What Will It Look Like When It Does?” – by Matthew Lopez, Vogue. 
• SDCF’s Masters of the Stage: The Founder’s Series – in this episode Anne talks with Emily Mann, Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre Center, about her career journey as a female director, the adversity she’s faced, and how she has navigated these situations, including the current COVID-19 crisis, with strength.
• “Rene Buch: Tough Love in Two Languages” – by Caridad Svich, American Theatre.
• “Performing Original Works in a Pandemic, Artists Turn to New Tools”– by Joe Dziemianowicz, Bloomberg. 
• “An Online Theater Festival Where the Future Is Female” – by A.J. Goldmann, New York Times.
• “Theaters Make, and UnMake, Their Summer Plans”– by Jerald Raymond Pierce, American Theatre. 
• “In it for the Long Haul”– by Zanni Voss, Director of SMU DataArts; and Jill Robinson, CEO of TRG.
• “Dancing on Their Own During the Coronavirus Crisis” – by Marina Harss, The New Yorker. 
• “Theatre has survived plagues and political uprisings – it can pull through coronavirus too”– by Tyler Stoops, Independent. 
• “25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like?” – by Charles McNulty, The Los Angeles Times. 
• “Poll Shows One Hurdle to Reopening Broadway: Fear of Jerks” – by Julia Jacobs, The New York Times.
• “With The Stage Dark Due To Coronavirus, Theatre Goes Online”– by Mohammed Jamjoom, Aljazeera.

Free Performances:

•  Plays for the People Series – Black Lives, Black Voices International Project has a virtual program of exciting new plays performed nightly and live-streamed to audiences’ computers around the globe. Upcoming plays by Chisa Hutchison, Sha Cage, and Dominic Taylor. 
• Love, Noel at the Irish Rep (virtual) – Available August 11-15th, 2020. Reservations are free but required to access this digital event. A donation of $25 per viewer is suggested for those who can afford to give.
• Shape the Peace Day 32 of 100 Offerings of Peace – this is an audio address in the style of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats”. Creators Regan Linton and M. Graham Smith were inspired by their work on FDR Drag Show – a cabaret extravaganza exploring disability history, culture, and identity – to uplift FDR-style leadership and create a grounded and accessible call to action for addressing current global challenges.
• Mundane Mysteries Playdate – a remote immersive experience for young audiences.
• Playwrights Horizons podcast series, Soundstage
• (Re)Live Arts Streaming – New York Live Arts releases three videos from its archives every Thursday, and they are available for one week.
• National Theatre YouTube Channel – On July 16, the production of Amadeus with Lucian Msamati playing Antonio Salieri will be available for one week.
• Loose Screws Production : ” A Little Light” – Directed and choreographed by Jenn Rose, member of the current SDCF Observership Class.
• Prospect Theater Company: “Two Buoys” – An Uplifting Song from the Prospect Family of Artists.
• Boston Conservatory at Berklee: “What the World Needs Now Is Love”– Performed by the student orchestra.
• Ailey Dancers Perform Rennie Harris Lazarus Together While Apart – Performed by Ailey Dancers in their homes.
• Alvin Ailey Full-Length Performances streamed
• Gather by Robert O’Hara – this is part of a new podcast series of radio plays called Soundstage by Playwrights Horizons. 
• Best ballet and dance performances to stream during quarantine
• The TEAM’s Primer for a Failed Superpower – concert directed by Rachel Chavkin, SDC Board Member.
• “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” – performed by Sting and The Roots.
• “You’ve Got a Friend” – performed by the worldwide cast of Beautiful (in quarantine) for The Actors Fund.
• English National Ballet is streaming ballets for free – every Wednesday they host a watch party on Facebook and Youtube; these performances are available for 48 hours.
• Gloriana – As part of their #OurHouseToYourHouse series, The Royal Opera showcased a Facebook Premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana.
• The Gabriels – Tony Award-winner Richard Nelson’s three-play cycle follows one year in the life of an American family in Rhinebeck, NY, during the 2016 presidential election. Offered through PBS.
  
• “Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration” – hosted by Raul Esparza and directed by Paul Wontorek.
• Lincoln Center at Home – a variety of daily performances and classes. 
• Play At Home – The Public Theater along with Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Woolly Mammouth Theatre Company, and other theater companies have come together to create a series of short plays for this moment of unprecedented isolation.
• Cast of Les Miserables reunite and sing together
• Wilma Home Theater – the Wilma Theater will be streaming online content until they can open their doors again.
• Tiny Desk Home Concerts – NPR’s Tiny Desk performancing have moved to the intimate spaces of performers’ homes.
• Hania Rani- F Major– a magnetic and meditative dance on the deserted shores of Iceland to music by pianist and composer, Hania Rani.
• Hairspray! Live – it will stream as part of The Show Must Go On! starting on May 29th 2pm ET and will be available for 48 hours on YouTube.
• (Re)Live Arts Streaming – New York Live Arts releases three videos from its archives every Thursday, and they are available for one week.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Robert Battle’s The Hunt
• Stratford Festival : Love’s Labour’s Lost – available online through June 18, 2020.

Keep Moving:

• Social Dance for Social Distance – Camille A. Brown is hosting free dance classes and lectures online & will teach choreography from some of her most acclaimed pieces. The dance classes will be free and live on Instagram Mondays at 2pm, and lectures will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays.
• 305 At-Home – free at-home classes are offered on their YouTube page at 12pm ET every day, and 6pm ET Tue/Thu.
• Peloton is offering a free 90-day trial for their online classes
• ClassPass is offering free access to their digital library of 2,000 workouts
• Yoga with Adriene – Free online yoga videos
• 30-minute cardio hip hop fit workout
• 30-minute cardio Latin dance workout
• The Little Gym – the Little gym is sharing free online gymnastics classes for babies, toddlers and school children.
• Dancing alone together 
• 23 easy exercises you can do at home during quarantine
• Planet Fitness free 20 minute workouts – livestream on Facebook daily at 7pm EDT.
• Social Dance for Social Distance – Camille A. Brown is hosting free dance classes and lectures online & will teach choreography from some of her most acclaimed pieces. The classes will be free and live on Instagram each day at 2PM ET beginning on May 21.
• Orange Theory’s At Home Workout – free daily workouts online with Orange Theory.

Medical Support:

• NYC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donation portal
• New York Blood Center: convalescent plasma COVID-19 donor request form
• COVID-19 antibody testing in New York City