Covid and the Concerns of a Theater Department
While many colleges had to switch to distance learning in the spring due to the rise of Covid-19, starting the new academic year in the Fall of 2020 was a very different obstacle. For most colleges, there was a sudden shift to utilize online tools to facilitate learning. What was thought to be a two or three week interim continued on through the rest of the spring semester. Students and faculty had no choice but to quickly adapt to the virtual classroom. Faculty had only a few goals in this transition: 1) continue regularly scheduled classes, 2) become flexible with virtual meetings, 3) keep up with new directions and requests from administration, and/or 4) decide the fate of current productions.
