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BITOC Theater Organizations and COVID-19: Impact and Responses

This survey was formulated by a coalition of theatre-makers of color over the past few months as the pandemic shut down our theatres and canceled theatre-maker jobs. We paused to join the ongoing movement to end racist police brutality, as many of you did as well. 

The eruptions naming racism, anti-blackness, and other discriminations against BIPOCs are reflected in what we understand as the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on TOCs/Theatre practitioners of color.

It is in that spirit that we distribute this survey.

The purpose of this survey is to understand and widely report the immediate and projected long-term impact of the pandemic on theaters of color. This survey also asks what theaters of color have done in response to the pandemic. This survey should take approximately 20 minutes to fill out.

Questions are grouped as such: Basic Information (1-4); Space (5-7); Budget (8-13); Staff (14-17); Events/Activities (18-22); Income loss (23-27); Resources for Relief (28-29); Adapting to online activities (30-32); Responses to COVID-19 (33-35); Experiencing COVID-19 (36-38); Activism from Black Lives and COVID (39); Survey Info (40).
1.BASIC INFORMATION(Required.)
2.Please identify the communities your organization serves.(Required.)
3.Basic Information: How would you describe your organization?(Required.)
4.Which, if any, of the following networks, coalitions, commons, communities, or groups does your organization engage with? (Please select all that apply)

(Required.)
5.SPACE: Do you have monthly space expense/s for (check all boxes that apply)(Required.)
6.SPACE: For the spaces noted above, do you(Required.)
7.SPACE: Given financial challenges due to COVID-19, are you at risk of(Required.)
8.BUDGET: When does fiscal year end?(Required.)
9.BUDGET: What is your original theater's operating budget for 2019-2020?(Required.)
10.BUDGET: What is your COVID-19 adjusted budget for the rest of your fiscal year?(Required.)
11.BUDGET: What is your projected budget next fiscal year (2021)?(Required.)
12.BUDGET: Does your organization have a cash reserve? (Required.)
13.BUDGET: If you have a cash reserve, for how long will it keep you in operation?(Required.)
14.STAFF: Number of full-time staff (question about contracted workers/artists appears a few questions below)(Required.)
15.STAFF: Has your organization had to reduce full-time staff hours?
16.Staff: If your organization has had to let go of full time staff, how many were laid off?(Required.)
17.Staff: How many contracts (formal and informal) for independent workers/artists have you had to cancel because of the pandemic related closures/cancellation? (formal and informal)(Required.)
18.Events/Activities Related:  Did your theater cancel programming?(Required.)
19.Events/Activities Related: How many events or activities were cancelled?(Required.)
20.Events/Activities Related: Of these canceled events, how many do you plan to reschedule?(Required.)
21.EVENTS/ACTIVITIES RELATED: When do you plan to reschedule these canceled/postponed events? (check all boxes that apply)(Required.)
22.Events/Activities Related: Type of event cancelled(Required.)
23.Income loss: What total amount of income/ticket sales did you expect from your cancelled events?(Required.)
24.Income loss: Of this loss, what amount is from sponsorships, grants, earned income (expected), or touring/ticket sales (expected)?(Required.)
25.Income loss: As a result of the COVID-19, will you incur additional expenses?(Required.)
26.Income loss: If you are anticipating additional expenses, what is the total cost?(Required.)
27.Income loss: What kinds of additional expenses have been incurred? ; ; ticket/fee refunds; increased online services (ZOOM account upgrade; increased bandwidth); increased online services (ZOOM account upgrade; increased bandwidth); cleaning; other staffing
28.Resources for Relief: How have you created relief for your organization? (check all that applies)
29.Resources for Relief: Of the loans/grants that you applied for, which ones were approved or awarded? (check all that applies)
30.Adapting to remote programming/activities: Is your organization figuring out ways to adapt or create programming and activities as online live and participatory events?(Required.)
31.Adapting to remote programming/activities: If you are holding online events, what are these events? (Check all that applies)
32.Adapting to remote programming/activities: If you are not adapting to online events, why not? Don't know how; Don't have the staff capacity to do it; Don't have the financial resources to go online; Don't have content that would translate online(Required.)
33.Response to COVID-19: 
Has your organization launched a new event or campaign, in response to COVID-19?(Required.)
34.Response to COVID-19:
If you have or will launch a new campaign related to COVID-19, what is the purpose of the new campaign or event Fundraising for organization Audience Engagement Raising awareness for a specific cause
35.Response to COVID-19: What are you planning for the 2020-2021 Season? 

(Required.)
36.EXPERIENCING COVID-19: How have you been directly impacted by COVID-19 (Check all answers that apply)(Required.)
37.EXPERIENCING COVID-19: How would you say COVID-19 has affected your circle systemically and/or individually? (Check all answers that apply.)(Required.)
38.EXPERIENCING COVID-19: Has your organization experienced any form of harassment, assault, discrimination related to the CORONA VIRUS? (Required.)
39.How has the recent activism for Black lives intersected with the impact of COVID-19 on your work?
40.Survey Information: If you are interested in receiving the team survey report; specific data set; sharing additional information about how your theater has been impacted by COVID-19; and/or a follow-up interview, please send an email to bipocbitoc@gmail.com.(Required.)
Thank you for participating in this survey. We wish you and those near you good health and safety. BIPOC/BITOC Coalition/Commons Building Survey Design Team. If you'd like to contact us, our email address is bipocbitoc@gmail.com.