Vaccination and Mask Policy for Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre rehearsals and performances in 2022:
The safety and health of our performers, audience and community is always our top priority. We are always ensuring that our staff, performers, crew, and audience members have a wonderful and memorable experience under the safest conditions possible.
At Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre, we follow the current guidelines of the NYC Department of Health and CDC Guidelines as well as Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens’ Coronavirus/COVID-19 safety plans for use of the main outdoor grounds, gardens, and indoor spaces, and National Park Service COVID 19 safety plans in using of any Gateway National Park at Fort Wadsworth spaces.
We also closely follow the direction of our city and state health and elected officials regarding monitoring and containing COVID-19. For the latest available information about COVID-19, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website and the NYC Department of Health website.
Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre will continue to require vaccinations for audience members, as well as performers, backstage crew, and theatre staff, for all activities held within indoor spaces until government and official mandates have been changed. Masks will continue to be required for audiences inside the performance space, except while actively eating or drinking in designated locations.
We have practices to sanitize our high frequency areas, including performance and rehearsal spaces, and taking additional steps to expand those efforts. Current guidance encourages everyone to follow sanitary habits that prevent the transmission of germs:
- Wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water before eating and after using the restroom
- Avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, and mouth
- Cough/sneeze into the sleeve of your shirt or into tissues
- Stay home if you are feeling ill
- Give and accept a wave or a nod as a greeting at this time (no handshakes)
- Wear face coverings when indoors, and outdoors when social distancing is not possible
- Face coverings must cover the nose, mouth and chin, and fit snugly against the sides of the face.
- Please follow the instructions of Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre staff as well as Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens staff and security personnel, and National Park Service’s staff and Parks Police Department.
Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre reserves the right to revoke or refuse the admission of any person not in compliance with our company policies, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens operating policies, or National Park Service’s safety policies.
A risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are present. Those participating with Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre activities do so at their own risk of such exposure.
Vaccination Policy:
NOW THROUGH JANUARY 28, 2022
View list of approved vaccines.
Under the policy, guests age 12 and older will need to be Vaccinated (as defined below) with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine AND present a government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s license or passport. (Guests 12-18 may use a government-issued ID or school ID – no photo required.)
Children ages 5-11 may enter the theatre only when (1) accompanied by an adult who complies with the theatre’s vaccination entry requirements, and (2) has proof of at least one dose of an FDA or WHO approved vaccine.
For international guests TWO doses of any “mix and match” combination of an FDA or WHO approved COVID-19 vaccine are acceptable.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 29, 2022
Under the policy, guests age 5 and older will need to be Vaccinated (as defined below) with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine. Guests age 18 and over must present a government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s license or passport. Guests 12-17 may use a government-issued ID or school ID – no photo required. Guests ages 5 – 11 may enter the theatre only when accompanied by an adult who complies with the theatre’s vaccination entry requirements
For international guests TWO doses of any “mix and match” combination of an FDA or WHO approved COVID-19 vaccine are acceptable.
Effective at all times, guests under 5, when accompanied by a fully vaccinated adult may enter the theatre with ONE of the following:
- A negative COVID-19 PCR test performed by a medical provider within 72 hours of the performance start time. The test results must clearly show the date and time of the test; OR
- A negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test taken within 6 hours of the performance start time. The test results must clearly show the date and time of the test.
Audience members, crew and performers may find more information on mask and vaccine policies and learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Key to NYC requirements here or call 311.
Terms & Conditions
These terms and conditions relate to an individual’s use of a ticket to gain admittance to any venue or production operated by Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre and possible exposure to the novel coronavirus SARS- CoV-2 and any resulting disease (together with any mutation, adaptation, or variation thereof, “COVID-19”):
COVID-19 WARNING AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS: WHILE STATEN ISLAND SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE., THE EVENT PRODUCER, EVENT PARTICIPANTS, PERFORMERS, AND TICKETING SERVICE PROVIDER ARE DOING OUR PART TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EVERYONE IN THE THEATRE, AN INHERENT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 EXISTS IN ANY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER, SO WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT ALL EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 WILL BE ELIMINATED AS A RESULT OF THESE PROTOCOLS. COVID-19 IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO SEVERE ILLNESS AND DEATH. BY VISITING OR ENTERING THE VENUE, YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS, HAZARDS, AND DANGERS INCIDENTAL TO THE EVENT FOR WHICH THE TICKET IS ISSUED. YOU VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND POTENTIAL CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OF STATEN ISLAND SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE, THE EVENT PRODUCER, EVENT PARTICIPANTS, AND PERFORMERS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS, THAT ARISE FROM OR RELATE IN ANY WAY TO, HOWEVER CAUSED, THE RISK OF CONTRACTING OR THE ACTUAL OR ALLEGED CONTRACTING OF COVID-19, OR THAT ARISE FROM OR RELATE IN ANY WAY TO, HOWEVER CAUSED, THE RISK OF EXPOSURE OR ACTUAL OR ALLEGED EXPOSURE TO A BACTERIA, VIRUS OR OTHER PATHOGEN CAPABLE OF CAUSING COVID-19 OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR ILLNESS, IN EACH CASE WHETHER THE ACTUAL OR ALLEGED CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO ANY CLAIM OCCUR BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE EVENT.
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