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We are excited to welcome you back to The Delacorte Theater for our 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in the Park. We ask that you read and understand the following when accessing tickets.

  • Effective April 19, 2022, The Public requires proof of a complete COVID-19 vaccination to enter The Delacorte and attend performances. This policy will continue until further notice.
  • Complete vaccination is fourteen days following a final dose of the Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, or Astra-Zeneca vaccine.
  • We will accept proof of vaccination via Excelsior Pass, the NYC Covid Safe Pass, a copy or photo of your CDC vaccination card, and/or a copy or photo of an official immunization record from outside the United States.
  • Face masks are encouraged, but not required while attending performances at The Delacorte.
  • Public Theater staff and artists are subject to a mandatory vaccination and booster policy.
  • All policies are subject to change at The Public’s sole discretion and without notice.
  • Those that do not abide by any health and safety protocols will be denied entry or removed from the facility.

Learn more at Safe in the Park 2022.

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At this time, we no longer require proof of vaccination to access the facility, theaters, and restaurant.

  • A face mask is required for all attendees while watching a performance on Tuesday evening, Saturday afternoon, & Sunday afternoon performances.
  • A face mask is not required but strongly encouraged when attending performances on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday evenings.
  • All performances in Joe’s Pub do not require a face mask because food and drink are available throughout the show. A face mask is strongly encourage when not actively eating or drinking.

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A STAFF MLK JR. DAY REFLECTION

My First MLK Jr. Day

 

I don't know how long it takes for a celebration to become just another day off. A day to hold a  January sale on sheets. It inevitably happens.

We had asked for it, we talked about it, we shouted, we marched, we begged, we demanded, and finally, we knew it had to happen: the first Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The first Federal Holiday ever dedicated to the life of a Black man. After so many times of taking the train to Washington D.C., to protest, I was finally taking the train to celebrate the inevitability.

The passage of time has blurred the details of the train ride to D.C., the drive to the concert, the setlist. I don’t remember where the building-high graffiti was of “if black is beautiful, I  s*** a beaut this morning” along the Northeast corridor.

But I can still close my eyes and return to the packed Capital Centre. The unflinching power of Gil Scott-Heron’s revolutionary words, the feeling as Stevie Wonder brings the King family out on the stage, lighters held high in the air like thousands of birthday candles, people crying and swaying and making harmonies, even the ones who could not hold a note, the moment when a song of demand and protest transformed into a song of joy and triumph. That memory is sharp and clear and unblurred. The signing of the bill was 3 years in the future, but somehow we all knew it was to be. This was not the fancy televised Kennedy Center show, this was the peoples’ party. It was the moment we signed the bill in our hearts.

How long does it take for a hard-fought win to become just another given in the world? I know it will happen, but just not yet, America. Not just yet.

Kaleda Davis
Core Member Convergences Theater Collective
AM, Public Theater