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Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />Ev ery fiscal/academic year we present 5-8 performaces for two nights <br />each that are in-process. In 2019-20 Pre-Cov id performances <br />included: A festiv al of four new play translations in our "Theatrical <br />Translation as Creativ e Process Festiv al"; "As One" W orkshop - a <br />restaging of an opera by Laura Kaminsky; a reading of a new play by <br />Cristina Luzarrage, "Critical Distance"; "The 19th Amendment <br />Project" - four faculty driv en works inspired by the 100th anniv ersary <br />of the 19th Amendment; and "Atlas," a student opera workshop <br />dev ised from the work of Meredith Monk. It was at this point that <br />Cov id took ov er and we canclelled the reading of "The Game" a new <br />hip hop play by Dasan Ahanu, and we created a internet v erion of <br />"Surv iv al, Economies, and Music" with Toshi Reagon and created by <br />students of a Communication class on politics and culture. W e focus <br />on dev eloping works that represent the best and most div erse artists <br />and subjects as possible. All performances are free and open to the <br />public. The Series has supported ov er sixty fiv e artist residencies <br />since its inception, with many of the projects going on to significant <br />future liv es both nationally and internationally. <br />North Carolina’s <br />“stay at home” order <br />(Executive Order <br />117) had a profound <br />impact on the arts <br />sector. Describe the <br />specific steps your <br />organization took to <br />comply with <br />Executive Order 117. <br />W e hav e learned to create works that can work on Zoom and the <br />internet - using different streaming platforms. . W e hav e focused on <br />readings and performances that can be safely created with social <br />distancing of all artists. In most cases the actual artists can not be <br />masked, so we create singular spaces from which artists can still find <br />a collaborativ e energy. This limits some projects a bit, but we are <br />constantly seeking better technological ways of engaging with each <br />work <br />Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />All ev ents are free and open to the public. Ov er the coure of one year <br />we av erage 1,500 audience members, who attend and participate in <br />discussions about the work (through both talk-backs and through <br />questionnaires). The works that get dev eloped in the Process Series <br />then go on to be fully produced works of art both locally and <br />nationally. Recent examples include Kane Smego's "Temples of Lung <br />and Air" and Sonny Kelly's "The Talk" Both became important and <br />v ery successful full productions for PlayMakers and StreetSigns <br />Center in Orange County. (they also went on to be produced <br />elsewehere in NC and beyond.) <br />The conv ersations that these works hav e created - often buoyed in <br />issues of social and racial justice, hav e deepened the conv ersation <br />in our community: which includes the Univ ersity and local <br />communites in Orange County. About 1/2 our audience is from the <br />Univ ersity community and 1/2 is from the community at large. <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: A07C7B84-1F47-4BCA-8585-D21CBC903475