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Location Description W e hav e identified two locations. The ArtsCenter in Carrboro has <br />accessibility for persons with disabilities. The entrance has wide <br />doors and no stairs. The v enue is located on Main Street, in the heart <br />of Carrboro, and is on a bus route. Its W est End Theatre is a <br />multipurpose room with a small stage and has no stairs. Chairs are <br />set for each performance, allowing plenty of room for wheelchairs. <br />W e reserv e seats for anyone with disabilities upon request. Both <br />bathrooms hav e handicapped stalls. Shared Visions Retreat Center <br />at the Murphey School is an historic school in rural Orange County, <br />repurposed as a community and ev ents center, with an accessible <br />ramp and restroom. The auditorium can be set with mov able chairs <br />for mobility considerations. W e are considering a potential third <br />v enue, the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill, which offers classes and <br />serv ices for older adults and has a significant Asian population. <br />OdysseyStage has prev iously brought sev eral theatre performances <br />to this underserv ed population. The Seymour Center is fully <br />accessible, including an elev ator to the auditorium, which has a <br />stage. Parking, including handicapped spaces, is av ailable at all <br />sites. <br />In the age of COVID-19, we will continue to take measures to protect <br />our cast, company, and audience. Our policy has continued to ev olv e <br />in accordance with CDC guidelines. For rehearsals and performances <br />we require proof of v accination, and masks are mandatory for the <br />audience (masks are av ailable at the entrance). Actors remov e their <br />masks for speaking parts but mask when not speaking. Social <br />distancing for the audience is encouraged by spacing chairs apart <br />from each other and by encouraging indiv iduals to leav e unoccupied <br />seats between them and their neighbors. Additionally, the audience <br />has been seated 20 feet from the readers on the stage. For 2023, we <br />expect to continue these protocols. W e will follow CDC, federal, and <br />state directiv es, recognizing that guidelines may change to meet new <br />challenges from the COVID-19 v irus <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 1315607F-75E6-42DD-A441-EE50D987E820