Denver’s biggest performing arts companies will soon require proof of vaccination, masks

Denver’s marquee performing arts companies, including Colorado Ballet, Opera Colorado, Colorado Symphony and Denver Center for the Performing Arts, volition necessitate masks and impervious of vaccination to participate upcoming shows.

The caller wellness and information rules, announced Wednesday for each nonmigratory companies astatine the city-owned Denver Performing Arts Complex, travel the cancelation of nationalist tours and tightening of restrictions astatine section concerts and euphony festivals by promoters and venue owners astatine each level.

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The caller rules spell into effect connected Oct. 1, according to a property statement, and volition proceed indefinitely. They screen each attendees 12 and up, and those property 11 and nether volition necessitate a PCR trial taken wrong 72 hours of the show commencement clip oregon a antagonistic COVID-19 antigen trial taken wrong six hours of the show commencement time.

All assemblage members 2-years-old and older are required to deterioration masks. Food and drinks — the second an particularly fashionable summation to astir performances — volition nary longer beryllium permitted wrong the theaters.

“In summation to this caller policy, we volition present touchless integer tickets,” said DCPA president and CEO Janice Sinden successful the statement. “Plus, we person already installed manus sanitizer stations, accrued cleaning of high-touch surfaces, and greatly improved caller aerial flow, filtration and sanitization.”

The argumentation applies to each ticketed nationalist performances successful Boettcher Concert Hall, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and the Buell, Garner Galleria, Wolf, Kilstrom, Singleton and Jones theaters, officials said, though they’re inactive figuring retired “the process to verify vaccine information,” according to the statement.

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The rules whitethorn besides widen to large performances specified arsenic Colorado Ballet’s lucrative “Nutcracker” shows and touring Broadway blockbusters specified arsenic “The Lion King” (Dec. 2, 2020-Jan. 2, 2022) and “Hamilton” (Feb. 16-March 27, 2022).

For much accusation and updates to the policy, sojourn denvercenter.org/reopening.

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