The Story Collider is excited to return to the stage this month after an 18-month hiatus, with our first post-COVID show at Caveat in New York City on Aug. 24!
In March 2020, we pressed pause on in-person shows when it became clear that it was no longer safe to hold in-person gatherings. Since then, we’ve been producing online shows straight from our homes, and the homes of our storytellers, to yours. Now, we’re delighted to return to our venues and begin hosting in-person events again.
Our return to the stage will be a gradual process, and we’ll be proceeding with caution, starting slow with outdoor and hybrid shows, reduced capacities, and venues like Caveat that have invested in COVID precautions such as improved HVAC systems.
We’ll also be working with our indoor venues to ensure all attendees are fully vaccinated, or have presented a recent negative test. Whenever possible, we intend to make these hybrid shows, with livestream tickets available to those who prefer to attend virtually. In the event that the local case rate surges, we will move the show fully online.
Story Collider will also continue to offer many of its COVID-era online products, though less often. We will hold three more of our online Science Story Slams, hosted by Gastor Almonte, in 2021, as well as three introductory workshops and three advanced courses. Our Home Stage cities where it is currently not safe to reopen will also continue producing online shows for their communities as well. International cities in particular -- such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Cambridge, UK -- will be slower to relaunch.
In order to support our venues, we will unfortunately need to raise ticket prices in many locations. However, we will continue to offer coupon codes periodically to newsletter subscribers (subscribe here!), and additional discounts to our Patreon supporters (sign up here!), who also have permanent access to all of our online shows. Our podcast will remain free to all listeners.
We have appreciated feedback from our audience as we put together this plan, and still welcome your feedback here!