Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package for Jun 23, 2020

Aerial view of a street with "Defund the police" painted in pink letters.

This time of social distancing has asked us to live so outside of the well-worn grooves of “normal life” that it has transformed our expectations of what can and cannot be done. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week fifteen.

Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package for Jun 11, 2020

Aerial view of a city, with "Black Lives Matter" written in yellow paint on the street.

Revolution Many of us across the globe are in the midst of confronting, challenging, tearing down and re-imagining the oppressive systems that have allowed racism to thrive. It is painful, overwhelming, immediate and vital. Many are listening and change is happening. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week thirteen.

Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package for May 27, 2020

A hand writing "Art is Survival." Illustration.

A Message to Artists from Nightwood’s Artistic Director We held a gathering last week for all of the artists associated with this past season’s productions – it ended up being about a twenty person Zoom-gathering with friends from our casts, creative and production departments. And we just checked in one by one. Some of us […]

Week Ten: Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package

Time Alone Solitude can be so sweet. A salve from the bustle and crowds. A safe zone. But solitude during these past ten weeks of social distancing can prove much more challenging than expected. If you live alone during this time please know we have deep respect and understanding of how challenging that can be. […]

Week Nine: Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package

Forest pathway.

What if We Don’t Look Back? This disruption to life as we knew it is bringing up so many questions around what we want “normal life” to look like. With this pause we have a moment to question hustle culture, how we care for our elderly, how we engage with capitalism, how we treat animals […]

Week Eight: Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package

Drawing of the word "MOM" in a heart.

Creative Ways to Show Care Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday and while this year it may prove more challenging to celebrate – whether because of social distancing, financial considerations, or simply because it may be a sensitive day for some – we wanted to pass along some ideas to show care to any […]

Week Seven: Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package

Assorted sticks and flowers.

Getting Curious About Simplicity There is something revolutionary in the silver-linings of this time in quarantine. The ways in which this pause has upturned assumptions and cleared the way for innovative thinking has been profound. Humming beneath the hours spent online and the minutes spent in line there seems to be a continual invitation towards […]

Week Six: Nightwood’s Social Distancing Care Package

Graffiti image of couple kissing with face masks.

The Need to Connect How’s your heart and mind? With such shocking and tragic news coming out of Nova Scotia just days ago it can all feel to be too much. Our instinct to come together in times of heartbreak has to be resisted to protect those we love from the coronavirus, and we are […]