By all accounts, the pandemic hit arts organizations especially hard. And The Actors Studio of Newburyport (TASN) was no exception. When executive director Marc Clopton should have been touting the 30th anniversary of his black box theater at the Tannery in Newburyport, he was instead moving out of the intimate 50-seat space, retaining only the office next door.
“When the [COVID-19 reopening] guidelines were put out, it became clear that our space was no longer usable,” Clopton says. “We have a small intimate theater, which is our brand.” So he shifted