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Collected Item: “Elizabeth Sconyers Interview with Jason LeClair”

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Elizabeth Sconyers Interview with Jason LeClair

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Oral History

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Jason LeClair is a teacher at a theater arts teacher at a charter school in Rhode Island. In this interview, he discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected parts of his personal life and daily routine. He talks about specific effects the pandemic has had on performing arts, such as the use of Zoom and drive-ins for theatre and concert, the delays in reopening the performing arts to the public, and how the shutdown of performing arts has effected the economy. Finally, he touches on some concerns for the future of performing arts and how he believes the performing arts will be different after this pandemic.

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#performingarts, HST580, ASU

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Elizabeth Sconyers

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2020-11-03
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