Shakespeare in the Parking Spot: Cultural Venues Can Now Take to the Streets (March 1, 2021)

“Open Culture can trace its origin to last April. Just weeks after COVID-19 lockdowns prohibited performance spaces from opening, the League of Independent Theater—a political advocacy organization that connects independent theaters with city politics—began pushing for an outdoor option for artists.”

NY Gov. Extends Commercial Eviction Hold Through Oct. 20 (September 21, 2020)

Guy Yedwab, board president of the League of Independent Theater, a group of small theater venues, accused the governor of "playing chicken."

"If Governor Cuomo wants to address this crisis rather than kicking the can down the road every 30 days, he should support one of the bills in front of the state legislature to forgive the rent, provide relief for landlords, and help everyone move on," Yedwab said.

Town Hall: How Off-Off Broadway Can Be Saved (May 28, 2020)

Hundreds of people attended a virtual town hall Thursday afternoon with city and state public officials to talk about how to save Off-Off Broadway. That was not the explicit topic. Hosts League of Independent Theater and Indiespace billed it as a “Small Venue Rent Forgiveness Town Hall,” with LIT organizer Guy Yedwab speaking in front of a banner that read “#CancelRent,” and some in-depth discussion of current state bills that would “forgive” commercial tenants (such as theaters) from paying their rent during the crisis.

New Report Details How NYC Arts Sector Has Been Devastated By The Pandemic (February 25, 2021)

Aimee Todoroff, the League of Independent Theater's Managing Director, called the economic study "vital," and said it "could not have come at a more critical time—“We know our indie theater sector is in peril, yet we are hopeful the data in this study will generate real policies to ensure the survival of the artists who make New York the cultural capital of the world."

Without Rent Relief, 60 Percent of NYC’s Independent Theaters May Close for Good (September 1, 2020)

In response, on September 1, the League of Independent Theater is calling for those who fall under these categories to inundate social media with stories about these struggles in an effort to convince elected officials to cancel rent for the month of September and beyond. If not, the League of Independent Theater projects, 60 percent of theaters in New York City will close by the end of 2020 if the city doesn’t act decisively in order to provide rent relief.

New York’s independent theaters look for rent forgiveness (May 29, 2020)

Off-Off-Broadway theaters are banding together to seek some form of rent relief as continued payments threaten their survival. Close to 400 attendees tuned in to a virtual town hall Thursday in which elected officials urged members to make their voices heard on state rent forgiveness bills, extended eviction suspensions and business interruption insurance coverage.