Alley Theatre cuts budget, staff, performances amid Covid-19 pandemic

One of Houston’s largest performing arts organizations will be imposing additional layoffs and cutting its production schedule for the 2020-2021 season due to the financial fallout from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The Alley Theatre announced on May 22 that the social distancing mandates that effectively shut down all of its productions in March forced the nonprofit to reduce its $20 million operating budget by 35% to $13 million.

To offset the budget cuts, the Alley will reduce the size…