Needed More Than Ever: Boston Theater Marathon Returns (Virtually) to Help Artists Hit by Pandemic
Feature from BU Today
M. Bevin O’Gara has supported the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, but never expected to ask for its help herself.
The nonprofit was established in the late 1990s to help local theater artists facing unanticipated catastrophes, be it a medical emergency, a stolen laptop, or a house fire. Veteran Boston director O’Gara (CFA’04), whose credits include plays at the Huntington Theatre Company and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, donated to the fund and even performed in a fundraising video. She has also regularly bought tickets for the Boston Theater Marathon, an annual festival of 10-minute plays that is the fund’s largest revenue source.