Community Statement – March 20, 2026 Event

We want to speak directly to our community.

No one at Key City Theatre endorses this event. We disagree with the content, and it does not reflect our values.

This performance is a rental. Historically, we have not assessed or adjudicated the content of rental events.

We operate as a space for artistic expression. At the same time, we recognize that not every event aligns with our mission and values. As a result of this situation, we have put formal policies and procedures in place that will allow us to decline future rental events that conflict with our mission and values.

This will shape decisions going forward.

For this specific event, we have a signed rental contract. After careful consideration of the legal, financial, and institutional implications, we have decided to honour that agreement.

Reversing a signed agreement once it has been made would establish a standard of cancelling contracted events after the fact which would affect every artist and every community that works with us. We are not prepared to create that standard. Decisions about alignment must be made before agreements are signed, and our updated policies ensure that they will be.

Our commitments to equity, inclusion, and community partnership remain unchanged. They are reflected in our programming, partnerships, and daily work. One rental event does not define who we are, and it does not change the direction of this organization.

We understand this decision will not satisfy everyone.

We remain committed to doing the work.

Key City Theatre Society Board, Staff