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Safety in the theater extends to crews, casts, and audience members as well as the venue. This includes performance and rehearsal spaces, shops, and other work spaces. It requires awareness, common sense, and perseverance to eliminate hazards and guard against carelessness. The goal of this free webinar is to ensure that a safe, healthy environment is maintained at all times. This includes the control and minimization of all known and potential hazards associated within creative, artistic, and performance development. These risks can be minimized and controlled through proper training, equipment, and use of appropriate precautions, restrictions, and established safe-work practices. Instructor: Ellen Korpar Ellen Korpar has served as an Emergency Preparedness Consultant for the Performing Arts Readiness project for the past 3 years. Ellen has worked with numerous organizations to develop or revise Emergency Action Plans that address all cycles of Emergency Management including: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery. The organizations she consulted with were those who were awarded PAR Individual Planning Grants in 2019 and also through alliances with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the South Jersey Cultural Alliance and the Houston Arts Alliance. She has an extensive background in emergency preparedness, response and recovery as a result of her work with Disaster Relief organizations on 14 federally declared relief operations. She has relationships with personnel at FEMA, Homeland Security, and Emergency Management Officers. Ellen also brings experience educating the public on emergency plans and health and human safety for their families, business, and communities in order to mitigate risks during disasters.