When Wildfire Smoke Pours Into Town, The Shakespeare Festival Has A Problem

“Each evening, a couple hours before shows begin, the smoke team gathers in the Festival’s outdoor theater, armed with a weather forecast and other pertinent information about the air quality. The team uses the old standard ‘Can we see the mountains across the valley?’ trick, in addition to objective data from Oregon’s color-coded smoke reports, an air quality station on top of one of the theaters, and a handheld monitor that gives real-time measures backstage.”