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Health & Safety Policy Update

We are excited to welcome you back to The Delacorte Theater for our 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in the Park. We ask that you read and understand the following when accessing tickets.

  • Effective April 19, 2022, The Public requires proof of a complete COVID-19 vaccination to enter The Delacorte and attend performances. This policy will continue until further notice.
  • Complete vaccination is fourteen days following a final dose of the Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, or Astra-Zeneca vaccine.
  • We will accept proof of vaccination via Excelsior Pass, the NYC Covid Safe Pass, a copy or photo of your CDC vaccination card, and/or a copy or photo of an official immunization record from outside the United States.
  • Face masks are encouraged, but not required while attending performances at The Delacorte.
  • Public Theater staff and artists are subject to a mandatory vaccination and booster policy.
  • All policies are subject to change at The Public’s sole discretion and without notice.
  • Those that do not abide by any health and safety protocols will be denied entry or removed from the facility.

Learn more at Safe in the Park 2022.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Public.

At this time, we no longer require proof of vaccination to access the facility, theaters, and restaurant.

  • A face mask is required for all attendees while watching a performance on Tuesday evening, Saturday afternoon, & Sunday afternoon performances.
  • A face mask is not required but strongly encouraged when attending performances on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday evenings.
  • All performances in Joe’s Pub do not require a face mask because food and drink are available throughout the show. A face mask is strongly encourage when not actively eating or drinking.

Learn more at HEALTH & SAFETY, NEXT STEPS.

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Joint Statement on Recently Announced NEA Guidelines.

March 5, 2025 – We believe that the excellence of our work is inseparable from the diversity we champion. As theaters and institutions charged with telling stories that define our culture, we are deeply troubled by the new Assurance of Compliance guidelines related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and “gender ideology” announced by the NEA. These guidelines’ tacit threat of censorship and erasure, as well as their disregard for the governing laws through which the NEA was created, deeply undermine the Endowment’s mission. Under the Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1985, Congress specifically updated the Endowment to carry out, "projects and productions which have substantial artistic and cultural significance and that reach, or reflect the culture of, a minority, inner city, rural or tribal community." 

We are confident in the legal foundation of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and remain steadfast and collectively committed to advancing this work. We will continue to uplift the work of transgender, non-binary, and queer artists and offer all our venues and programs for their stories. We will not endorse or agree to the NEA guidelines that seek to suppress or limit those efforts. We will petition the NEA requesting withdrawal of these two guidelines. We believe the NEA’s resources are intended for the artists of the United States and we intend to aggressively pursue their distribution based on the NEA’s legislated criteria of artistic excellence.

March 7, 2025 – The Public Theater stands in strong support of the lawsuit that the ACLU is bringing on behalf of National Queer Theater, Rhode Island Latino Arts, The Theater Offensive, and Theater Communications Group. This lawsuit challenges the National Endowment for the Arts’ new guidelines, which threaten to suppress the vital work theaters do to promote diversity, deepen our understanding of gender, and celebrate non-binary artists.

We are proud to stand alongside our fellow theaters in challenging these unconstitutional guidelines and remain committed to ensuring that the stories we tell reflect the full diversity of our nation.


Collectively, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Portland Center Stage, and The Public Theater.