Mirrorbox Theatre, a theater company in Cedar Rapids, no longer faces immediate closure after receiving enough donations to continue putting on productions through the end of the year.
Last week, Mirrobox founder and artistic director Cavan Hallman received a notice from OFB LLC real estate that the theater had three days to pay back the rent it owed, or it would be forced to leave its location in the city’s Time Check neighborhood. Mirrorbox renovated and moved into the space in 2022.
The theater was already holding an ongoing fundraiser to raise $30,000 to cover the theater’s expenses, but after receiving the notice, Hallman launched an emergency community campaign specifically to cover two months of back rent and November’s rent.
Donations helped the theater raise over $13,500, but it’s only enough to get it through the next couple of months as Mirrorbox puts on its next production, Die Hard… is a Christmas Movie , written and directed by Hallman. The show was popular when the theater put it on last season. In a Facebook post , Hallman said the production costs approximately $12,000 to put on.