“There has to be a plan,” said Clayton Craddock, a drummer who was working with the musical “Ain’t Too Proud” until the theaters shut down.

Musicians, actors, and technicians are largely surviving on unemployment benefits, most with no health insurance, though the stimulus package passed this week by the US Congress might help…

But some performers or stagehands have given up for good. Craddock took some software classes, and he almost became an insurance agent.

“But I realized… my talents are not in financial services, insurance, and information technology,” he said.

“I have honed my skills, playing drums for the past 45 years. I’m not going to give this up. This is what I do best.”

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