Is this in bad taste? Shutdown sale

I received an email this morning from DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company because I got put on their email list after I bought a ticket to see their production of the Wild Duck next month:

"If you've been affected by the government shutdown, we'd like to extend an offer to you—a fixed rate ticket for a limited time. Use code 45TIX for $45 tickets to Merry Wives this week and select performances of The Wild Duck's first week. "

Does this seem a bit in bad taste?  It's nice to get discount codes, but if a government worker is affected by the shutdown isn't their first concern how will I pay the rent? Or how will I pay for groceries?

Considering the remaining tickets (from what I saw) go up to $130+, I actually think this is a nice thing to do. Sometimes theatre is a good diversion for people and if they wanna offer the lot of their tickets for the remainder of the run at a deep discount, someone will buy them.

Its not like when Scott Rudin basically did a $50 fire sale on tickets to all his running shows (Mockingbird, WSS, and others) at the beginning of the pandemic when people were slowly beginning to lock down before the official shutdown.

Shutdown specials happen for every government shutdown. It can be anything from all-day Happy Hour, discount sporting event tickets, theatre tix, free pastries or coffee, etc. 

I don't think we have "bad taste" in this country anymore. Or rather, that's all we have.

It's pretty much standard to see discounts in the greater DC area when shutdowns happen, as others have noted; when I was living down there during the 2010s shutdowns, my federal worker friends had an almost wistful attitude towards them. People are going through a hard time and are looking for distraction on a budget, maybe even more so this time given the uncertainty surrounding more firings or retroactive pay not being granted.

Definitely typical to see discounts during a shutdown.  Arena Stage offered free tickets to the Weds matinee on Damn Yankees to federal workers.  I think it's a win-win.  Helps the theaters fill their seats and gives the people who are affected by the shutdown something to do to take their mind off of things at a reasonable price.  

Promoting the shutdown with AI slop of Jeffries and Schumer in stereotypical Mexican costumes is in bad taste.

This is just standard marketing, if a bit hand fisted.