2024–2025 GoFundMe Campaign
When was the last time you were deeply moved by a live performance, up close and personal? At Applause Community Theatre (ACT), we believe that intimate, thought-provoking theater can ignite change and foster community. And making it affordable is even better!
Last year, ACT partnered with the national organization ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence, Mixed Blood Theater, Perpich School for the Arts, and Save Our Sons Executive Director, Melvin Carter Jr., to be the first organization in Minnesota to bring new works of theater written and performed by teens to the Twin Cities. Our November 06, 2023, production at Mixed Blood Theater was one of over 50 nationwide performances that day. The plays sparked critical conversations and inspired youth to create other thought-provoking forms of art on the subject, such as music. All proceeds from the production were donated to Save Our Sons to help fund the creation of more art, in this case film, to spark critical conversations and inspire action on preventing gun violence.
To support ACT's mission of spotlighting new voices and rarely performed works, this year we are bringing Our Dearest Friends by local playwright Terry Newby, paired with A Woman Over Forty by New Zealand playwright Lindsey Brown. Excerpts from A Woman Over Forty were performed in the 2024 FastFest festival in Cloquet, MN.
Next spring, we are also producing the first showing in the last 10 years in Minnesota of Red, by John Logan. Red won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, along with 5 other awards.
Soon we will announce a March 2025 show to enter in the Minnesota Association of Community Theaters MACTFest competition and present at The Hive Collaborative in Saint Paul.
We keep our ticket prices low as we want our shows to be accessible. Ticket sales cover about 53% of expenses. Your donation, whether one-time or recurring, will directly support our productions, keeping ticket prices low and ensuring that our shows remain accessible to all.
Normal production costs per play (3–4 productions per year):
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Rehearsal space: $1,000-1,500
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Performance space: $1,000-2,000
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Royalties and music rentals: $750-2,000
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Aspiration to provide stipends: $1,000-1,500
Please consider including us in your charitable giving. We are 100% volunteer, so all monies received go into production costs.
We are thankful for any donation, from $5 to $5,000.
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We hope to see you at a show soon!