FIRST FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY INC

Dear Friends of First Flight Theatre Company,

Please consider a tax-deductible donation to First Flight Theatre Company enabling us to continue with our eighth season bringing quality and environmentally set theatre productions to New York City, New Jersey and Chicago. Funds raised will help pay for the company’s insurance and web site costs, rental for rehearsal and performance spaces, promotional costs and actor stipends. First Flight Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization producing plays by Maxwell Anderson and other playwrights who bring poetry to the stage. Our performances are made possible by our donors’ generous donations and our performers and staff’s tireless efforts.

Our fundraising goal to help pay for our production costs for 2026 is $5,000. Please help us achieve this goal; any amount of support will be greatly appreciated!

LIVE PRODUCTIONS in 2026

Declaration, a ndew musical based on the Declaration of Independence on Saturday, August 1 at 3pm and 7pm at the Hermitage, 335 N. Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423.

Dickens Presents A Christmas Carol The Musical, Saturdays and Sundays, December 12, 13, 19, & 20, Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm at the Hermitage, 335 N. Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423.

Maxwell Anderson Birthday Benefit: Between the Two World Wars - Our 138th birthday celebration for playwright Maxwell Anderson and benefit for the First Flight Theatre Company on Tuesday, December 15th, 2026 at a theater in NYC. During the benefit we will perform ten scenes from ten different Maxwell Anderson plays from 1923 – 1930.

First Flight Theatre Company has now published Maxwell Anderson’s plays from the 1920s that have entered into the public domain. These actor scripts have been “re-typed” from the original hard bound books that are out of print and difficult to find. Anderson’s What Price Glory was “re-typed” and published in December 2023 and is now available via Amazon. Since then, five other plays by Anderson have been re-published, First Flight, The Buccaneer, Outside Looking In, Gods of the Lightning and Sea-Wife. All are available at Amazon.

Let the Plays continue!

You can make a difference by donating today to FIRST FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY INC.

Sincerely,

Frank Farrell

Artistic Director

First Flight Theatre Company

We are raising funds to support First Flight Theatre Company's first post-Covid, live and in-person season! Frank Farrell, the company’s Artistic Director announced that more than forty members of the public have donated to the Go Fund Me campaign or have
mailed the company checks. The company recently received donations totaling $6,650.00 in addition to the $3,560 raised online for a recent donation total of $10,210!  Opening in July 2022, the season launches with a production of Maxwell Anderson's rarely produced, prescient, spectacular play VALLEY FORGE, followed in October with our original Halloween production of MINA based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula," concluding in December with our Holiday production of DICKENS BY CANDLELIGHT: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Every dollar donated will help make First Flight's 2022 theatrical season a success; no donation is too small! As with many small, non-profit arts organizations, we managed to weather the pandemic storm for the past two years, but those years took a profound financial toll. We are ready to perform for live audiences again but need your help to restart our engine! So Come fly with First Flight as we begin by bringing to life VALLEY FORGE, a play that speaks for today, a theatrical cure for our country's current turbulence and uncertainties. This GoFundMe campaign culminates with First Flight’s first live-in-person benefit on May 5, 2022, at The Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey featuring outstanding talent and a fabulous auction of fund-raising surprises! For tickets to our benefit visit https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/63301 .  Visit the First Flight Theatre Company Web Site.

GoFundMe Campaign Donor Level Titles (Titles are Maxwell Anderson Play Titles) BUCCANEER DONORS ($1-$20), JOAN OF LORRAINE DONORS ($21-$50), THE STAR WAGON DONORS ($51-$100), LOST IN THE STARS DONORS ($101-$250), GODS OF THE LIGHTNING DONORS ($251-$500), THE GOLDEN SIX DONORS ($501-$1,000), WHAT PRICE GLORY DONORS ($1,001-$5,000), ELIZABETH THE QUEEN DONORS ($5,001- $10,000) and KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY DONORS ($10,001 and above)

 

Dear Friends of First Flight Theatre Company,

We are currently rehearsing Declaration, a new musical based on the Declaration of Independence as part of the Hermitage's 250th Anniversary celebration of its signing in 1776. There will be two performances of Declaration on August 1, 2026, at 3pm and 7pm at the Hermitage Museum, 335 Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. For Tickets: https://www.thehermitage.org/

Donations from friends like you made our current production of Declaration possible.

Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation to the First Flight Theatre Company enabling us to continue with our eighth season bringing quality and immersive theatre productions to New York City and New Jersey. Funds raised will help pay for the company’s insurance and web site costs, rental for rehearsal and performance spaces, promotional costs and actor stipends. First Flight Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization producing plays by Maxwell Anderson and other playwrights who bring poetry to the stage. Our performances are made possible by our donors’ generous donations and our performers and staff’s tireless efforts.

Our fundraising goal to help pay for our production costs for 2026 is $5,000. Please help us achieve this goal; any amount of support will be greatly appreciated!

LIVE PRODUCTIONS in 2026

Declaration, a new musical based on the Declaration of Independence on Saturday, August 1 at 3pm and 7pm at the Hermitage, 335 N. Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423.

Dickens Presents A Christmas Carol The Musical, Saturdays and Sundays, December 12, 13, 19, & 20, Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm at the Hermitage, 335 N. Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423.

Maxwell Anderson Birthday Benefit: Between the Two World Wars - Our 138th birthday celebration for playwright Maxwell Anderson and benefit for the First Flight Theatre Company on Tuesday, December 15th, 2026, at a theater in NYC. During the benefit we will perform ten scenes from ten different Maxwell Anderson plays from 1923 – 1930.

So far in 2026 the First Flight Theatre Company has conducted two Monologue Workshops for our Ensemble members and a reading of The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells at the Tank Theater in NYC.

We already received donations from Pamela Coombe and Ben Masterton for 2026. Thank you, Pam and Ben!

First Flight Theatre Company has now published Maxwell Anderson’s plays from the 1920s that have entered into the public domain. These actor scripts have been “re-typed” from the original hard bound books that are out of print and difficult to find. Anderson’s What Price Glory was “re-typed” and published in December 2023 and is now available via Amazon. Since then, five other plays by Anderson have been re-published, First Flight, The Buccaneer, Outside Looking In, Gods of the Lightning and Sea-Wife. All are available at Amazon.

Let the Plays continue!

You can make a difference by donating today to FIRST FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY INC.

Cordially,

Frank Farrell

Artistic Director

First Flight Theatre Company