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<div>As the<strong> first—and only—drama therapy organization in the United States</strong>, 2nd Act has spent 40 years using theater practices to prevent substance use, support recovery, and help people rewrite their stories.
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<div><strong>Drama therapy is an evidence-based clinical practice that uses storytelling, role play, and performance to help individuals build mental health skills, process trauma, and sustain recovery.</strong>
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<div>Our programs have reached over 1 million people, and demand continues to grow. Funding has not kept pace.
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<div><strong>We are raising $100,000 in bridge funding to continue operations and launch our next chapter. </strong>Your support helps us continue to provide the trauma-informed prevention education that schools desperately need, and the clinical support that recovery centers rely on.
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<div>In the past year:
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<li>We expanded across recovery centers in Boston and Rhode Island
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<li>More communities than ever are relying on our work - for example, <strong>in 2025, we served over 3,500 individuals</strong>, compared to 2,700 in 2024
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<div>2nd Act has always prioritized accessibility and delivery. But like many nonprofits, we’re facing a widening gap as funding becomes more limited and slower to arrive.
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<div>Without near-term support:
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<li>Recovery centers lose a unique therapy model
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<li>Artists in recovery lose a vital creative community
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<div>Over the past three months, our board has taken decisive action by strengthening financial controls and oversight to build a more disciplined, transparent operating model. We’ve completed a strategic review and made hard decisions about where we have the greatest impact. The result: <strong>2nd Act is in a moment of significant transition. </strong>Bridge funding will allow us to sustain core programs while executing a focused, sustainable path forward. Every dollar helps stabilize operations and sustain programs.
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<div><strong>So, how can you help?</strong>
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<div><strong>Please donate: </strong>Whether it is $20 or $20,000, every single dollar goes directly to keeping our doors open so our staff and artists can keep working. $50 helps to provide supplies for a social-emotional learning workshop series. $200 covers an individual drama therapy session for a peer support worker. $750 covers costs for one drama therapy group or SEL workshop. $2,000 brings a prevention play to a school in need. $5,000 provides funds for a 6-week series. And so on. Truly, every dollar counts.
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<div><strong>Share: we need you to be our megaphone. </strong>Everyone knows someone affected by substance use disorder, and networks are powerful tools for support.
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<div>For 40 years, 2nd Act has helped people find their voice and their second chance. <strong>Now we’re asking for ours. Help give 2nd Act its second act. Thank you.</strong>
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