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<div><strong>February 1st UPDATE: $11,950 raised from all sources ✅</strong>
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<div>Join us on a wild ride into artistic bliss over the next 18 months:<br /> <br /><em>Grottesco Shorts</em>: Ensemble members create new short pieces based on current passions. Danielle Reddick is hard at work. Myriah Duda has a new dance. Susie Perkins has a puppet piece. John Flax is working on a new Henry piece and Susan Skeele is weaving loss and dialogue between the living and dead with Grottesco’s Greek Chorus, using haiku. Send us a Haiku. It will be displayed in the lobby, on our website and may find its way on stage. FACTS: 6-8 new pieces, 6-8 artists, 2 designers, 6 months of development, 3 weeks of performance (incl. theater rental &amp; marketing): $40,000<br />Share the tab: The New England Foundation for the Arts has transferred $15,000 from our COVID halted national touring grant to operational support. We’re putting it here.<br /><strong> ‼️ February 1 st UPDATE: 4 more Shorts are in the works. $1,450 has been raised plus</strong> <strong>$15,000 from NEFA. $23,550 NEEDED BY APRIL 1ST.</strong> 
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<div><em>KWAK KWAK KWAK:</em> May this be our last chapter of the King Without a Kingdom! This one is short, will be streamed nationally, and will be a blast when we let the Buffoons out of their box again! FACTS: 4 actors, 3 camera ops, 1 sound op, 1 video editor, marketing, etc.: $15,000<br /><strong>‼️ February 1 st UPDATE: Parts of this piece will be presented as Short works. The full piece</strong> <strong>will be produced in Summer 2022. $15,000 NEEDED BY SEPTEMBER 30 TH.</strong><br /> <br /><em>THE SURVEY:</em> In collaboration with <a href="https://www.axleart.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Axle Contemporary</a> and <a href="https://www.burningbooks.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Burning Books</a>, Grottesco will create and perform a new piece based on America’s obsession with surveys. Fill out the wickedly fun survey you will receive in your email boxes. Grottesco will perform the result. FACTS: 2 months, 6 actors, 1 director, 2 writers, 2 gallery artists, 2 technicians, international marketing: $40,000 Share the tab: Santa Fe Department of Cultural Affairs ($30,000)<br /><strong>‼️ February 1 st UPDATE: Take the Survey. It’s still online! Performances will happen in</strong> <strong>Santa Fe early summer and will be video taped to stream. A show has been added on August</strong> <strong>13 th at The Outpost in Albuquerque, sponsored by The Outpost and 516 Arts in memory</strong><br /><strong>of Grottesco’s long-time composer and sound designer J.A. Deane. $10,000 NEEDED</strong> <strong>BY JUNE 1ST.</strong><br /><br /><em>Action at a Distance (AaaD)</em>: The Lisa Fay/Jeff Glassman Duo returns to Santa Fe for the full version of this amazing piece, initiated in 2018. Six plays happening simultaneously, performed by 4 actors on a 10’ x 10’ grid. Think jazz.
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<div>FACTS: 3 intensive months followed by 4 weeks of performances in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, 4 actors, 3 director/choreographers, costumes, props, theater rental, marketing: $65,000  
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<div>Share the tab: National Endowment for the Arts: $50,000 (pending).<br /><strong>‼️ February 1 st UPDATE: THIS JUST IN -- NEA application denied!!! Fay/Glassman Duo</strong> <strong>is now applying to the National Theatre Project, results announced mid-summer.</strong><br /> <br /><em>TWO ARTISTS IN PRISON</em>… An autocratic near future where artists are imprisoned. Our two entertain the guards with a story each day, and on this day, the story is Beowulf. Only one of the prisoners knows the story…. <br />FACTS: 10 months development and rehearsal followed by 3 weeks of performances in Santa Fe. Built to tour. 2 actors, 1 director, 2 video artists, costumes, props, set, theater rental, marketing: $75,000<br />Share the tab: New England Foundation for the Arts $8,000, National Endowment for the Arts ($10,000 pending), McCune Foundation ($7,500 pending) New Mexico Arts ($5,000 pending)<br /><strong>‼️ February 1 st UPDATE: We have begun development work on this project. FUNDING</strong> <strong>needed for rehearsals and production beginning Fall 2022.</strong> <strong>We believe in telling the truth with our art. That obliges us to tell the truth with our</strong> <strong>administration. So no sugar coating. These one-of-a-kind projects will cost $235,000</strong> <strong>total.</strong><br /><br />We already have $53,000 raised with $72,500 pending That’s over halfway!! ($22,500 PENDING as of FEBRUARY 1 st with a new application underway) . Don’t be frightened by these numbers.<br />These are our goals:<br /><strong>$10,500 by December 31st, 2021 ACHIEVED ✅</strong><br />$49,000 by June 30, 2022 $1,450 raised, $47,550 TO GO<br />$50,000 by December 31st, 2022.<br /><br /><em>$100 covers one actor for one performance. $300 covers one actor for a week of</em> <em>rehearsals (20hrs/week, $15/hour). $1,000 covers 3 days theater rental. Sponsor a show,</em> <em>an actor, a designer. Anything you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Let’s make</em> <em>something beautiful, surprising, smart, and funny together. The world needs us.</em>
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Rick Stoller

James Flax

Robert Skeele

Silvia Stenitzer

Judy Brown

Noriko Gamblin

Loie Fecteau

Gaelle de Tassigny The French Gardener

Craig Hansen

Michael Zimber

D Elizabeth Wiseman

Kent Kirkpatrick

Kathryn Fearnside

Laurie Rufe

Ronald Dans

Nicholas BROWN

Timothy Johnson

Anonymous

Mariah Olesen

Anne Shiff

An 18-Month Journey to Artistic Bliss

An 18-Month Journey to Artistic Bliss

Still $7,515 to go. Help us build momentum.