Keep Perceptions Theatre Going in 2025 & Beyond
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We are a Black Woman Owned non-profit theatre company on the Southside of Chicago and we are in our 5th year of business. Our mission is to strengthen the accessibility of theatre to the African-American/Black communities of South Shore and to be an economic and artistic resource for BIPOC artists. This year alone we have been able to rent out a theatre space for small community events and rehearsals for our shows. We want to be able to continue to grow, keep our building, hire more artistic staff, bring more theatre arts teaching workshops and help our community by bringing more art to the Southside of Chicago, so you don't have to leave your own backyard to experience art. We can't make that happen without the support of our community. (Learn more about us www.perceptionstheatre .org)
Plans for 2025 & Beyond:
- Overall Goal for 2025-Keep our rehearsal space on 79th Street ($12k for the year)
- Summer 2025-5th Annual BIPOC Play Fest (one act festival that supports the work of playwrights of color and help to produce their work)
- Winter 2025-NNPN Rolling World Premiere of The Wash by Kelundra Smith
- Throughout the year-workshops teaching lighting, costume, directing, stage management and acting (we aim to hire those in our workshops for future shows)
When You Donate Where Each Dollar Goes:
- $1-$50: Can help us take care of our volunteer efforts in the community, website, streaming services, plays and films for our play club, and ads
- $50-$100: Can help us take care of everything above and our stage reading playwrights, directors and actors pay, mailing supplies, rehearsal space rentals, and costumes for shows
- $100-$500: Can help us take care of everything above and our full production playwrights, crew and actors pay, legal fees, production space rentals, workshops, classes, teaching artists, props and set designing for shows
- $500 and above: Can help us take care of everything above and self tape and filming equipment, and company members salary
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Perceptions Theatre
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Chicago, IL