<div><strong>ROOT US IN THE LES</strong>
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<div><strong>We did it!</strong>
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<div>On October 31, 2025 wild project officially purchased its building on East 3rd Street—our beloved 89-seat theater and gallery, a cultural home for independent artists and our East Village community. This milestone marks the triumphant completion of our Root Us in the LES capital campaign, a five-year journey defined by perseverance, resilience, and a belief that saving this theater was worth every challenge.
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<div>We could not have reached this moment without you—our community, whose steadfast support and faith carried us forward. Thank you for standing with wild project.
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<div>Root Us in the LES, was a capital campaign wild project launched in March 2022 to acquire the building on E. 3rd St. in the East Village which is home to our 89-seat theater, gallery, and the home base for the artists and resident theater companies we serve. It’s a campaign to forever lay the foundation for the next generation of artists. We’re inspired by New York’s past, it’s standing in history as a cultural beacon and incubator. Through the changes, turmoil and resiliency in our city, the Covid-19 shutdown, and the ongoing process of recovery, our mission to serve LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC artists of New York City remains. This campaign will ensure that our commitment to New York’s artists remains for many years to come.
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<div>In 2022, wild project was awarded a $1,000,000 grant from former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and a $250,000 grant from the LoCAP fund via NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh’s office, helping to propel the campaign forward. We need to raise additional funding through federal, state, local, community and foundation resources in order to take out a low-cost mortgage on the building. The purchase of the building also includes the air rights, making the potential for a future performing arts center a strong possibility. The urgency of the campaign is real, and we will need everyone’s help to meet this goal!
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<div>wild project has the unique opportunity to purchase our building, but if we do not come up with the funds, our space will go on the market and will be sold to the highest bidder, and likely be developed into luxury apartments, forcing another beloved downtown performing arts space to close.
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<div><strong>***UPDATE**</strong>
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<div>In 2025, we received a $600,000 grant from Governor Kathy Hochul, an additional $250,000 from NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh, $375,000 from NYS Assemblymember Grace Lee and a $500,000 Private Foundation Grant!!!
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