Support ÉLÉPHANT's Journey to Los Angeles

Help Bring ÉLÉPHANT to Los Angeles!

Support This Show's Jounry to SheLA Theater Festival

**Goal: $20,000 by July 14th!

We have reached our original goal! THANK YOU!

We have extended our goal and our deadline to help continue the show!

Anything else donated will go to both artist stipends and future productions in NYC and beyond!

COMING TO LA THIS SUMMER

ÉLÉPHANT

Are you ready for escaping?

By Eva MeiLing Pollitt

Directed by Akia Squitieri

This summer, we’ve been invited to present ÉLÉPHANT at the 2025 SheLA Summer Theater Festival in West Hollywood—and we need your help to get there.

We’re raising $20,000 to bring this important, visually striking new play to the stage in Los Angeles. Every dollar helps us cover the essentials:

✈️ Airfare & Ground Transportation

Housing

Artist Pay

Production Costs (costumes, props, set, lighting, sound)

Rehearsals & Tech

We are a team of 20 artists, and 12 of us are traveling across the country to bring this story to life.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Set in a 19th-century Parisian brothel, ÉLÉPHANT follows 13-year-old Clérèse as she comes of age under the care of her mother, Magdith, a sex worker desperate to shield her from a brutal world. When a mysterious visitor arrives, Clérèse’s body begins to change—and a surreal, fantastical journey unfolds.

Developed with Rising Sun Performance Company over several years, this dreamlike, allegorical tale explores puberty, trauma, and transformation. Inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec, global documentaries and the lived experiences of those often silenced, ÉLÉPHANT is an intimate, raw, and visually powerful meditation on girlhood, womanhood, and survival.

WHY THIS MATTERS

We believe ÉLÉPHANT is a story that must be told—and seen.

This is a bold, feminist, and collaborative work that speaks to anyone who’s ever questioned the roles they’ve been handed or fought to reclaim their voice. It is led by a majority-female creative team, and our invitation to SheLA places this work on a national platform that amplifies femme and nonbinary artists in leadership roles.

But we can’t do it without your support.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Your donation will directly support:

* Plane tickets and lodging for our team

* Fair pay for our artists and crew

* Building the show: set pieces, costumes, props, lighting, and sound

* Rehearsal space and transportation

* Getting our story to the people who need to see it most

Whether it’s $5, $50, or $500, every single contribution brings us one step closer to lifting this powerful story off the page and into the spotlight.

SHARE THE STORY

Even if you can’t give today, you can help by sharing our campaign with your community. Use your voice to help us amplify ÉLÉPHANT and the artists behind it.

Together, we can bring this dream to life—onstage, in the light, where it belongs.

Thank you for believing in the power of story, the strength of girls, and the future of feminist theatre.

With gratitude,

The Elephant Team!

Akia· Eva · Ayesha · Laura · Raiane · Maggie · Amanda · William · Asha · Maera · Michael · Eric · Monica · Meg Liadin · Alexandra · Natalia · Claire · Tiffini

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