Einstein Chaplin Play: Help Raise $8000

E=mc2 | Einsteins meet Charlie Chaplin GoFundMe $8,000usd

This original live production is the never-before-told tale of a relationship between two iconic geniuses synonymous with science & cinema: Nobel Prize Winner Professor Albert Einstein & Oscar-winning filmmaker Charlie Chaplin that places them on stage together for the very first time.

$8k for a play?

Funds help to cover theatre rental for this one-time-only workshop performance on two weekends: November 8-9-10 and 22-23-24. Ticket sales are helping operational costs.

If you are local and want to come, get your tickets here:

TICKET LINK---> BUY TICKETS Nov.2024 ONLY <--- TICKET LINK

If the campaign generates more, how will the funds be used?

Great question! The other expenses are as follows:

Thank you for supporting live theatre and assisting us in getting this story to Electric Lodge Theatre in Venice, California. As a first-time playwright, I am excited to have a growing dream team of professionals who specialize in new plays on board.

Dana Resnick, Director

https://www.danaresnick.com/

Dana Resnick has been directing for over 20 years in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., Charleston, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh. She is also a clinical associate professor of directing in the Theatre Arts Department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Dana holds an M.F.A. in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.

Abby Poulos: stage manager

Ivy Musgrove: Asst.Dir/Prod

Garry Geiken: Asst. Producer

Starring:

Heidi Berg as Elsa Einstein, a genius in her own right

Gerry Geiken as Albert, a star-studied genius in physics

Boise Thomas as Charlie Chaplin, a star-studded genius in film

SPECIAL THANK YOU

Edit/Direction/Promo Video:

David Schumann

Instagram: @VHSrevolution

LIVE MUSIC/Violin Composition & Performance:

Lucy Taylor

With friendly thoughts and grateful wishes,

Boise Thomas

Writer/Producer/Actor

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Our creative partners:

VENUE: Electric Lodge Theatre

ASST Creative Director Kent Jenkins, Electric Lodge

The other Actors, Staff, Crew, Vendors, Volunteers, and...

YOU

E=mc2 | Einsteins meet Charlie Chaplin

All theatre production patrons who contribute $25 or more to this campaign are entitled to a 4x6 inch print of the show poster (the original is a 4x6 foot acrylic on canvas painted by the writer/director) when providing a valid United States mailing address (offer only good in the continental United States).

All theatre production patrons who contribute $100 or more are entitled to opening weekend tickets

All patrons contributing $200 or more are invited to a VIP preview at a private residence on September 14th in Venice, CA with the Director, Writer, and Actors.