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Seems like my night to forward bad news to REED-L and PERFORM. Again, this is something many of you might have seen on SHAKSPER, but I thought that others might want to know about the financial troubles being experienced by the American Shakespeare Center. I know that many of us have enjoyed plays at the Blackfriars Playhouse, attended conferences there, and experienced the thrill of visits from the touring company of Shenandoah Shakespeare and its later incarnations. It seemed liked a message worth posting again. Gloria Betcher Forwarded Message: > To: [log in to unmask] > From: "Hardy M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: SHK 20.0046 American Shakespeare Center Financial Troubles > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 18:45:02 -0500 > ----- > The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0046 Sunday, 1 Feburary 2009 > > From: Hardy M. Cook <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sunday, February 01, 2009 > Subject: American Shakespeare Center Financial Troubles > > [Editor's Note: The American Shakespeare Center in its various > incarnations beginning with the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express has > played an important part in my life and the lives of the members of my > family. Later this week, I plan to post a tribute to ASC, describing > some of the ways my family and I have been deeply affected by the > phenomenon that is the ASC. Stay tuned. What follows is a brief account > of the financial difficulties facing the America Shakespeare Center. I > encourage you to go to the ASC website for further details, especially > be sure to read the message from Dan Layman, Chair of the American > Shakespeare Center Board of Trustees: > http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=256 To assure its > continued financial stability, the ASC needs to raise -HMC] > > American Shakespeare Center: > http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/index.php > ASC E-Mail Address: > <[log in to unmask]> > > Even though ticket sales at the Blackfriars Theatre have remained > strong, loss of funding resulting from the current economic climate and > from a disappearance of touring gigs have resulting in the American > Shakespeare Center's facing a serious financial crisis. > > To assure its continued financial stability, the ASC initiated a Survive > and Thrive Campaign to raise $650,000 by May 1, 2009. The first phase > involved raising $250,000 by January 31, 2009. That goal has been > achieved. Now, ASC needs to raise an additional $400,000 by May 1, 2009. > > If you would like to help, you can do one of the following: > 1. Make a contribution online at by clicking the DONATE link at the > bottom of this page: http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=286. > 2. Send a check payable to the American Shakespeare Center to > > American Shakespeare Center > 13 W. Beverley Street, 4th Floor > Staunton, VA 24401, > 3. Call 540-885-5588 and ask for Deirdre Sullivan (ext 16) or David > Dreyfoos (ext 15). > The American Shakespeare Center is a treasure that all Shakespearean > should cherish. I encourage you to support it. > > More to follow. > > Hardy M. Cook > Editor of SHAKSPER > > > _______________________________________________________________ > S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List > Hardy M. Cook, [log in to unmask] > The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> > > DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the > opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the > editor assumes no responsibility for them. >