TENDERLOIN “Pay What You Can” Campaign
Watch the actors from TENDERLOIN tell you about our neighborhood tickets initiative
by clicking on the video above.
GOAL ACHIEVED! Cutting Ball raised $8,999 to fund FREE tickets to Cutting Ball’s upcoming production of TENDERLOIN for students and community organizations, “Pay What You Can” tickets for neighborhood residents, and Cutting Ball Theater’s production.
Long time Cutting Ball friends John and Paula Gambs matched all gifts 1:1 and will continue to match additional gifts to support The Cutting Ball Theater up to $10,000.
In the past four years that we’ve been the theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor we have recognized a disparity between public perception and the rich and powerful stories of survival, generosity, and what it means to create a home in the Tenderloin. Cutting Ball is proud to have commissioned a work that will connect the Bay Area audience with a widely avoided part of its community through the powerful act of listening to the stories of the people who work and reside in this neighborhood.
Six San Francisco actors (Tristan Cunningham, Siobhan Doherty, Rebecca Frank, Michael Kelly, Leigh Shaw, and David Sinaiko, with additional interviews by David Westley Skillman) have already spent almost a full year interviewing nearly 40 people who live and work in the Tenderloin. These include: long time residents of SROs (Single Room Occupancy Hotel), the former neighborhood Police Captain, community activists, children from the Boys and Girl’s club, the District Supervisor, and many others.
Tenderloin will be produced by Cutting Ball Theater April 27-May 27, 2012 at EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor Street between Ellis and Eddy in San Francisco.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
We believe TENDERLOIN should be seen by the people who live and work in our neighborhood. However, many people in the Tenderloin cannot afford to pay our ticket prices ($20-$35), which currently cover less than 20% of the actual cost of the production. We would like to offer “pay what you can” tickets to the Tenderloin community and also like free tickets for students and children from the community (ages 12-22). We need your help to make up the difference between what we would normally receive from ticket prices and what the people of this community can afford to pay. Please help us bring this production to our neighbors from:
Boys and Girls Club
Vietnamese Youth Center
Curran House residents
Tenderloin neighborhood public schools
Glide Memorial Church neighbors
MAKE A GIFT NOW AND RECEIVE COMMUNITY REWARDS
*All gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law
| $1+: | Our sincere thanks, and recognition in a list of donors in our program |
| $25+: | All of the above plus: Invitation to a donors only pre-show conversation with leaders from the community. |
| $50+: | All of the above plus: A copy of our poster for Tenderloin, signed by members of the cast |
| $100+: | All of the above plus: Free parking at a local garage when you come to see the performance One free ticket to Tenderloin |
| $250+: | All of the above plus: A cd with recordings from selected interview transcriptions not included in the original production. Invitation for two to the Gala Opening Night reception |
| $500+: | All of the above plus: A bound copy of the final production script, signed by director Annie Elias and the cast. |
| $1000+: | All of the above plus: A signed original print of a Mark Elligner photograph of iconic Tenderloin architecture. Check out Mark’s photographs at http://upfromthedeep.com/prints/ |
| $2500+: | All of the above plus: Recognition as an Associate Producer in pre-show announcements and in our lobby. Invitation for six to the Gala Opening Night performance Invitation for two to a private rehearsal |