Kickstarter

Congratulations, you beautiful Kickstarter supporters! Together, we reached our fundraising goal for the greatest project ever - Sideshow's Summer of Theatre! Thank you to all the wonderful people who contributed to this campaign, your support is amazing, generous, and makes our work possible. Without the support of individual donors like yourself, we wouldn't be able to take on our crazy ambitious, storytelling filled summer of theatre! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! We hope you join us this summer for The Gacy Play and Idomeneus. 

Much love and gratitude,

The Sideshow Team

Hey Kickstarter friends!

We're almost there! The Kickstarter finish line is so close I can almost taste it! Please take these final hours to ask anyone you know, from the barista at Starbucks you've been trying to ask out for months to the next door neighbor with the adorable puppy to contribute to our campaign. Together, we will make the greatest summer of theatre Chicago has ever seen!

You would think, with the Final Countdown now stuck in your head, that I might post a video to the song. But instead, I have something else fun in store for you below. Hopefully you are all fans of Arrested Development, or might be fans after you see the pictures below.

Thank YOU Kickstarter friends for getting us over $4,000! We have $1,890 to go in just 5 days! We can do it, folks!

As a big thank you for kicking us over $4,000, enjoy some promised photographs of adorable cats and dogs being best friends. Hurrah!

Hey Kickstarter supporters!

We have SEVEN days left to raise exactly $2,055! If we break into $4,000 today, you will get TWO adorable photos of cats and dogs being best friends. If we raise $500 today, you will be delighted by A WHOLE MESS of these photos for your viewing pleasure. Here's one below to entice you towards getting your friends, family, and even mortal enemies to contribute to our campaign. Big thanks to one of our Kickstarter backers who was inspired by our previous adorable animal posts, and shared all the images that I'm dangling in front of you as internet carrots. Man, do I love cute animals.

Thank you also for all the support, contributions, and increased pledges from our dedicated donors to help us meet our goal. We have a ways left to go this week, but with supporters like you, we can most certainly reach our goal!

Dearest Kickstarters,

As we work our way from 50% to 100% funded in our Kickstarter campaign, The Gacy Play team is hard at work bringing this piece of theater to life. Many of us have read or are in the process of reading a fascinating book by Judge Sam L. Amirante, the former lawyer for John Wayne Gacy during his very famous trial. The book, John Wayne Gacy, Defending a Monster gives you an inside look at one of the most evil serial killers in recent history, and he's so much more complicated and layered than one can ever imagine. If you are looking for some light reading on the beach this summer, you might want to check it out for the low, low price of $16.57. But seriously - it's an exceptional book, sometimes very challenging to read, shedding light on the man behind the monster.