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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 6, 2012.

Sideshow's Summer of Theatre is Fully Funded!

Update #14 · May 4, 2012 · comment

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

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It's the Final Countdown! 55 hours and $370 to go!

Update #13 · May 3, 2012 · comment

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.

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We did it! We broke $4,000!

Update #12 · Apr 30, 2012 · comment

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!

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$55 Away from Breaking $4,000!

Update #11 · Apr 29, 2012 · comment

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!

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Gacy Research Under Way

Update #10 · Apr 26, 2012 · comment

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. 

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Apr 4, 2012 - May 6, 2012

  • Pledge $10 or more

    14 backers

    Welcome, handsome, to Sideshow's Summer of Theater! For your generous contribution, Sideshow's Marketing Manager, Bruce, will personally say thank you outside his window. Loudly. For all his neighbors to hear.

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $20 or more

    24 backers

    For your kindness in helping Bruce lose his voice this summer, you will also be credited as having sponsored a rehearsal for either THE GACY PLAY or IDOMENEUS by having your name read aloud to the cast, and met with great applause. A 10-15 second video clip will be sent to your e-mail as evidence of this.

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $35 or more

    8 backers

    You, noble donor, get to take home all these cool rewards, plus one ticket to THE GACY PLAY or IDOMENEUS, donor's choice! Also enjoy a personalized thank you email from your select Sideshow staff member!

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $50 or more

    27 backers

    You, my dear, are a delight. Receive everything already mentioned, and two tickets to either THE GACY PLAY or IDOEMENEUS. Or go WILD and get one ticket to each show!

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $100 or more

    4 backers

    Wow. This Kickstarter thing we got going is getting serious. Enjoy all the previous rewards, plus read up on all things cool in our fair city with your one-year subscription to TIME OUT CHICAGO!

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $250 or more

    1 backer

    Baby, I love you so much I want you to have two complimentary tickets to any one Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestling event in 2012 (entry only), and two tickets to the opening night celebration of either THE GACY PLAY or IDOMENEUS! Plus everything mentioned before you scrolled down this far.

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer

    Marry me. Seriously. And afterwards, enjoy two complimentary bar package entry tickets to one CLLAW event in 2012 (drinks on us!), plus an evening of your choosing chaperoned by CLLAW emcee Rockke L. Squelch and a wrestler! Also partake in all the previously mentioned rewards, and make it a Sideshow spectacular year!

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012