About this project
The Pirates of Penzance. Such a traditionally weird show. Fredrick is brought into service of a group of Pirates after his geriatric hard of hearing Nurse Maid misunderstands his father's desire for him to become a "Pilot" (see What Gilbert and Sullivan did there?). And as he is indentured to his 21st birthday he leaves the pirate band to potentially marry the old woman who raised him. When he discovers younger women, he banishes the old. A bunch of policemen show up, and Fredrick is brought into the pirate fold again because he was born on a leap year and he's actually not 21, he's only five. BIZARRE.
STAGEright Theatre's Production of The Pirates of Penzance, being lead by Artistic Director Brendan Mack, is taking this bizarre story to a new extreme. Casting the show traditionally performed with a group of 30 to 40 chorus members with only 11 is a big first step. Having them play every role in the show, including roles of instrumentalists is another big one. And from there the production spirals into contemporary hipster indie music heaven, taking an indie spin on the material while preserving its integrity.
What we have and what we need. The cast is assembled, the production opens October 21st, we have a space, and we have Seattle's best Music Director Paul Linnes on board driving the ship. What we need is money for the remaining production costs of the show. Costumes, props, set pieces, shipping of beautiful dresses designed by Connie Rowe from New York to Seattle and back, t-shirt printing and a case of Yoo Hoo.
We are a company that has lived within its means for two-and-a-half years, and we are just aching to spread our wings with this ambitious production to provide the best theatre experience yet to come from STAGEright. Our goal is $1,500.
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For a $10 donation you will receive our thanks, a metaphorical pat on the back, and your name listed in our program for helping us get our show off the ground.
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For a donation of $25, we'll list you in our program, and you'll get a sweet poster from our production signed by a thankful cast!
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Wow! Considering donating $50 to our cause?! That's outrageously appreciated! For a $50 donation you get a high quality DVD of our final performance weekend. We are filming the show to stream online, but you'll agree, nothing compares with the homemade charm of having a physical DVD of the production. We'll also include your name in the program, and we'll send you a poster from the production signed by the cast.
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Wow. You really had to go and do it. $100. What we can offer you is the promise that with such an amazing donation we will be able to stay in operation. We will continue pushing boundaries as a theatre company. We will be thankful and humbled by the act of your selfless support for our company and our endeavors to create high quality and self-expressing art. Oh! And we'll also give you the following: 2 free tickets to this production of The Pirates of Penzance, a listing in our program, a poster from the production signed by our cast, and a scratch-free DVD of the production.
Pledge $500 or more Pledge $500 or more
For the EPIC donation of $500 we will give you the hook-up in the biggest way we can imagine. We will attend family functions and send you Christmas cards, Brendan Mack will personally write your name in sharpie on an actor in our cast for each performance of our show. And we will send you some terrific gifts: 2 free tickets to this production of The Pirates of Penzance, a listing in our program, a poster from the production signed by our cast, a scratch-free DVD of the Production, and a gift basket loaded with coffee, chocolates, cupcakes, and lots more from local Seattle businesses.
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STAGEright was founded in 2009 with the intent to provide a high-quality, artistically driven experience for a wide community, and not simply the theatre elite. We are continuing to choose productions that have wide appeal to build non-theatre goers into consistent audience members after seeing a kick-ass show with us.
STAGEright is a partner artist and associated program of Shunpike.
