Hello Kickstarter supporters!

Following the success of our Kickstarter campaign last year, with 64 donors helping us achieve our goal, we have launched a 100x100 Campaign this year-our goal being having 100 people donate $100 each by the end of 2011.

Since launching 100x100 on Feb 25, we have reached 38 donations-Amazing! We would love to get to 50 donations of $100 by May 5, the opening night of our O Solo Mama Mia Festival. Can you help us raise the last 12 donations needed to be halfway to our goal?

Click here to join our 100x100 Campaign now.

Go to: www.WAMTheatre.com to learn more about the campaign and our 2011 season of events.

By becoming part of our 100×100 Campaign you can help WAM Theatre do it’s part to create opportunity for women through our 2011 events.

Thank you so very much for supporting our work with WAM Theatre!

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Kristen

Well Kickstarter Backers-It's opening night!!

We all feel like we are floating on air-the show is ready, the cast and creative team have poured their heart and soul into this show and thanks in part to your donations, we have put together what we think is an incredible show!

As of this morning there are only 6 tickets left for tonight's opening performance and advance sales for the other performances are also going extremely well!

We've had an incredible amount of press for this show, which is helping with advance ticket sales as well. I wanted to forward a few links to you:

A TV Interview on MASS APPEAL yesterday: http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/mass_appeal/leisure/wam-theatre-presents-melancholy-play

A preview article in The Valley Advocate this week: http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm...

Today's Berkshire Eagle: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_16590920

We have a lot of critics coming this weekend so fingers crossed for good reviews next week to help with our second weekend of performances!

For those who can't see the production, here's a link to production photos taken by our incredible marketing associate, Kaitlyn Squires:

http://kaitlynmarie.net/WAMTheatre/

THANK YOU for backing our project and being such an instrumental part of getting us to opening night! It is a dream come true and know that we would not be here without your support.

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Kristen

In just under 11 hours, WAM will receive the official email from Kickstarter that informs us that we have succeeded with our Kickstarter Campaign!

We must say one final THANK YOU for making this campaign such a success. Thank you for backing our project, for spreading the word and for choosing to join our WAM Theatre Adventure.

We will organize all the backer information in the coming days and look forward to honouring everyone's rewards. Those who are receiving a signed poster will receive it later in November, once 'Melancholy Play' rehearsals begin and the official posters are printed. Backers who get a pair of tickets to a performance of their choice will be contacted to reserve their complimentary tickets and opening night party invites will be sent to those who received that reward. Finally, the names of our 64 WAM Kickstarter Campaign triple philanthropists will proudly be added to our playbill. If you have any questions or would like your name listed in a particular way in the playbill, please contact Kristen at kristen@wamtheatre.com

We hope to see you all at 'Melancholy Play' and we thank you for being an instrumental part of making this production happen.

As Marjorie Hutter, Director of Philanthropy at The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts remarked, “I remember when Kristen first called me to talk about the vision for WAM – that offering a theatrical venue for women’s voices and experiences would go hand-in-hand with advancing women’s philanthropy for social change. As the chosen beneficiary of WAM’s fall show, the Women’s Fund couldn’t ask for a better alignment of mission and values. We welcome this terrific opportunity to share with WAM’s audience the impact of our grantmaking in Berkshire County. So when you attend WAM’s fall production, please know that you’ll also be part of changing the world, right here at home!”

Thank you for being part of changing the world!

Kristen and Leigh
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Thanks to your pledges, including the $300 pledge this morning from Kristen Kellner (backer #59), we have reached our $3500 Kickstarter Goal!!!!!!!!!!

It is just amazing and we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for choosing to become part of our WAM theatre adventure. Enjoy that warm and fuzzy "I'm a triple philanthopist' feeling!

With 16 days still to go to make a pledge, we are curious to see how high our number will go! The more we raise, the more we can give to The Women's Fund, so keep spreading the word and let's see how high we can go!

Thank you so very, very much. WE DID IT!

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Kristen

Today, WAM's Kickstarter Campaign received $682 in pledges!!! We are up to 58 backers and $3202 raised! With 17 days left, we have under $300 to raise! Thanks to all of you, our backers, success definitely feels within our grasp. What an exciting campaign!

Everyone is working so hard to help us spread the word, including a few journalists. There was an article that came out yesterday which inspired some of the most recent pledges, including an anonymous $500 pledge which simply took our breath away. Here is the link to the article:

http://iberkshires.com/story/36078/WAM-Theatre-Raising-Funds-for-Philanthropy-Stage-Event.html

A huge thank you to all......who knows, maybe we'll even exceed our goal???

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