50 Characters in 50 Weeks
Project by Brent Rose
WE DID IT!!!
posted on November 6
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am over the moon.
With twelve hours left on the clock, we just smashed through the $10,000 mark!!! I am so elated I can barely speak. I'm truly at a loss for words. So I'm going to save the bulk of them until midnight when this whole thing is officially over.
In the meantime, at the risk of sounding greedy (which I promise I am not)... let's keep going! We've got twelve more hours to raise funds, and anything additional we take in will just go to getting better equipment and employing MORE actors (and crew), and props and costumes and wigs, and... it will go a long way to make each episode BETTER. So why stop?
If you were going to make calls and send emails today, I hope you'll still consider following through with that. It feels weird to be saying this, but what the hell? It all goes to the project, and it all gets filtered back into the community of artists. So, let's see how far we can go with it!
And most importantly, THANK YOU. THANK YOU so, so much. This was such a long-shot, and the fact alone that so many people believed in this crazy dream... Wow, I can't do this right now. I'm getting really choked up. Umm... I'm going to get myself together, and I'll post another update tonight. In the meantime, know that I am incredibly grateful to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
So much love,
Brent
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Project By
Brent Rose
New York, NY
Send MessageBrent Rose is a classically-trained actor, writer, and filmmaker living in New York City. He is a graduate of the masters program at the National Theatre Conservatory, and has also studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company, The Upright Citizen's Brigade, and The People's Improv Theatre. Recently he was in
Bill Pullman's Expedition 6, Barry Levinson's What Just Happened, Guiding Light, and several episodes of CBS's Wallstrip (some of which he also wrote).
His current project is called 50 Characters in 50 Weeks. Please help fund it!
Brittany Paige Barrett says: yay! P.S. you are hot
Amy Hadley says: Way to take your dream into your own hands. Love the project! Glad to support you.
Cassidy Jamahl Brown says: Wow. I am so excited for you, Brent. I am proud to be a sponsor.
Andy Swan says: Deserved