Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 26, 2011.
We're so, so, so close to $10,000.
I just tweeted this:
My show heals families thru the power of theater. Fund it to Edinburgh! tinyurl.com/ellensnortland http://t.co/x5PZNVk via @kickstarter
I invite you to retweet, or do whatever you can to help us reach $10,000 tonight!
Wouldn't it be fun! We're going to make it to our goal. I know we will!
Love and gratitude to each and everyone of you!
Love, Ellen
Hi,
Just so excited about the rise in pledges in the last few days! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the reposting and encouragement.
For those of you who were involved with looking at the Vikinga image of me on FaceBook, I loved the conversation. Everyone was clear and made such great sense.
Some felt the Vikinga was not reflective of the subtle parts of my show, of which there are many. I agree with that. So we've been working with the designer to create an image that can show up as provocative and "What?!" in a directory of shows where the image is the size of a postage stamp. The theater goers have 2000 shows to select from, so we want to have them give us at least a second glance.
I've attached a "rough" of the possible promotional image. The 50 word text will provide more context too.
Have a wonderful Sunday night. Ken's roasted a chicken and is steaming some artichokes! Am a grateful for him? You bet I am!
Dear Backers,
A dear friend in North Dakota sent me this email, this morning:
"I just pushed this out to my data base, blog, fanpage, twitter."
She was part of the original team that believed in "Now That She's Gone."
Would you be willing to send the link to my page on to your theater loving friends?
I was reflecting upon why anyone would want to help get "Now That She's Gone" to Edinburgh.
In many ways, it's like a sharing a book that moved and touched you in some way.
I'll leave you with a quote that I've shortened for "Twitter."
"My mother insisted that I read The Diary of Anne Frank where I first pondered if I would have been brave enough to hide Jews in MY attic. I realized at 10 that there's no rehearsal for courage."
Is there anything to do that you need to create courage?
Have a GREAT day. Love, Ellen
P.S. If you tweet, you can re-tweet this to help me along: Mom insisted I read The Diary of Anne Frank. I realized at 10 there's no rehearsal for courage — http://t.co/x5PZNVk via @kickstarter
Hello Intrepid BACKERS!
If you're so inclined to share this with your friends to see if they might be willing to pledge, I've got a new video. It's got an "intro" and a clip from a theatrical production of "Now That She's Gone" instead of the reading I did at the U. of North Dakota.
And I invite you to take a look at it too!
For those of you who were wondering about the Viking image and how it might relate to my show, there's been a re-write that you may not know about. It's just a tiny smidge of the Viking reference but it creates a context that was previously not in the script.
Hello intrepid backers!
10 more days! Please consider helping me out by reposting on Facebook. Every dollar matters.
I love hearing from you so please feel free to check in with me.
I'm learning more about what I shoulda/coulda/woulda done had I known what I know now about www.kickstarter.com
Onward and upward!!
Warm regards, Ellen
Funding period
Feb 24, 2011 -
Apr 26, 2011
(60 days)
2 backers
Handwritten thank you post card from the playwright
29 backers
$10-$25 downloadable audio version of “Now That She’s Gone.” Laugh with Ellen in your car or office
6 backers
Admission to live performance of Now That She's Gone at the Norwegian Seamen's Church in San Pedro, CA, on Sunday, April 10, 3:00 p.m. 1035 S. Beacon St. San Pedro, CA 90731 For more info, email Ellen at: Ellensnortland@mac.com
7 backers
Admission for one to Now That She's Gone Lounge Theatre 6201 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 Friday, May 6, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 3 p.m.
10 backers All gone!
Admission for one to a performance of Now That She's Gone in a TBA location in either the SFV or SGV sometime in the month of May, 2011.
14 backers
$26-$50 – the above, plus a downloadable audio version of “Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls,” in English or Spanish.
13 backers
$51-$100 – the above, plus an exclusive downloadable audio version of the “Best of Beauty Biting Beast,” a collection of Ellen Snortland’s most irreverent and funny columns and blogs.
14 backers
$101-$200 – all of the above, plus a custom made and shipped (within the US,) Kransekake, from Ellen’s Mother’s recipe.
6 backers
$201-$500 -- all of the above, plus for Southern California residents, a beautiful dinner at Ellen's home in Altadena, CA. If not in So. Cal., we can determine how I might cook for you or give the dinner to someone you know in So. Cal.
0 backers
$501- $1000 -- All of the above, plus tickets to the Edinburgh, Scotland show, for 4
1 backer
$1001-$2500 -- All of the above, plus 20 hours of SKYPE coaching for a writing project of your choice.
0 backers
Above that? Speak to me and we'll create a surprise reward that will delight and empower you!
0 backers
Do you work for a corporation or firm that provides education for the employees and management? Consider approaching HR and pledging my fee for self-defense and/or writing workshops. Does your place of work need someone to help brush up writing skills? Does your company have issues with employees being concerned about their personal safety when they work late and/or travel? I craft custom classes/hands-on workshops that are fun, enlightening and make a long-lasting difference! I can design 2-5 hour courses or 5-2 hour courses. I can also design whatever time "chunks" work best for the culture of the company or firm. Maybe your firm would respond best to 10-1 hour "lunch & learn" classes. That's a possibility too!
0 backers
DISNEY doesn't have to be the only company whose brand name is on entertainment! Now That She's Gone heals families all over the world; your company can help. (Your Company Name Here, YCNH) is proud to sponsor “Now That She’s Gone” to Edinburgh. This category is for an enterprise that sponsors a large “chunk” of our tour. Included in this reward: YCNH on all of our printed and promotional materials for the festival in Edinburgh; YCNH in all of Ellen’s media interviews for the festival; YCNH in Ellen’s columns and Huffington Post, Ms. Magazine blog by-lines for a year; YCNH on Ellen’s web site for a year; And drum roll please, Ellen will speak to your promotional department to create and include YCNH on stage as a “product placement.” Here’s an already existing example: Ellen used Public Storage moving boxes to sort her mother’s effects on stage. More than once, people asked if Public Storage was a sponsor since they couldn’t help but notice the Public Storage logos on the boxes. Does that suit your company? Established in 1946, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is attended by hundreds of thousands of avid theater goers. Your product or company would have exposure to thousands of English speakers from throughout the world. “Now That She’s Gone” has a fiscal sponsor, Fifty-Fifty Leadership, which is a 501 c 3 so that your company could make this pledge count as a tax-deductible donation.
