Upfront warning: This is an appeal for a particular theater company. In the best of all possible worlds I'd have a voluminous posting and comment history (I don't - I've been here for years, but 99% of the time I lurk) and I'd have time to put this in the context of a much longer diary regarding the state of arts funding in general, the effects of the current state of the economy on grant organizations and donorship, and the budget realities of not-for-profit theater.
And I will be writing that. For a taste of the situation, see this. (Excerpt after the break.)
For now, I'm not so much standing here hat-in-hand as standing and pointing to a particular hat and saying, "There's one over there. Please go examine that hat more closely, and give a little if you if you want to, if you can."
Follow me over to the hat, if you wish.
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