WATCH THE 3rd & FINAL Durham Family Theatre 5th Season Kickoff video on YouTube: SHINE IT ON! DONATE NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgam7-Vlv8
You can view the first 2 installments at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEJlcZzh1Q0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_xFXOQKLEw
Friends of Durham Family Theatre have raised the grand amount of nearly $2,000 for our 5th Season Kick-Off Fundraiser. That leaves us with $3,000 still to raise and only 7-days to go before our Oct. 18 deadline. Can we do it? Of course we can. Why do we need to do it this year more than in the past?
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Durham Family Theatre has been growing steadily each year since we began offering high quality shows and educational programs to our multi-racial, intergenerational community in August 2010.
In our first year our budget was $12,000. In 2011-2012 we more than doubled that budget to $26,000 and became able to offer a small monthly salary ($1,000) to our artistic director for nine months. In 2013-2014 we again advanced our income and our expenses with a grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation that allowed us to purchase necessary office equipment, reach into new Durham communities for people to serve and initiate the Devonte Squire Apprenticeship with the Department of Theatre & Dance at NCCU.
On Nov. 14, 15, 21 & 22 we will produce our 5th season opening show, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963,” from the Newbery & Coretta Scott King Honor Book novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. (TICKETS) “The Watsons” is co-produced with the Dept. of Theatre & Dance at NCCU and the historic Hayti Heritage Center.
Following that we hope to produce our 5th annual family musical – one of our most successful annual events – with “The Bridge to Terabithia.” However, this past year the NC legislature canceled a city schools enrichment grant that provided DFT with $5,000 of our annual budget. For a small not-for-profit arts organization, this is a huge loss. DONATE NOW!
We intend to make up the hole in our income with additional educational programming and are ready to launch 3-week school Intercession Camps as soon as we can locate a space in which to hold them. We also intend to build on our success with the Biddle grant with additional grant applications and fundraising events. DONATE NOW!
In the interim we are strapped for funds and need for the public we serve to pick up the slack as you are willing and able. WE CAN MAKE IT TO HAPPEN TOGETHER.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW! DONATE NOW!
The DFT board and staff believe strongly in our mission and are committed to fulfilling it for many years to come. Thank you for your support.
Jenny Justice, DFT Artistic Director
Winter acting classes are progressing toward exciting showcase performances, undeterred by snow and ice. Registrations arrive daily for Spring Acting Classes, the Hamlet Project Durham Introduction class and Summer Theatre Camps. For our outreach programs, this spring DFT is offering a satellite Actors & Playwrights class in partnership with Sandy Ridge Elementary School (For Sandy Ridge Elem. students only.)
Behind the scenes the DFT board is meeting to review 5th year program and budget assessments, and making important decisions about our future. (That’s a teaser for exciting news to come) We welcome your involvement as we prepare for growth.
DFT starts our 5th season of fall, winter and spring acting classes for children, teens & adults with exciting news to share!
Durham Family Theatre 