R2P2 Tap Dance |||amp; Stage Combat Workshops
We're pleased to announce two new workshop series coming up soon:
Intro to Tap Dance for Musical Theatre & Friday Night Fight Night With Nick! Explore new skills or improve your existing abilities – and get ready for new challenges in the 2011 Season! Info and registration can be found here.
Questions? Email r2p2@runningtoplaces.org.
Intro to Tap Dance for Musical Theatre & Friday Night Fight Night With Nick! Explore new skills or improve your existing abilities – and get ready for new challenges in the 2011 Season! Info and registration can be found here.
Questions? Email r2p2@runningtoplaces.org.
Announcing the 2011 Season!
Wed, Aug 18 2010
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We're delighted to announce our new season of shows – and locations! We can't wait to be back at the State four times this season, and to help break in the newly renovated, gorgeous, upgraded, winterized, year-round Hangar Theatre! If you want to see all 6 shows for the best discount of the year, Subscribe Now!
Show #1 TBA*
January 14-16
@ State Theatre of Ithaca
Exclusive Sponsor: CSP Management
*Our previously announced show for this slot is no longer available at this time. Stay tuned for an exciting classic that we soon will be able to announce to take its place!
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
February 25-27
@ Hangar Theatre
Exclusive Sponsor: Inn on Columbia
Spring Showcase
April 15-17
@ Hangar Theatre
Sponsor: Bel Canto Farm
Romeo & Juliet
May 20-22
@ State Theatre of Ithaca
Sponsors: Viva La Femme, Shakespeare in the Basement
Thoroughly Modern Millie
July 29-31
@ State Theatre of Ithaca
Exclusive Sponsor: Purity Ice Cream
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
August 26-28
@ State Theatre of Ithaca
Sponsor: Overhead Door Company of Cortland
(A few slots remain for Sponsors – if you'd like to learn more about how your business could join us as a Sponsor, click here!)
Exclusive Sponsor for Wind in the Willows: Inn on Columbia!
Mon, Aug 16 2010
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BREAKING NEWS re: Bottle Drive
Wed, Jul 28 2010
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Announcing: Our first official bottle drive!
When: Saturday, August 7 from 10am - 2pm
Where: Caroline Farmers Market (In the Old Fire Hall: 522 Valley Rd. Brooktondale, NY - directions)
Contact to Volunteer: Pam Palmer: plpalmer@twcny.rr.com
Notes: We need volunteers to hand out flyers in the area the week prior, as well as drivers and sorters the day of the event. Company members are encouraged to volunteer and also perform!
When: Saturday, August 7 from 10am - 2pm
Where: Caroline Farmers Market (In the Old Fire Hall: 522 Valley Rd. Brooktondale, NY - directions)
Contact to Volunteer: Pam Palmer: plpalmer@twcny.rr.com
Notes: We need volunteers to hand out flyers in the area the week prior, as well as drivers and sorters the day of the event. Company members are encouraged to volunteer and also perform!
Fundraiser #2: Dining to Donate event at Applebees
Mon, Jul 26 2010
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Monday, August 2, go to the Applebees on Triphammer Road (just outside the mall - directions here) and bring this voucher. 10% of the cost of your meal will automatically be donated to R2P! What could be easier!?
Dining to Donate event at Applebees
Monday, August 2, 11am-Close
FUNDRAISER #1: Bottle Drive
Thu, Jul 15 2010
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It is simple and low-tech, and it is very effective. It's a good old fashioned bottle drive. At least one nearby school brings in a couple of thousand dollars by the end of their annual drive. Let's do that, too!
Here's what you need to know:
When: Hold one in your area anytime between now and August 15th
How it works:
1. If you would like to organize or help with a bottle drive in your town, neighborhood, place of business or another specified area please email fundraising@runningtoplaces.org and indicate the area to be covered.
2. We will follow up with specific details on who else in your area is working on one, if anyone.
3. Hold the drive your area anytime between now and August 15, using flyers and bags we will provide. We will also help you communicate with R2P families in your area to get help.
4. Everyone holding a drive will consolidate their bottles at an Ithaca location and meet to sort them on Monday, August 16 from 5 – 8pm. We have a vendor coming to get them all and take them to a redemption center; this vendor will send R2P the profits check.
5. We will collect hours worked by everyone and calculate the credit from the total profit that your family has “earned” for R2P.
Challenge Grant Success and A New Goal!
Wed, Jul 14 2010
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And thanks to people like you, WE DID IT!
We stand at $8803 in new donations!
Our overall fundraising goal of $32,000 for the season is now in sight. With the success of the Challenge and other donations, we stand at $21,048. Will you help us get the rest of the way?
Challenge Grant Update
Mon, Jul 12 2010
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Two anonymous donors stepped forward with a combined donation of $8000 – that must be matched!
To date, we've received $6453 in NEW donations toward our goal!
Will you help us get the rest of the way?
Challenge Grant!
Sat, Jul 3 2010
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Two anonymous donors have stepped forward with a combined donation of $8000 – that must be matched! To date, over $4200 has been donated to meet this goal! Will you help us get the rest of the way?
A Note from the Co-Artistic Directors
Mon, Jun 21 2010
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We’re in the business of creating illusions. Audiences enter a theatre and allow themselves to suspend their disbelief about the stories unfolding before them. For two hours in the dark, they believe the things they see are real – and usually (and hopefully) are blissfully unaware of what goes on behind the scenes: a panicked dash to complete a quick-change to be on time for an entrance, an emergency repair of a broken prop, a heart-pumping improvisation by actors and stage management when lines are jumped that rewrite a scene. If the audience never suspects the high-wire act going on backstage, the show is a success.
At Running to Places, we take pride in the caliber of our productions and the team we assemble to bring them to life. As a still-new theatre company we’ve also taken pride in our ability to play the part of an established entity on the local theatre scene. We’ve thrilled in hearing Jerry Dietz mention our name in radio commercials alongside the Kitchen and Hangar as theatres his company CSP Management supports. People have told us that it seems like we’ve always been around and that R2P is so established in young people’s lives it will continue “forever.”
This last point is the tricky one.
We think it’s possible we’ve done too good a job creating the illusion of an established company. It’s quite the compliment when people are surprised to learn how much of an illusion our act-togetheriness is. For example, did you know that for this entire season, our sets have been built almost exclusively in the Steinhagen’s backyard, often in cold, wet conditions? (Fun fact: paint will not stick to sets below 40 degrees. We know this firsthand.) Did you know that we don’t own a single power tool? We rely on the generosity of our hired production team to provide their own, resulting in wear and tear on their personal tools. Did you know that members of the R2P leadership regularly defer two-thirds or more of their salary when necessary to pay the bills?
This kind of thing makes for charming theatre stories and is fine for a one-shot deal, a single production, a hobby. But if Running to Places is to remain a healthy, sustainable fixture in our community, things must change.
So what needs to change? First order of business is to have a scene/paint/costumes shop. We’re still committed to “running to places” throughout the community for rehearsals and performances, but having a home for certain logistical elements is key. We’ve already begun to address that with our “temporary R2PHQ” at the former Danby Market which we are renting for the summer. We need to address this need properly and long-term.
Secondly, we need to create a balanced budget—mostly through fundraising. We take great pride in operating as a professional company. We pay our designers and directors for their skill and work; we produce shows with fully realized scenic and costume designs and support them with lights and sound. We run an extremely tight ship, but we simply cannot continue producing shows without addressing our fiscal needs.
It breaks our hearts to think of people saying, “Do you remember those few years R2P was around?” If you feel the same, we need your help.
So, what can you do? You’re here. You’re reading this. That’s a wonderful start. You can make a donation via PayPal on our website. You can donate every time you shop online via GoodSearch.com. You can attend or participate in our upcoming fundraisers which you will be hearing much more about in the coming months. You can spread the word that we need support in order to survive.
Thanks for taking this peek behind the curtain. Will you join us?
Best wishes, Gail and Joey
At Running to Places, we take pride in the caliber of our productions and the team we assemble to bring them to life. As a still-new theatre company we’ve also taken pride in our ability to play the part of an established entity on the local theatre scene. We’ve thrilled in hearing Jerry Dietz mention our name in radio commercials alongside the Kitchen and Hangar as theatres his company CSP Management supports. People have told us that it seems like we’ve always been around and that R2P is so established in young people’s lives it will continue “forever.”
This last point is the tricky one.
We think it’s possible we’ve done too good a job creating the illusion of an established company. It’s quite the compliment when people are surprised to learn how much of an illusion our act-togetheriness is. For example, did you know that for this entire season, our sets have been built almost exclusively in the Steinhagen’s backyard, often in cold, wet conditions? (Fun fact: paint will not stick to sets below 40 degrees. We know this firsthand.) Did you know that we don’t own a single power tool? We rely on the generosity of our hired production team to provide their own, resulting in wear and tear on their personal tools. Did you know that members of the R2P leadership regularly defer two-thirds or more of their salary when necessary to pay the bills?
This kind of thing makes for charming theatre stories and is fine for a one-shot deal, a single production, a hobby. But if Running to Places is to remain a healthy, sustainable fixture in our community, things must change.
So what needs to change? First order of business is to have a scene/paint/costumes shop. We’re still committed to “running to places” throughout the community for rehearsals and performances, but having a home for certain logistical elements is key. We’ve already begun to address that with our “temporary R2PHQ” at the former Danby Market which we are renting for the summer. We need to address this need properly and long-term.
Secondly, we need to create a balanced budget—mostly through fundraising. We take great pride in operating as a professional company. We pay our designers and directors for their skill and work; we produce shows with fully realized scenic and costume designs and support them with lights and sound. We run an extremely tight ship, but we simply cannot continue producing shows without addressing our fiscal needs.
It breaks our hearts to think of people saying, “Do you remember those few years R2P was around?” If you feel the same, we need your help.
So, what can you do? You’re here. You’re reading this. That’s a wonderful start. You can make a donation via PayPal on our website. You can donate every time you shop online via GoodSearch.com. You can attend or participate in our upcoming fundraisers which you will be hearing much more about in the coming months. You can spread the word that we need support in order to survive.
Thanks for taking this peek behind the curtain. Will you join us?
Best wishes, Gail and Joey
