As we head into the holiday season and begin preparation for our 10th Anniversary production, we at Delaware Shakespeare Festival have much to be grateful for.
- The support of passionate Shakespeare fans like you!
- A tremendous 2011 production of The Winter’s Tale
- A new board member, Charles Conway, who was recently profiled by the NewsJournal as one of “50 Who Matter” (click for video)
- And much, much more!
We hope you enjoy reading the first in a series of reminiscences about DSF’s 2003 inaugural production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – and browse through two ways you can support DSF during the end-of-year giving period.
MIDSUMMER Memories – Pt. 1
Getting ready for DSF’s 2012 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, each month we’ll hear the memories of a participant in the inaugural 2003 production.
GREG ROBLETO – “Bottom”/Executive Director
I remember the first meeting in the living room of Molly Cahill’s parent’s house. Molly announced she wanted to start this company and put on a play and those in attendance, I’d say about 4-5 of us, all agreed it should be done. None of us were all that clear on how to do so, but with the generous support of the Cahill family we were guaranteed a budget, and somehow Molly and Jen Thompson (the director of that first show) found a space at a nearby church for rehearsing and convinced Archmere to let us perform on their lawn and utilize their art building as our backstage.
Fall Campaign
Please help us celebrate 10 years of DSF and lay the groundwork for an incredible 2012 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
As a non-profit organization, ticket sales provide less than half of our operating budget. We cannot do what we do without the support of individuals like YOU. We hope you will consider giving to our fall fundraising campaign through Network for Good. Just click on this link – Network for Good – and you’ll be taken right to a contribution page.
iGive for the Holidays!
Another great way to support DSF is to register with iGive.com. Once you register with iGive, a portion of online purchases you make through hundreds of sites (like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Macy’s, Starbucks, etc.) will be donated back to DSF.
A quick registration process is required and you’ll need to download an app to your computer. But after that it’s smooth sailing! Every purchase makes money for DSF – the typical iGive shopper raises $50 a year for their cause.
Just follow this link – iGive.com – and click on “Join Today” to start the process. Make sure to list “Delaware Shakespeare Festival” as your cause.
A quick registration process is required and you’ll need to download an app to your computer. But after that it’s smooth sailing! Every purchase makes money for DSF – the typical iGive shopper raises $50 a year for their cause.
Just follow this link – iGive.com – and click on “Join Today” to start the process. Make sure to list “Delaware Shakespeare Festival” as your cause.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
We look forward to sharing information with you in the December Newsletter about our 2012 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Yours,
David Stradley
Artistic Director
