When we want to learn something, we need information. When we want to grow something, we need time and space. When we want to sustain something, we need support. Now, we are asking for your continued support to help us sustain and grow our work, ReWritten, by raising $10,000.
Conceived of by Tom Truss and co-created with Matthew Cumbie, ReWritten reflects on the often-overlooked intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne as a way to explore queerness, history, intimacy, writing and self-expression. The relationship between Hawthorne and Melville has been characterized as one of the most mysterious and fruitful friendships in American letters, yet the letters from Hawthorne to Melville are missing. ReWritten springboards from this historic gap and time-hops between then and now as an attempt to expand how we see ourselves in these stories. Through educational outcomes, community engagements, and performances ReWritten weaves together dance, music, visual art, projection, and text, and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story. Through this, we ask: What can you write that you can’t say out loud? When you look between the lines of history books, where can you find your story? When have you had to say no to a dream?
With your continued financial support, we will:
Further the design elements of our staged performance work, including:
building out our set design;
advancing our costume design;
and original music scores
Champion and grow our creative team by paying our artists fairly and onboarding others to manage productions and our web presence
Help send members of our team to share our work at the Melville Society’s International Conference in Paris, France, this summer
Your financial contribution will help us meet these needs and move us closer to our fundraising goal of $10,000, and will ultimately help make a 2023 premiere possible! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation of any size today.
Give a gift of $25 and get a special shout on social media by Matthew or Tom
Discount towards purchases with the Berkshire County Historical Society
Donate $50.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Give a gift of $50 and get a 10% discount at the museum and online shops with the Berkshire County Historical Society, located at Herman Melville's historic Arrowhead in Pittsfield, MA. You will also receive the above perks.
Hand-written letter from the Team
Donate $100.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Give a gift of $100 and a receive a hand-written letter of thanks- inspired by and honoring the correspondence between Hawthorne and Melville- mailed to you from one of the creative team members. You will also receive the above perks.
Tour of Herman Melville's Arrowhead
Donate $250.00 or more
Amount over $96.00 is tax-deductible.
Give the gift of $250 and get a tour for you and up to 5 friends of Herman Melville's Arrowhead with the Berkshire County Historical Society, + the above! Choose from one of their exciting tours, and take your tour in-person or virtually!
Zoom into Rehearsal
Donate $500.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Give a gift of $500 and join us for a future rehearsal. You will be invited to Zoom into the rehearsal room to meet the artists, experience the creative process for this work, and get a sneak peek into what's on deck. You will also receive the above perks.
Get tickets to our Show
Donate $1,000.00 or more
Amount over $80.00 is tax-deductible.
Give the gift of $1,000 and get four tickets to our show at Arrowhead this-coming July 2022! Select from our two weekends of performances for the show of your choice; come early and stick around after explore the grounds of Arrowhead and to meet and mingle with artists from the creative team. You will also receive the above perks.
Receive a limited edition print of Diane Samuel's Work
Donate $2,500.00 or more
Amount over $1,500.00 is tax-deductible.
Give the gift of $2,500 and receive a limited edition print of Diane Samuel's incredible art work to keep for yourself! You will also receive the above perks.
