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Really Really - by Paul Downs Colaizzo

Inaugural play for NYC-based WRONG HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

 NYC, NY, US
  • $8,414 raised of $8,000 goal
  • 58 donations
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Fiscally Sponsored by Fractured Atlas

One Week Until Load-in!

Hello everyone!

We wanted to send you a quick update on the progress of Really Really.

  • We move into the theatre one week from today, bright and early next Monday morning!
  • We will be opening on Thursday, November 30th, and having ten shows in total! Our final show is the evening of December 9th
  • Tickets are now on sale! We have them on our website at thewronghouse.com/really-really/, and they are ALSO over on TodayTix (which we are incredibly excited about): todaytix.com/x/nyc/shows/7987-really-really

Our cast, our design team, and all of us are getting SO excited to share this story. Thank you so much for making this possible. We are forever grateful. We hope you can join us for the show! Please reach out with any questions, comments - anything! Our door is always open.

With love and gratitude,

Jessika, Adam, Jack, Shannon, Alyssa & Sam

We have hit our initial fundraising goal! All thanks to you!


We are so incredibly excited - we have passed our initial fundraising goal!!! Thank you so much to all of our wonderful donors who have gotten us to this point. We are honored, humbled, and completely overwhelmed with joy from this truly amazing, generous support, and cannot begin to tell you how much it means to us.

Thanks to your amazing generosity:
  • we have secured a GREAT theatre space in the heart of NYC's East Village
  • we have fantastic set, light, and sound designers on board and hard at work perfecting the design elements of the show
  • we have the costumes and props we need to tell this story truthfully and authentically
  • we've been able to generate the marketing materials to bring this important story to as wide of an audience as possible

All because we have you on board. We truly could not do this without you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

Our campaign is scheduled to run for 22 more days, and we are so lucky to be able to now look beyond our initial expenses as the fundraiser continues. There are some expenses that we did not include in our original fundraising goal, as we wanted to set a realistic goal back when we first started this campaign. Again, our donors have completely amazed us with their kindness and generosity, and we are overcome with gratitude. Now that our donors have smashed our initial exceptions out of the park, we’re setting our sights to the next level, and would be so appreciative of any support you might be able to give!

These are the expenses that still remain out of our reach:

$450 - Designer & Technical Director fees - we've got some truly phenomenal designers on board, and we went out of pocket to do so. Any extra funds we are able to raise will help us pay
these amazing artists what they deserve, and will allow us to bring a Technical Director on board to be in charge of the setup and maintenance of all technical aspects of the production.
$700 - Additional Design Costs - we've met our initial design and construction goal, but in setting a realist goal for ourselves initially, we had this set at the very bare minimum. With any additional funding we can raise, we cover additional set, dressing, and costume fees that would have otherwise come out of pocket. Every dollar helps us move closer to making this our dream
production.
$300 - Mandatory Liability Insurance for our theater rental - boring, but super important!
$25 - Mandatory Fire Guard certification for our theater rental: also boring, also super important!
$200 - Administrative costs (fiscal sponsorship fees, ticketing costs, printing costs, etc.): possibly the most boring, but it's what makes the exciting stuff possible!
* We would also really love to be able to give our (non-Board member) actors a stipend for their incredible hard work and dedication to this production if it possible.*

Once again, our utmost thanks and love to everyone who has got us this far. Your contribution and involvement is the reason we are able to put this show on stage. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for being a part of bringing this to life!

REALLY REALLY

by Paul Downs Colaizzo

Nov. 30th - Dec. 9th

IATI THEATER, 64 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003

When morning-after gossip about privileged Davis and ambitious Leigh turns ugly, self-interest collides with the truth and the resulting storm of ambiguity makes it hard to discern just who's a victim, who's a predator, and who's a Future Leader of America. All that's certain is when the veneer of loyalty and friendship is stripped back, what's revealed is a vicious jungle of sexual politics, raw ambition, and class warfare where only the strong could possibly survive.

We are so incredibly excited - we have passed our initial fundraising goal!!! Thank you so much to all of our wonderful donors who have gotten us to this point. We are honored, humbled, and completely overwhelmed with joy from this truly amazing, generous support, and cannot begin to tell you how much it means to us.

Thanks to your amazing generosity:
- we have secured a GREAT theatre space in the heart of NYC's East Village
- we have fantastic set, light, and sound designers on board
- we have the costumes and props we need to tell this story truthfully and authentically
- we've been able to generate the marketing materials to bring this important story to as wide of
an audience as possible

All because we have you on board. We truly could not do this without you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

Our campaign is scheduled to run for 23 more days, and we are so lucky to be able to now look beyond our initial expenses as the fundraiser continues. There are some expenses we did not include in our original fundraising goal, as we wanted to set a realistic goal back when we first started this campaign. Again, our donors have completely amazed us with their kindness and
generosity, and we are overcome with gratitude. Now that our donors have smashed our initial exceptions out of the park, we’re setting our sights to the next level, and would be so appreciative of any support you might be able to give!

These are the expenses that still remain out of our reach:

$450 - Designer & Technical Director fees: we've got some truly phenomenal designers on board, and we went out of pocket to do so. Any extra funds we are able to raise will help us pay
these amazing artists what they deserve, and will allow us to bring a Technical Director on board to be in charge of the setup and maintenance of all technical aspects of the production.
$700 - Additional Design Costs: we've met our initial design and construction goal, but in setting a realist goal for ourselves initially, we had this set at the very bare minimum. With any additional funding we can raise, we cover additional set, dressing, and costume fees that would have otherwise come out of pocket. Every dollar helps us move closer to making this our dream
production.
$300 - Mandatory Liability Insurance for our theater rental: boring, but super important!
$25 - Mandatory Fire Guard certification for our theater rental: also boring, also super important!
$200 - Administrative costs (fiscal sponsorship fees, ticketing costs, printing costs, etc.): possibly the most boring, but it's what makes the exciting stuff possible!

* We would also really love to be able to give our (non-Board member) actors a stipend for their incredible hard work and dedication to this production.

*Your contribution is a HUGE part of putting this show on stage. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you so much for being a part of bringing this to life!

WHO WE ARE

  • Wrong House is a not-for-profit theatre and production company based in NYC. The creative team (Jessika McQueen, Adam Martin, Jack Creaghan, Alyssa Abraham, and Shannon McInally) met three years ago while studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Over time it became apparent that we all shared a desire for challenging, self-produced work. So here we are several years later - after many tears, a whole lotta sweat, and a few arguments - getting ready to finally launch our inaugural theatrical production, "Really Really," by Paul Downs Colaizzo here in NYC!



WHY THIS PLAY? WHY NOW?

  • As a company, our mission is to create easily accessible work in intimate urban spaces. Our goal is to spark laughter, outrage, and community-wide discourse on challenging ethical issues. 

  • "Really Really" takes a deep dive into significant yet very sensitive social questions ranging from sexual assault to social class to (perhaps most importantly) white privilege. Some of these questions are currently being circulated en masse in the mainstream media; others, less so. If anything, the play is even more timely today than when it was first written. We know what happens when these issues get aired, but what happens if we don't know where to assign the blame? 

From director Adam Martin on why this play needs to be performed today: 
The line that separates a hero from a villain is becoming increasingly hazy in today's societal and political climate - and this is especially the case with a technology-driven generation, whose members often can hide behind the mask of social media. "Really Really" is necessary now because it rips away the masks of this "Me Generation", and explores how our actions (or, sometimes, our refusals to act) trigger a cascade of consequences. Colaizzo's play also explores white privilege and entitlement: What do these people "deserve"? Who gets to decide?


But in addition to helping put this production in front of audiences, there's also...

THE PERKS!

A.K.A. The Sweet, Sweet Swag:

BUTTON $10 - $20: 
  • Custom WRONG HOUSE button designed by Brooke Abraham, our company illustrator.

EVENT $20 - $50:
  • Free admission to a yet-unannounced Wrong House event in NYC this fall.

TOTE $50 - $100: 
  • Custom WRONG HOUSE Tote Bag designed by Brooke.

TICKETS $100 - $300: 
  • Complimentary pair of tickets to REALLY REALLY.

WINE & DINE $300 - $500:
  • Dinner with WRONG HOUSE! We take you out for a (semi) lavish meal in NYC.

PRODUCER $500 AND ABOVE: 
  • You will be credited as a Producer for the production.

**AND EVERY DONOR WILL RECEIVE A SOCIAL MEDIA SHOUT-OUT & A SPECIAL THANK YOU IN OUR PROGRAM**

OH, DID WE MENTION THAT DONATIONS TO WRONG HOUSE ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE? THEY ARE!

OUR IMPACT

  • By supporting us, you are also supporting local New York artists and businesses. We can't afford to pay everyone involved in our production (we hope that comes later as Wrong House develops), but we are working with and providing income (however small) to several local sources in order to bring this production to life!

  • This is a wonderful opportunity to support a brand new theatre company at the ground level, and help us GROW! We have ambitions to expand into a multimedia company that produces film and web content, in addition to producing several live theatrical events per year. With your generous contribution, we can continue putting up work far beyond "Really Really," and every dollar moves us closer to not only producing these provocative productions but also to being in the wonderful position of being able to PAY the remarkable artists that we employ. It's only the beginning!

OUR CHALLENGES

  • Life as an artist can be...challenging. It is often very difficult to find work in our field, and we may never have a steady source of income. That means that when an opportunity arises to collaborate on a meaningful project like this, we take it, even though that means a lot of work for us. The entire production is self-produced by members of our team and a few very generous others. We are foregoing any income for ourselves in the interest of funding the best possible production. The cast has agreed to participate in this lengthy process without payment as well. We have thousands of our own dollars and thousands of hours already invested into this project, and no safety net. Fortunately, we are blessed with a very versatile and talented team, and one that's already accomplished in the art of Do-It-Yourself (living in NYC has a special way of doing that to a person). If we can make a buck stretch, we will. Got any great coupons we can use? LET US KNOW!

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP

Can't donate monetarily? NO PROBLEM!

You can help support us by sharing this campaign, or spreading the word about us through our other social media platforms! 


Thank you so much for your support, we could not do it without you! Stay tuned for upcoming Wrong House events and content!





Wrong House is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Wrong House must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Rewards

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TOTE

Donate $50.00 or more

Amount over $10.00 is tax-deductible.

For $50 - $100 donations, you receive a custom WRONG HOUSE TOTE BAG designed by company illustrator, Brooke Abraham.
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BUTTON

Donate $10.00 or more

Amount over $2.00 is tax-deductible.

For $10 - $20 donations, you receive a custom WRONG HOUSE BUTTON designed by our company illustrator, Brooke Abraham.
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EVENT

Donate $20.00 or more

Amount over $5.00 is tax-deductible.

For $20 - $50 donations, you receive free admission to a yet-unannounced WRONG HOUSE event in NYC this fall.
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TICKETS

Donate $100.00 or more

Amount over $40.00 is tax-deductible.

For donations $100 - $300, you receive a pair of complimentary tickets to REALLY REALLY.
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WINE & DINE

Donate $300.00 or more

Amount over $50.00 is tax-deductible.

For donations $300 - $500, let us take you out! The WRONG HOUSE team treats you to dinner in NYC.
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PRODUCER

Donate $500.00 or more

Amount is fully tax-deductible.

For donations $500 and above, you receive credit as a PRODUCER for REALLY REALLY.
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Producer + Tickets

Donate $750.00 or more

Amount over $40.00 is tax-deductible.

For donations between $750 and $1000, and you receive a credit as a PRODUCER of our inaugural show, REALLY REALLY, along with tickets to come and see it!
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All of the Love We Can Throw at You!

Donate $1,000.00 or more

Amount over $107.00 is tax-deductible.

All or any number of our available perks are available to you! That means you'll be listed as a PRODUCER of our inaugural show, REALLY REALLY, you'll get two tickets to the show, you'll get free admission to our WRONG HOUSE event this fall, dinner is on us, and a button and a tote bag are yours if you'd like em!
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