Comments on: How To Do A Fundraiser For Your Community Theatre http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html You Can't Stop The Beat! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rodney Robbins, the Singing Playwright http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-594 Rodney Robbins, the Singing Playwright Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-594 To raise more money, I suggest you read over your script for some great one liners, paraphrase them if you have to, and put them on T-shirts. For example, in one scene from my musical "Big Feet, Big Love," a pole dancer tries to teach a porn star to dance for an awards show. A T-shirt with "Shut-up and Dance," might sell; so would a shirt that reads, "I've seen you dance--it's not pretty." You don't need to use the show title, or an exact quote from the show (some short-sighted playwrights won't allow this sort of marketing). You DO need a bit of creativity. You might also consider using the website publishing platform over at CafePress.com. They are setup to do short runs from 1 T-shirt to 100 posters. Just browsing through the products they have available should get your creative juices flowing. To raise more money, I suggest you read over your script for some great one liners, paraphrase them if you have to, and put them on T-shirts. For example, in one scene from my musical “Big Feet, Big Love,” a pole dancer tries to teach a porn star to dance for an awards show. A T-shirt with “Shut-up and Dance,” might sell; so would a shirt that reads, “I’ve seen you dance–it’s not pretty.” You don’t need to use the show title, or an exact quote from the show (some short-sighted playwrights won’t allow this sort of marketing). You DO need a bit of creativity.

You might also consider using the website publishing platform over at CafePress.com. They are setup to do short runs from 1 T-shirt to 100 posters. Just browsing through the products they have available should get your creative juices flowing.

]]> By: Andrew Reynolds http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-559 Andrew Reynolds Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:29:50 +0000 http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-559 To make your fundraising campaign successful, you should choose products that would click to the taste of the people, and good promotion is important also. To make your fundraising campaign successful, you should choose products that would click to the taste of the people, and good promotion is important also.

]]> By: becky http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-558 becky Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:55 +0000 http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-558 I definitely agree with getting local schools involved. Kids look forward to these types of events, and getting them involved in local activities is great. I definitely agree with getting local schools involved. Kids look forward to these types of events, and getting them involved in local activities is great.

]]> By: AnneMarie http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-555 AnneMarie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:18:56 +0000 http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-555 Hi I like this article as fundraising can be such a problem for many but you have some great ideas here and another suggstion would be to get some of the local schools involved in selling the bracelets etc. Kids usually love this type of promotion. Hi
I like this article as fundraising can be such a problem for many but you have some great ideas here and another suggstion would be to get some of the local schools involved in selling the bracelets etc. Kids usually love this type of promotion.

]]> By: Dave http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-554 Dave Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0000 http://www.musicaltheatrespot.com/64-how-to-do-a-fundraiser-for-your-community-theatre.html#comment-554 You could probably sell tapes or DVDs of movies that have turned into broadway musicals or maybe even run a mock-play and charge people. You could probably sell tapes or DVDs of movies that have turned into broadway musicals or maybe even run a mock-play and charge people.

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