tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83997375508646525652024-03-12T23:51:01.372-07:00Hold Me TightNot.Just.Theater.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17293090915257981668noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399737550864652565.post-22960630219658113542014-10-16T23:51:00.001-07:002014-10-16T23:51:39.877-07:00"Hold Me Tight" is FULLY FUNDED!!!<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 20px;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">With just 1 HOUR to spare we surpassed our goal, raising $2,051!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I just want to extend my gratitude and appreciate to you all for backing this campaign to Pay Our Actors and Designers! Thank you for your donations, your support, and your shares on Facebook and Twitter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This was only possible with your help - THANK YOU!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you haven't donated and still want to, you can go to the <a href="http://igg.me/at/holdmetight" target="_blank">Indiegogo campaign </a>right now or in the next 10 MINUTES! </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These extra funds raised will go to covering the percentage Indiegogo takes and to help pay for snacks for our cast and crew!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And don't forget to come see the show! <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hold Me Tight </i>runs next Monday - Wednesday, October 20th - 22nd, at Cal State L.A.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tickets and information available at <a href="http://holdmetight.bpt.me/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Brown Paper Tickets</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And, if tickets was a part of your Perk, please email me at: notjusttheater@gmail.com and let me know when you would like to come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We are nearly at our goal - $1,546 out of $2,000 raised and only 13 hours to go! <strong><u>Help us get the last $450!</u></strong></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Courier New;">(while we will received the money if we don't make our goal, Indiegogo takes <u>DOUBLE</u> the amount in fees! Making our goal will greatly increase our actual take-home amount, and <strong>Help Pay Our Actors!</strong>)</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> With just 9 days left in our Indiegogo campaign, now is when we could use your support the most! If you haven’t had a chance to check out our fundraising page, you can find it here: </span><a href="http://igg.me/at/holdmetight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">http://igg.me/at/holdmetight</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Check out our recent write Up on <a href="http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2014/09/24/help-an-mfa-director-pay-her-actors-more/#sthash.7K4EDQnw.dpbs" target="_blank">Bitter Lemons</a> - Help MFA student Pay Her Actors!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And, we've raised <u>$530 of our $2,000 goal!</u> That's 27%!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">For a contribution of at least $50, get <u>Two Hours of training with Cindy Marie Jenkins</u>, Outreach Nerd, on the topic of your choice (Social Media, Career Goals, Branding, etc). </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">For a donation of at least $50, get TWO tickets to <u>The Queen Mary's Dark Habor</u>, the most unique haunted experience in Southern California, Oct 2 - Nov 2. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">For a donation of at least $75, get Trapeze for Two! <u>A pair of FLYING Trapeze Lessons</u> at TSNY's Santa Monica Location! </span></div>
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Not.Just.Theater.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17293090915257981668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399737550864652565.post-9657372353062551292014-09-13T20:06:00.002-07:002014-09-13T20:07:38.507-07:00<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /><b><i>Hold Me Tight</i> Fundraising Update:</b><br />In the first two week we have raised 17% of our $2,000 goal! But wait, we have some surprises coming up!<br /><br /><b>Extra-Special Rewards!!!</b><br />Make sure to keep a look out for some more exciting news coming up in the next couple days... we've been planning and have come up with some Extra Special Rewards - but don't miss them, they will only be available for a limited time! <a href="http://igg.me/at/holdmetight">http://igg.me/at/holdmetight</a><br /><br /><b>New Addition to our Team!!!</b><br />And, after a long search (and many auditions), I would like to welcome the newest member of our ensemble, actor <b>Hayley Hirsch</b>, a recent graduate from the USC theatre program and trapeze instructor at TSNY Santa Monica. Today was Hayley's first day and she definitely hit the ground running - it can be hard to join a cast that has been working together for so long, but Hayley fit right in.</span>Not.Just.Theater.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17293090915257981668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399737550864652565.post-44658774648785447652014-09-08T12:12:00.001-07:002014-09-08T12:12:12.994-07:00<em>Hold Me Tight</em> - <strong>Fundraising Update!</strong><br />
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In just one week we've raised $290 - 14% of our $2,000 goal! There has been an amazing amount of support for this project and I feel very blessed to see donations coming in from my local L.A. community, as well as my former Boston home.<br />
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Remember, the money raised is primarily being put towards paying the cast and crew - people who often get overlooked in low budget theatre. If you haven't had a chance to check out our campaign page (and possibly help us out with a donation), please take a moment now: <a href="http://igg.me/at/holdmetight" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://igg.me/at/holdmetight</a> - there are lots of wonderful rewards available, and you'd be helping to support the arts!<br />
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