Well, this just went off to the Gemini CollisionWorks mailing list, and I'm posting it everywhere else I can -- Facebook, MySpace, etc. -- so I might as well include it here for anyone who would miss it elsewhere.
Ah, yes, it's the annual Season announcement, and more-than-annual request for donations. Not the most enjoyable part of putting the shows together, but now that we can actually receive tax-deductible donations, we need to do this to keep the shows going at a reasonable level.
So here's what the several hundred people I've acquired on the GCW email list over the last 12 years are getting today:
You're receiving this because you're on the Gemini CollisionWorks/Ian W. Hill/Berit Johnson email list - if you don't want to be on this list, please reply with REMOVE in the subject header, and we'll take you off it. We apologize to those hit by this on both our mailing list and our Facebook list, but thank you for your interest and support.
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Hi friends!
Once again, it's nearly that time of year where we stop being mainly the tech directors for The Brick and once again take over that space -- Brooklyn's "most vibrant incubator of innovative theatrical arts" -- to present our yearly collection of theatrical work, our "factory showroom" of the ideas, techniques, and styles we've been thinking about and looking at this past year.
Our now-Annual collection, henceforth called The Collisionworks, is comprised this year of three shows that have been on our wish list to do for many years now, and a fourth, original work that has happily appeared from our recent collaborations with another theatrical company. This August's shows are:
A Little Piece of the Sun by Daniel McKleinfeld
Blood on the Cat's Neck by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
George Bataille's Bathrobe by Richard Foreman
Sacrificial Offerings by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill
Rather than take up space here, you can find out about these shows, including brief descriptions, the cast members and (soon-to-come) performance dates and times at either our Facebook page or The Brick's page for our shows.
We're glad that our association with The Brick for the past 4 years has led us to become a more secure and business-oriented company (as much as one run solely by two people who really only know how to do theatre at this point can be), and has led us to create work of a grander scale than we were first able to do when GCW first started producing work in 1997 on Ludlow Street at NADA (about 60 productions ago!).
However . . . larger budgets and scale, presented in a small space at a reasonable ticket price, can pose some financial problems. Rehearsal space, costumes, set construction -- and a lot of it is needed this year -- can - and has - cost a pretty penny.
So, remember -- and yes, we're aware of both the recession and that the majority of people receiving this are also struggling artists, sorry -- you can always . . .
DONATE TO GEMINI COLLISIONWORKS! IT'S TAX-DEDUCTIBLE!
a. If you wish to donate by check, they MUST be made out to "Fractured Atlas," with "Gemini CollisionWorks" in the memo line (and nowhere else), and should be given to us personally or sent to us for processing at:
Gemini CollisionWorks
c/o Hill-Johnson
367 Avenue S #1B
Brooklyn, NY 11223
b. You can also donate directly online securely by credit card at
(please double-check to be sure you're at the "Gemini CollisionWorks" donation page)
All donors will be listed in all our programs for the August 2009 season under the following categories:
$0-25 - BONDO
$26-50 - RAT RODS
$51-75 - CHROME
$76-100 - LOW RIDERS
$101-250 - CANDY FLAKE
$251-500 - FLAME JOBS
$501-1000 - T-BUCKETS
$1001-2500 - SUPERCHARGERS
$2501-5000 - KUSTOMIZERS
over $5000 - BIG DADDIES
(NOTE: If you give $1,000 or above - and someone actually always does - you will need to fill out a special gift form to accompany your donation, so please let us know so we can supply it to you)
We both hope to see you at our shows this August, and thank you for your continued support,
Ian W. Hill, arts
Berit Johnson, crafts
Gemini CollisionWorks
Gemini CollisionWorks is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Gemini CollisionWorks may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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