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	WHY DONATE TO AISLING ARTS? (Written December 2006) Five years ago, we wanted to start a company that made the type of theater actors would thrive in – theater dense with language, theater with a rigorous physical presence, theater made with optimism and imagination, theater that expected optimism and imagination from its audience. We knew we would start small, and exciting ideas and strong relationships take time to take shape. But once they do, the power of creative friendships with both collaborators and audience members have no choice but to bear big bounteous bushels of luscious, exotic fruit. Along with our actors, collaborators, and you, we think we have created just such a company. So to you all a heartily and well-earned thank you. Here are some of Aisling Arts’ exciting feats of 2006: Moving into our new home at the New York Irish Center in Long Island City Fostering relationships with over 20 new actors 25 actors who have returned to work with us on multiple productions within 2006 alone! Completing the third Force play, Convergence* Producing highly praised and hugely successful run of Imminent, Indeed (or Polly Peachum’s Peculiar Penchant for Plosives) at the New York International Fringe Festival Outrageously successful production of our first Irish play, J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World, to benefit the New York Irish Center Beginning rehearsals for all three Force plays which will perform in repertory this winter at the Chocolate Factory in Long Island City. For a tiny theater company run only by two women, we think this is a fairly formidable list! However, being but a two person enterprise has meant learning to ask for help when we need it. The Force trilogy has been a three year journey not only in the exploration of huge ideas, but also in huge theatre. Performed together as they will be at the Chocolate Factory, the plays will be a daunting and exhilarating six hours long with a cast of seventeen actors in multiple roles. It is going to be one of the independent theatre world’s most intense and ambitious works of 2007. And you have a chance to help! When we crunch the numbers coming off our 2006 year, we are within $1000 of achieving every single goal we set out to at the start of the year. We have done the majority of the work securing a new home for the company, filling out our plays with fresh talent, filling the houses for our productions and garnering critical praise for our work. The extra $1000 will ensure: We are completely free of debt accrued while we ran the Free Shakespeare Project from 2000-2003. For four summers, we brought theater free as the day is long to communities with limited arts programs throughout the northeast. Think of it as “paying it backward” for all the kids who benefited from the program! We have a designed look for Force that matches the ambition of the plays. We have always relied on resourceful means to make our plays, but this time we would like to bring it up a slight notch. Help us go out there looking spiffy! We let as many people as we possibly can about Force. We plan to shout it from the roof, give us a hand! At the end of the day, $1000 is a modest goal for a fund drive. But, we desperately need you to help us bridge the gap. We are so close to achieving all the goals we set for ourselves. you are our final resource. Think about it. A donation** of $10 gets us one percent of the way there. An ambitious donation of $100 gets us ten percent of the way there. We need ten to a hundred generous souls to get to the finish line. In our case, every donation, no matter how small, makes an enormous difference. We can do it together. We have had a fantastic and thrilling ride during this past year, and I am so very excited for you to read about it in depth in our newsletter. I hope it will inspire you to give! Best wishes for love, peace and a presperous 2008, Bryn Manion & Wendy Remington Aisling Arts *We performed Convergence in April. The play will be performed in repertory with its sibling plays Wanderlust and Threshold at the Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City January 25-February 17. Also Convergence will be published in the Ne York Theater Experience’s 2007 Anthology of Best New Plays. You can read all about it the newsletter. ** Aisling Arts is a not for profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Quite simply, we all benefit from your generosity.