This is a Stick Up!

This post is to let you be the first ones to know about my new show "Ruby Wilder" which I wrote and am directing. It's opening on July 18th and running through August 10th and is being produced by Not Waiting Productions, a company that has given me so many opportunities since I moved to Chicago and who has always impressed me with their level of enthusiasm and professionalism. We are all very excited about this show. "Ruby Wilder" is a short play about a woman searching for a path back to herself through revenge, understanding, and closure after a life altering situation occurs. (FUN!)

We have a slew of talented people working on this piece, yes, a SLEW of them. We also have a great space at Chemically Imbalanced Theatre on Irving Park. We are determined to make this the best show NWP has ever produced.

Which is why we need your help:
1) Buy a ticket to the show. I will send around ticket info as it becomes available but save the date! We run Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 5pm from July 18 (my mom's birthday!) until august 10.
2) Spread the word. Bring all your friends. Stand on the corner with a sandwich board.
3) Give us free stuff. We are currently looking for a rehearsal space in Chicago that someone could donate to us for three weeks (just needs to be a room). We also need two guns, a director's chair, a medium sized dresser/nightstand that we can alter, and a bed. Got your interest now right?
4) Give us all your money. This isn't a stick up, but here's the thing, we aren't having a benefit this year and making you stand around eating donated cookies and sipping dollar cocktails and stuff while we make speeches about how great we are. We're just asking flat out. New scripts rarely make it out of the starting gate because of a lack of funding. And the theatre world needs new scripts. Take the money you would have spent on tickets and parking for "Wicked" and donate it to new exciting theatre instead!
I know it's pretty bold to ask, but this company really deserves it. And as I always say to mom, "I promise this will be the last time I ask for money. Seriously." NWP's logo is a tree, so we have developed the following scale for sponsorship.
Leaves: up to $99
Branches: $100-$249
Trunks: $250-$499
Roots: $500-$999
Click below (or cut 'n paste) to donate through Paypal and support new and local theatre! It's fun and easy!
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=jdillini%40yahoo%2ecom&item_name=Not%20Waiting%20Productions&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8
Your name will be in the program and you will be a superhero.

See you at the show! Thank you!!!!!