Hey Everyone!
So I am a playwright and a director, and I FINALLY got my original work entered into a festival! I’ve been working on it for three years and I am so excited to have this opportunity to showcase my work.
Disclaimer: I am aware that a lot of people are going through rough situations and money is more likely to be donated to those with immediate need — and I don’t want to step on toes by asking for money for “fun stuff”. but this is my dream and my career and I am SO CLOSE to being able to do work in the way I want, in a room completely run by people of color who just wanna make good art, rather than commercialized spaces that I’m forcing my way into. If you could help that reality come true it would mean literally everything to me.
It has always been important to me as a Black woman to be able to keep my cast. crew, and team predominantly of color because opportunities in theater are so few and far between for us. I have been able to get that group to be onboard (yay!) but want to pay everyone equitably so they can understand just how valuable they are to me. A lot of my cast and crew are dear friends of mine and would happily do this work for free, but I won’t allow it. They deserve so much more and are incredibly talented.
As you’ll see by the gofundme page we are trying to raise $6000 to put this festival entry together. All of the expenses are detailed in the link. Even if we could get to just half of that, it would be a huge help!
If you can’t donate, please please share. I would really love it if you came to see the show as well, so definitely keep checking this page for updates if you’re in the nyc area.
if you aren’t comfortable donating to gofundme, you can send funds directly to venmo as well - $mayahlourdes
Thanks a bunch, and much love to you and yours 🫶🏽
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