2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Musical Premiere!

[Trevor Pierce]

Dear Penn Theater Friends!

Hope you're all enjoying your summers.  I wanted to let you all know about this great show that I (and Sheim) are working on this fall.  Ben Smallen (who directed Dead Man's Cell Phone and The Rocky Horror Show for Players) is directing the Philadelphia premiere of Edges: A Song Cycle this September as part of the Philly Fringe Festival.  Sheim and I have gotten on board (as Stage Manager and Assistant Music Director), and Ryan Touhey (Music Director for The Rocky Horror Show) is also MDing this production. It's going to be pretty awesome- we're in the process of casting the show now and are already really excited.  

In order to fund the project, we have launched a Kickstarter Campaign to raise money.  More information is included in the email below, but feel free to let me know if you have any questions.  It's pretty self-explanatory... we are trying to raise $3,000 in 29 days to be able to put on this show.  Ironically, this production has an even smaller budget than a Penn show.  Weird, I know.  So you should all try to donate if you can. Literally, every dollar will help.  So if you can only donate a dollar, that's great.  It will add up to us being able to put on a fantastic show.

Here is the link to the campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1967215688/pasek-and-pauls-edges-at-the-2012-philly-fringe-fe

And also read Ben's email below if you have any other questions.  Please feel free to forward this to anyone and everyone who you think would be able to help us out.  We would really appreciate it!!

Thanks guys!  Enjoy the rest of your summer and stay cool,

Trevor

PS. If you're receiving this email twice (or more times)... I'm sorry.  =]  But donate again!  It'll feel twice as good!

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From: Ben Smallen <bensm...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Subject: 2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Musical Premiere!

Dear Friends, Family and Fellow Artists, 

Happy summer to you all! I hope you are keeping cool and hydrated in this heat! I just wanted to give everyone an update on what I'm working on. I am co-producing and directing the Philadelphia premiere of Pasek and Paul's musical debut Edges with musical director Ryan Touhey (for more information on the show: http://www.pasekandpaul.com/). We are currently in the casting and fundraising phase of our production and we are very excited about bringing this show to Philly in September as part of the Fringe festival. Please check out our Kickstarter page here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1967215688/pasek-and-pauls-edges-at-the-2012-philly-fringe-fe

If you are unfamiliar with kickstarter.com, wikipedia says: "Kickstarter is a crowd funding website for creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of projects from indie films, musics and comics to journalism, video games, and food-related projects."

And now it can fund something even better...Theatre! This is your chance to become part of Philadelphia Theatre History!

Check it out, watch our video, learn about all of the rewards for donating (aside from a good feeling inside and a tax deductible right off) If you would like to donate, we would greatly appreciate it! Thanks for your consideration and support!

Best,

Ben Smallen

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Trevor Pierce
University of Pennsylvania | Class of '14
tpi...@sas.upenn.edu
(860) 930-2338