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Dear Friends of Theatre Bristol,
Opening night reflects so much for a community theatre, especially one that hinges on volunteer talent and strength, like Theatre Bristol.
It reflects the priorities of a community. Priorities that value story, art, positive opportunities, quality entertainment, culture and interest, joy, and challenges overcome. It acknowledges the contribution Theatre Bristol makes to a dynamic downtown economy and a regional arts scene.
With your help, Theatre Bristol has enjoyed more than 50 years of opening nights. This past year, audiences were delighted with Lessons from Shakespeare with River’s Way, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tartuffe, Pinocchio, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It is with your support this 56th year that Theatre Bristol will continue to be an asset to the Bristol community and the work it fosters in each individual.
We also hope to make important improvements to the building and secure our monthly expenses with contributions, grants and advertising in the coming year.
Like many non-profit community theatres, Theatre Bristol runs on a very slim budget, keeping costs low and reinvesting resources right back into the next production or children’s programming. We have sustained our commitment to offer affordable ticket prices to high quality shows.
Sometimes it helps to know what supports all the talent–its your contributions that provide support for licensing royalties and show material rentals. The cost to produce a show varies from $2,000.00 – $40,000.00. The monthly expenses to keep the lights on, the water running, and our building cool or warm average about $2,000, and on top of that annual operating costs like annual insurance and state registration expenses. We also have major upkeep projects for our more than 100-year-old buildings.
We ask you to consider making a tax-deductible donation for 2022 by December 31, 2021 to Theatre Bristol.
No donation is too small and every donation will help us continue to provide opportunities for children and adults to perform in or enjoy seeing quality, family entertainment.
We thank the Tennessee Arts Commission and United Company Foundation for setting the pace and kicking off our appeal. Join them and others who care about local, community arts and opportunities.
We hope you will support Theatre Bristol this year. Our foremost objective is to continue to carry out the vision Cathy DeCaterina had when she started Theatre Bristol so many years ago.
Cindi Brooks
Board President
and the Theatre Bristol Board of Directors
Ann Vance, Vice President
Nicole Intagliata, Treasurer
Dottie Havlik, Secretary
Suzanne Eleas
Steve Baskett
Mary Beth Rainero
Valtina Turner
Samantha Gray
In Memoriam
Cathy DeCaterina, Founder
Frank DeCaterina, Honorary Board member
Year-end contributions to Theatre Bristol may be made to support its mission to offer skills and opportunities to children that increase their self confidence, as well as to provide an outlet for live performance by community members for audiences throughout the region. The vision is that all children experience the unparalleled benefits of live performance and that no child be turned away from opportunities for learning, whether through workshops or attending a show.
