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The “rebuild the Varscona” campaign woke up smiling Tuesday. TV star Nathan Fillion’s six-week crowdfunding campaign on Prizeo.com, which ended Monday at 6 p.m., overshot its $125,000 target on the final weekend. It raised $131,814 toward the year-long reconstruction of the Old Strathcona theatre, through online donations of $5 US and up.

The grand prize winner, to be announced Friday, gets to fly with a guest from anywhere in the world to have a private lunch in Los Angeles with Fillion. The Edmonton-born star of the hit ABC series Castle made his start playing theatresports on the Varscona stage, and returns to his hometown regularly to see his family and guest on Die-Nasty. Meanwhile, the $8-million rebuild project continues apace, with $5.9 million in place from the three levels of government, and the remainder to be raised by the Varscona Theatre Alliance.