About this Project

Our musical 210 Amlent Avenue has been accepted into the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)! This means the show will have its first fully-staged production this July, complete with professional actors, costumes, sets, and everything else you’d expect to see when you attend a musical in New York City.

But we need your help to get there! NYMF will provide us with a theatre and technical framework, but beyond that we are acting as self-produced writers, so we need to raise the entire cost of the production before we start rehearsals. We want to bring this show to an incredible audience of industry professionals and musical theatre fans, and your tax-deductible donation will help us get there! No amount of support is too small.

We’ve been developing 210 Amlent Avenue for five years and the piece has grown and evolved so much in that time. The characters, story, and songs have really matured and being selected by NYMF tells us that the show is ready to be seen by a wider audience. This is the same festival that launched the lives of plays like Next to Normal and [title of show], and we want to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity! Please consider making a donation and joining us on this adventure.

* donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.

What Your Donation Covers

$10 pays to print 50 programs to the show

pays to print 50 programs to the show $30 pays for the printing of the score

pays for the printing of the score $50 pays for one hour of rehearsal for our band

pays for one hour of rehearsal for our band $90 pays to dress one performer

pays to dress one performer $250 pays our LLC legal setup fees

pays our LLC legal setup fees $800 pays our entire costume budget

pays our entire costume budget $1,200 pays the salary of one actor

pays the salary of one actor $3,000 pays for the entire band for the festival run

pays for the entire band for the festival run $8,500 pays for all the actors for the festival run

pays for all the actors for the festival run $10,000 pays for the sets, costumes, lights, microphones, and venue fees for the run

pays for the sets, costumes, lights, microphones, and venue fees for the run $20,000 pays for all the people needed to put on this full-scale production: actors, musicians, designers, stage manager and director

We’ve crunched the numbers and will need $45,000 total to mount this production. We are so excited to have this opportunity, and you can help us get there!

How Do I Donate?

Through NYMF, we are able to accept tax-deductible donations for this project.

Donate via Check

You can donate by making out a check to “The New York Musical Theatre Festival” with “210 Amlent Avenue” written in the memo, and mail it to NYMF at 36 W. 44th Street, 1010A, New York, NY 10036. Include your email address for quick acknowledgement of your donation.

Donate Online

Click here to visit NYMF’s secure donation portal online and make sure “210 Amlent Avenue” is selected under “Earmark Your Donation.”

How Else Can I Help?

Whether or not you are able to give, we still need your support! You can:

This is a show and a story that we really believe in and we are ready for the opportunity to present our work in its first real production this July. We appreciate any help you can give!

—Karl & Becky

PS: Feel free to email us with any questions about the campaign. We want to keep you in the know!