“ So much humor iS diviSive and negative, but thiS iSn’t. thiS iS a kind play.”
New York alone will be about $15,000 in all, Bennett said. The company has actively been working to raise money to fund this dream, starting with a GoFundMe campaign. And they’re pinning high hopes on two fundraiser performances of New Canula on July 10. The New Canula trio have committed to supporting this effort with everything they have, financial and otherwise, because they have seen the rewards such efforts can reap. They’re among the many theater companies who have returned home from previous Fringe festivals ready to mount the new works they caught there at their own theaters. “If your show is popular, you can generate audiences, so your company is winning,” Bennett explained. “But also the theater will be interested in keeping you there because they’ll make money from it.” The potential for having New Canula selected to remain in New York, picked up by other theater troupes or even optioned by Samuel French or another licensing company is worth the effort and costs to get themselves there, they said. So is the benefit for Reno’s art community at large. “One of the neatest things is that many people we know from Brüka have gone on to New York from Reno, and we’re now working with them to get them to help us, to represent us out there,” Bennett said. “We’re connecting the dots with people we know and creating a larger base for people to perform, to band together and create a community that supports the show there. … We’re starting to get Reno on the cultural map.” Ω
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“New York is really the clincher to being able to get this show touring, but we needed to find out the environment,” Bennett said. “Hollywood is so local, 90 percent of the groups registered are local companies, and they all know each other and have been here forever. We’ve learned so much, but it’s still teaching us about New York Fringe, about new plays being done regionally and nationally. And the huge thing is that it’s representing Reno and Brüka in a larger place.” The Hollywood festival ran a full week in June, and Fringe NYC goes two weeks, August 12-28. Getting to Hollywood and New York, not to mention lodging, food and associated fees and expenses that come with their involvement, is costly. Putting up the show in
To raise funds to take Gary Cremeans’ play New Canula to the New York International Fringe Festival, Brüka Theatre has started a GoFundMe campaign at www.gofundme.com/ sq7udg. Fundraiser performances are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m. July 10. Tickets are $25. Donations in any amount will be welcome. The show is recommended for ages 14 and up, and reservations are advised. A karaoke fundraiser at The Patio also takes place 5:308:30 p.m. July 10. For information, call 323-3221 or visit www.bruka.org.
–Mary Bennett, Director
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