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The Bass Performance Hall

1998-2023 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS basshall.com

Performing Arts Fort Worth, the non-profit owner and operator of Bass Performance Hall, announced that new season tickets are on sale now for the 2023-2024 Broadway at the Bass Season. “We’re so grateful to all of our sponsors, patrons and community for their continued support as we celebrate 25 years of Bass Performance Hall,” said Performing Arts Fort Worth President & CEO Dione Kennedy. “The stellar lineup of shows in our 2023-2024 Broadway season sets the benchmark as we look ahead to the next 25 years.” The season kicks off this summer with Disney’s Frozen coming to the Hall in August, followed by a new play from Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher based on the best-selling novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, in September. Don’t lose your head, Fort Worth is making her-story with Six in November; Embark on a whole new world of Broadway magic with Disney’s Aladdin in January; It’s simply the best that Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is now rolling on tour across North America and stops into Bass Hall in February; In June, Hamilton makes its return to Fort Worth; And finally—the 25th Anniversary Tour of the global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! will dance its way to Bass Hall in July, closing the 2023-2024 season. Previously announced, the 9-time Tony winning The Book of Mormon returns to the Hall as a Season Add-On, plus the new show you oughta know, Jagged Little Pill. Broadway at the Bass season ticket packages start at $276.25. A four-installment payment plan is available to new season ticket holders. New season tickets can be purchased online now.

Toys For Tots Expands Beyond Christmas Delivering Comfort And Relief To Kids And Families

The Marine Toys for Tots Program has evolved and grown exponentially since the very first campaign in 1947, having delivered hope and the magic of Christmas to over 291 million children in need. An equally celebrated milestone is the growth of the Program beyond Christmas. The Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program has expanded to provide year-round support to disadvantaged kids experiencing challenges and exceptional circumstances, thus sending a message of hope beyond the holiday season. The year-round distributions reassure families, who face adversity and exceptional circumstances throughout the year, that Marine Toys for Tots stands ready to assist when emotional support is needed most. Families and children face hardships throughout the year, and Toys for Tots wants to be a force for good that provides significant comfort and relief to families.

In 2022, the Marine Toys for Tots Program:

• Expanded our DoGoodNow initiative to be a year-round force for good.

• Expanded our partnership with Good360 and have distributed a collective four million toys, books, and games to children in families who have faced adversity and exceptional circumstances throughout the year during special distributions across the Nation during the Spring and Summer months since 2020.

• Established our newest initiative to support children living in foster care.

• Distributed toys, books, games, and school supplies to over 447,000 children in the Foster Care system.

• Expanded the Toys for Tots Literacy Program and continued our work with the National Association of Elementary and Secondary Education Act State Program Administrators (NAESPA) and the Kids in Need Foundation (KINF).

• Provided 900,000 age-appropriate books, valued at over $3.7 million, to NAESPA and KINF.

• Supported over 220,000 Native American children living on remote Reservations through our Toys for Tots Native American Program.

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• Providing backpacks filled with school supplies to foster care children in Arizona and Illinois valued at over $200,000.

• Providing 100 truckloads of emotional relief gifts to nonprofit partner, Good360, to distribute to nonprofits across the Nation through the Spring and Summer months to support local children in need.

• Providing one million books to Title I funded schools through our Toys for Tots Literacy Program.

• Providing books valued at $1.1 million to the KINF.

• Standing ready to assist families and children impacted by natural disasters or challenging events with emotional relief packages.

• Supporting Native American children through our Toys for Tots Native American Program.