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Polybe Seats is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Polybe Seats must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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What is Polybe + Seats?
Polybe + Seats is a Brooklyn-based company that has been making theater together since 2001. We take inspiration from Gertrude Steins writing for and about the theater, and we have taken our name from one of her plays. The members of our company are Jessica Brater, Catherine Wallach, Miriam Felton-Dansky, Ari Vigoda, Stacey McMath, Avi Glickstein, Elaine OBrien, Natalie Robin, Sarah Sakaan and Lindsay Torrey.
All about Alice, or the Scottish GravediggersIn October 2011 Polybe + Seats will present the English-language premiere of the sinister 1829 French melodrama Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Our take on this gruesome tale of love and betrayal investigates a moment in medical history during which doctors and anatomists paid top dollar for the freshest corpses possible. Body snatching, grave robbing, and even murder were the basis for major discoveries in medical science. This turning point in anatomical discovery is the inspiration for our work.
What we needThanks to our amazing supporters, we have reached our goal of nearly $5,000 to bring this project to completion. This brings our total raised to over $17,000 through fundraising events and grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Alliance of Resident Theaters / New York and the Mental Insight Foundation. However, we still need your support. Any funds raised above our goal will enrich the production and give even bigger stipends to our artists! The funds we raise through this campaign will pay the performers and designers who are working with us and will bring our vision to life on stage with inventive sets, rich costumes, site-specific lighting and live music.
The Alice teamDirector: Jessica Brater
Producer: Catherine Wallach
Dramaturg: Miriam Felton-Dansky
Performers: Avi Glickstein, Sarah Sakaan, Ari Vigoda, Elaine OBrien, Jenni Lerche, Kate Marvin, and Lindsay Torrey
Composer: Jason Binnick
Choreographer: Lindsay Torrey
Designers: Natalie Robin (lights), Danielle Baskin (set and props), Bevan Dunbar and Karen Boyer (costumes), Kate Marvin (sound)
Writers: Ren-Charles Guilbert de Pixrcourt with Libby Emmons, Katya Schapiro, Avi Glickstein, and Sarah Sakaan
Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Alyson Fortner
Consultant: Stacey McMath
Translator: Daniel Gerould
Other ways you can helpPlease visit www.polybeandseats.org to join our mailing list so that we can tell you when tickets go on sale for Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers. You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
If you would like to support us regularly, you can create a recurring monthly donation through Fractured Atlas here.
If you have already supported this production, we cannot thank you enough for bringing us to this point! Please post this campaign on your Facebook wall, tweet about us or email your friends the link to this campaign.
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Blood Donor: $5
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| Personal thank you note and mention on company website and show program. (fully tax-deductible) |
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9 Claimed
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Plasma Donor: $25
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| Above, plus Polybe + Seats magnet. (amount over $3 is tax-deductible) |
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Bone Marrow Donor: $50
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| All of the above, plus a CD of the show's original score by composer Jason Binnick. (amount over $13 is tax-deductible) |
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Kidney Donor: $100
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| All of the above, plus limited-edition silk-screened tote bag with original "Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers" design. (amount over $23 is tax-deductible) |
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Lung Donor: $200
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| All of the above, plus pair of tickets to the performance of "Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers" of your choice and a copy of the book "Pixrcourt: Four Melodramas," which includes "Alice, or the Scottish Gravediggers." (amount over $73 is tax-deductible) |
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Heart Donor: $500
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| All of the above, plus original painting by set designer and visual artist Danielle Baskin. (amount over $123 is tax-deductible) |
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