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We are doing a livestream of our production of Much Ado this weekend.  It sounds like yours is more an issue of releasing something after it has been edited.  So perhaps a YouTube Channel would be simplest?  

Do you have an online ticketing program like Booktix?  We do, and so we just are doing online ticket sales for a week after the event (we opened it two days ago), so that people can buy a ticket.  They can also make additional donations to the program via that program if they want.  

If anyone is interested in our livestream, it's at 7 PM CT on 5/1 and 5/2.  You can access it at https://www.munaud.org/Livestream

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Raymond Palasz
Auditorium Director/Director of Theatre
Munster IN
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Raymond, thanks for sharing info about your livestream. I am hoping to watch with my cast of The Old Man and The Old Moon. We are currently working on our livestream for the end of May and would love to support other virtual performances during this time. Break virtual legs tonight!

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Christina Vincent
Director of Theatre
The Woodhall School
Bethlehem, CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-30-2020 08:27
From: Raymond Palasz
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

We are doing a livestream of our production of Much Ado this weekend.  It sounds like yours is more an issue of releasing something after it has been edited.  So perhaps a YouTube Channel would be simplest?

Do you have an online ticketing program like Booktix?  We do, and so we just are doing online ticket sales for a week after the event (we opened it two days ago), so that people can buy a ticket.  They can also make additional donations to the program via that program if they want.

If anyone is interested in our livestream, it's at 7 PM CT on 5/1 and 5/2.  You can access it at https://www.munaud.org/Livestream

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Raymond Palasz
Auditorium Director/Director of Theatre
Munster IN

Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

MTI and SHOWTIX4U just announced a tool that looks promising to solve a lot of these problems.  I've posted a question in another stream hoping to find out a bit more about what's capable.  I know I need to make some $ as well as give the kids an opportunity to perform after losing all the spring fundraising performance.

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Jennifer Hemme
Henderson NV
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Donations are definitely needed to make sure we have a season next year!  Check out AnywhereSeat, it is a ticketing program specific to online or virtual shows. They just went public and it works amazingly well, and is FREE. You should check it out. I am using it to replay our Shakespeare series to raise money for a possible Christmas show!

https://anywhereseat.com

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Kevin Schneider
Holland MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-04-2020 18:07
From: Jennifer Hemme
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

MTI and SHOWTIX4U just announced a tool that looks promising to solve a lot of these problems.  I've posted a question in another stream hoping to find out a bit more about what's capable.  I know I need to make some $ as well as give the kids an opportunity to perform after losing all the spring fundraising performance.

------------------------------
Jennifer Hemme
Henderson NV

Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Hey Valerie & Jen,
We're so happy to hear that theatre groups around the country are striving to share theatre with their communities! #theatrefindsaway
Today we at ShowTix4U announced, with our partners at Music Theatre International and Broadway Media, a new streaming platform
that allows you to live stream, schedule prerecorded content for "viewing parties," and have video on demand.
We hope this helps solve the problem of bringing theatre to your audiences, while allowing schools to generate lost revenue from cancelled productions. We're launching in the next six weeks. We think that our platform will answer all of your questions regarding tying donations, tickets, and your show together. Feel free to reach out me for more info.

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Jeff Tidwell
Las Vegas NV
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Another company you can check out is On The Stage led by Tony-winning Broadway producer Hunter Arnold. They did several webinars this week about this very thing; they call it Play It Forward. They are connecting Zoom with a private YouTube link and their platform. If you want to sell tickets or get donations, you can. They are working with publishing companies as well, but people can go with other companies with which deals have already been made and paid (like yours). They suggest was to go with plays and readings because of the lag that happens with music, but they said doing things the way you want to do things is also possible. You can check out their program at https://landing.onthestage.com/play-it-forward

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Felicia Brown
Theatre Teacher
Willingboro NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

We are using our online ticketing service Booktix.com as they have a donation option through our online box office that was set up for our school. I do believe most ticketing services also have this option.

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Scott F. Cooney
"Lover of Life"
NJ State Thespian State Board
CTE Acting/Theatre Instructor
BCIT Medford Academy of Performing Arts
Medford, NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

As someone previously mentioned... check out anywhereseat.com that is what we plan to use ... it was super easy to set up our page and there are a lot of different ways to charge or you can do it completely for free ... we are going to demo it next week to show our actors one of our most recent shows.  

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Toni Thomas
English Teacher, Theatre Director
West Branch MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 02:34
From: Scott Cooney
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

We are using our online ticketing service Booktix.com as they have a donation option through our online box office that was set up for our school. I do believe most ticketing services also have this option.

------------------------------
Scott F. Cooney
"Lover of Life"
NJ State Thespian State Board
CTE Acting/Theatre Instructor
BCIT Medford Academy of Performing Arts
Medford, NJ

Original Message:
Sent: 04-29-2020 10:14
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Original Message:
Sent: 4/29/2020 10:15:00 AM
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!

Original Message:
Sent: 5/27/2020 1:11:00 PM
From: Maria Stadtmueller
Subject: RE: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

#Valerie Farschman Valerie, We are also planning a Zoom Show in early November if we are not on the stage by then able to stand next to each other without masks. I got permission from the author to do a Zoom to tape & then show a tape of it on a livestream with limited access like a Zoom. We are not able to put the tape out for others to view after our showing.  We are hoping to collect donations through Venmo & still sell Candy Grams, Flower Grams, Balloon Grams Ahead of time that we will deliver In teams on the day of the show. Please invite me to your show so I can take some notes. I might also want to pick your brain as it gets closer. Break a virtual leg!! Maria Stadtmueller  StadtFamily@juno.com

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Original Message:
Sent: 4/29/2020 10:15:00 AM
From: Valerie Farschman
Subject: How do we get people to donate to our virtual theatre production?

I am currently working on a virtual performance of a one act musical with junior high students.

We are finding this a very exciting as well as a very challenging way to work.

We use Zoom to meet and rehearse. The technical differences in WiFi speeds, etc can be frustrating.

We will record the Zoom meetings for the different scenes, and then have students videotape and send their part of the musical numbers to be edited together.

Thank heavens I have 2 high school TV class students willing to help edit it all together.

Thank heavens Pioneer Drama is agreeable to this method, and our royalty fee for the musical now covers the video.

In the past, the students were able to sell tickets ($5) to the show as a way to help finish paying their Pay-to -Participate fee.

They are asking how we plan to do this with a recorded video of the show?

They also asked me "where" and "how" is the video to be released?

These are all excellent questions, and I have no idea what the answers are.

Do any of you have suggestions for either getting donations or how to proceed with releasing the video of our show?

Would there be a way to connect the two?

Thanks,

Valerie

--

Valerie Farschman, Drama Director

Amherst Junior High Theatre

former director of

The MLS Theatre Company, Thespian Troupe 1422

Marion L. Steele High School

Amherst, Ohio

Gold Honor Troupe for seven years!

Winners of a 2016 and 2017 Playhouse Square Dazzle Award presented by Patricia and John Chapman!

Imagination is the most powerful nation in the world.

Remember you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old if you stop laughing!