Campaign to Sustain

The Need

Remember The Globe in 1999: inconsistent quality, little audience, months of a dark theatre annually, little documented tourism and few grants.
Board leadership envisioned something better and aided by Meadows Grant ($100,000 over three years) brought Artistic Leadership in late 2000
2001- a season of 5 Globe productions and one Sul Ross production
2002- a season of 6 Globe productions and one sul Ross production
2002- re-establishment of The Southwest Shakespeare Festival
From 2003 to present, The Globe has brought about $1.75 million into the community in HUD funding spent directly on bricks and mortar, the theatre is in much better shape, the garden is glorious and we have a rehearsal hall that still needs outfitting
2004- establishment of annual Student Matinee production of Romeo & Juliet in addition to a full community theatre season and The Southwest Shakespeare Festival
2005- Globe Artistic leaders invited to dinner at The White House and The Southwest Shakespeare Festival receives its first grant form The National Endowment for the Arts
From 2003 to 2006, The Globe collaborated on productions with Midland Community Theatre, Midland College, Spanish Literature Society and UPI.
From 2007 to the present, The Globe has collaborated annually on an opera with the Odessa College music department
In 2008, Globe staff began working to re-establish a drama program at OC and are now teaching four courses each year
In 2009 The Globe was awarded its fourth grant from The National Endowment for the Arts for The 2010 Southwest Shakespeare Festival and was one of two theatres in the state to receive NEA funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a total of $65,000 in Federal funding for programs
2010 Current grant funding stands at approximately $120,000

We have progressed as far as we can with current staff levels.

WHAT

The Campaign to Sustain is an effort to put finances in place that will allow The Globe to increase its artistic staff and ensure that salaries for all staff are competitive. This is necessary to ensure a smooth plan of succession.

Artistic Positions:

Costume Designer
Lighting designer/technical director
Bi-lingual director ( an Artist Associate) to develop Hispanic programming

How

We ask that you:

commit to contribute a specific dollar amount(no minimum or maximum) for three years
during the first year find three other people to commit for three years
before the end of the three years, find one person to commit for the following three years

If you do decide to contribute we ask you to post it on facebook to let everyone know!!

Click Here for a .pdf file that can be printed.

Campaign to Sustain

The Need

We have progressed as far as we can with current staff levels.

WHAT

How

Click Here for a .pdf file that can be printed.

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