This weekend we debut a new play, Mary Shelly: A Spark of Being. It's a really exciting new piece. What makes it even more exciting is that it was written by a young team of playwrights from Wayside Theatre's educational programs. They spent the summer researching and writing the piece and now they are ready to see this new piece about the author of Frankenstein take the stage on Friday night in the first of three performances.
This program is just one of the many things Wayside Theatre's educational programs offer. This is the fourth year in a row where we've debuted a new play by teen writers. And for a number of years now we've sponsored a playwriting competition in the spring that has seen some really remarkable work from some apsiring young authors.
As everyone who follows Wayside Theatre here knows we've been struggling to make ends meet for sometime now. We might have turned that corner with our recent Emergency Campaign, but we still need to raise ongoing funds for our programs.
One way we're attempting to do this is to drink a lot of Pepsi products. Well, actually we're taking the Pepsi Challenge, which is a wonderful program that gives us an opportunity for a $25,000 grant. We applied for the program and were accepted as a finalist and we're now in the voting stage. I encourage you to go and vote at this link. Not only that I encourage you to go and vote each and every day, because we're allowed and encourage to do that. We're currently ranked at number 91 which means we've got a long way to go and with your votes we've got a shot. You can even text in a vote each day on your mobile phone (Text109578 to Pepsi (73774) to vote from your mobile). This allows you to vote once per day on the web and once a day via text.
Help us spread the word as well. We'd love to make this work for the kids in our area who enjoy writing and your vote can make the difference.
And, hey, this doesn't cost you a thing.
