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FIASCO THEATER is an ensemble theater company created by graduates of the Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. acting program. Past shows include Cymbeline (TFANA/Barrow Street), Into the Woods (Roundabout, Old Globe, McCarter), Measure for Measure (New Victory), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger/TFANA) and Twelfth Night. Cymbeline was presented Off-Broadway twice, for nearly 200 performances, and was honored with the 2012 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for best revival. Into the Woods garnered the 2015 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival. Every year, Fiasco offers the Free Training Initiative—a three-week, conservatory-level classical acting intensive for professional actors, completely free of charge to students. Fiasco has been in residence with Duke University, Marquette University, LSU, and NYU-Gallatin. Their work has been developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab, the Orchard Project, SPACE at Ryder Farm (upcoming) and the Shakespeare Society, and Fiasco has led master classes at Brown University and NYU. OUR MISSION The mission of Fiasco Theater is to offer dynamic, joyful, actor-driven productions of classic and new plays, and to offer high-level theatrical training through classes and workshops. Our goal is to create a new model of fiscal sustainability whereby we remunerate our artists for their valuable work and offer our performances and training at low or no cost to our audiences and students. WHO WE ARE: We are a team of classically trained actors with a common aesthetic vision and a passion for teaching acting. We choose to work as an ensemble because we believe this allows us the possibility to create something greater than the sum of its parts. WHAT WE BELIEVE: The artists at Fiasco believe that thrilling theater is invented through dynamic rehearsal – exploring the play in a full, open, joyful way through the voice, body, and imagination. We believe the performer, the text and the audience are the only elements required to make great theater. These principles of the power of rehearsal inspire both the creation of our performances and the training of our students. A NEW FISCAL MODEL We believe that theater is a societal foundation. It brings communities together, teaches empathy and has the power to inspire, galvanize and heal people. It’s vibrancy is necessary for the health of a culture, and shouldn’t be a luxury only accessible to the wealthy. We also believe that people who choose to create art for a living should be able to make a living doing so and shouldn’t have to choose between creating art and a living wage. But the current producing wisdom demands that wages be kept low to minimize costs while ticket prices are raised to maximize the potential for profit. It is a wisdom that hurts artists and audience alike. Fiasco’s mission is to invert that equation: we seek to offer art to the public at affordable prices while paying the artists who create it a living wage. We do so by enlisting the generosity of donors, corporations and foundations in support of artist salaries and subsidized ticket prices. WHY FIASCO? Legend has it the word “fiasco” was first used to describe commedia dell’arte performances that went horribly (and hilariously) wrong. In those instances the performer would have to fare fiasco or “make a bottle.” In other words “You’re buying!” While we hope to avoid on-stage disasters, we do believe that it is only when artists are brave enough to risk a fiasco that the possibility exists of creating something special. We chose the name Fiasco to remind ourselves to brave the huge leaps in the hopes of reaping huge artistic rewards.

HALO believes every child should have the support of a family. We provide housing, healing and education to thousands of homeless and at-risk children. HALO began in Kansas City, MO by HALO Founder Rebecca Welsh, and has served as the foundation of a family for children who need it most since 2005.Our mission is to help one more child spend one less day alone.

Mission Statement: APDO believes in making tangible contributions towards Peace, Development and Community Empowerment for All through undertaking innovative initiatives in the following sectors in South Darfur - Sudan; Peace Building, conflict resolution and Civic Education Protection (Gender Based Violence, Child Protection and General Protection) & Human Rights Education Gender Equality& Women empowerment. Sustainable Development

Energize Japan's science more! Motivated and engaged to "Energize Japan's science more!", the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Science (JAAS) aims to be an organization in which all people can participate, beyond the boundaries of academic fields, organizations, occupations, nationalities, ethnicities, and generations. We believe that dialogue and collaboration among people with diverse backgrounds and motivated to promote science are key for the brighter future of science in Japan.

Since our founding in 1931, the Music Institute has grown into one of the nation’s leading community music schools. The Music Institute provides accessible, high-quality music education through private and group instruction for thousands of students of all ages. We believe strongly that the arts contribute to vibrant, resilient communities and strive to reach individuals with music education where opportunities are limited.

The artistic voice of Freespace Dance is one of collaboration, believing in combining different art forms to create something unique and varied. Artistic Director Donna Scro collaborates with composers, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers, etc. The vision is to open the doors to all artists to come and create, rediscovering dance with each collaboration. Donna Scro’s work is athletic, bold, fearless, and connects to the human experience. Combining her athletic nature and her humanistic connection, Donna’s work is accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Freespace Dance is a company that makes a strong connection both physically and emotionally with the audience, believes in the spirit of inclusion, and leaves all with a positive dance experience. The company strives to teach the love of dance to children and adults with the philosophy that if one can move, think and feel, one can dance. Freespace Dance is an open forum designed to collaborate and create, teach and encourage, invite and dance.

The Tishman Review seeks to publish new, emerging and established authors who are reaching beyond the limits of contemporary literature in their crafting of short fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. The Tishman Review is a quarterly journal produced in three different formats: pdf, e-book and print-on-demand. The Tishman Review believes that by giving authors space for their words, the existential function of literature is honored and the journal’s readers’ lives are enhanced.

United States Artists (USA) believes in artists and their essential role in our society. Each year, United States Artists makes unrestricted $50,000 cash awards celebrating artists and culturalpractitioners who have significantly contributed to the creative landscape and arts ecosystemof the country. In addition USA applies this experience to build processes that generate understanding ofspecific disciplines and populations of artists that furthers philanthropy’s direct support forartists.

The Old Globe's mission is to preserve, strengthen, and advance American theatre by: creating theatrical experiences of the highest professional standards; producing and presenting works of exceptional merit designed to reach current and future audiences; ensuring diversity and balance in programming; and providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences and the community at large.The Old Globe believes that theatre matters. Our commitment is to make it matter to more people.

Our mission is to empower communities to strengthen languages, culture and the environment by using the internet more effectively. Our primary vehicle of engagement is a multilingual cultural wiki designed, populated, and used by the community to help the community satifsfy their evolving community needs. The BASAbali wiki has engaged by nearly 2.5 million to date. The wiki empowerment process is now being replicated in Makassar, Indonesia. BASAbali is a registered nonprofit in the US. BASAbali Wiki is a registered charity in Indonesia. Matur Suksma (thank you very much) for your care of local languages, culture and the environment.

They believe that creating music is much more than sounding the right note at the right time. Exultate goes beyond the notes on the page to give every listener a personal, emotional experience through rich, meaningful music. Our combined choir and chamber orchestra perform music that has been delighting concertgoers for 24 years. In these troubled times, it is more important than ever to continue to “…move the souls of this and future generations.”

Our mission is to help reduce homelessness and raise awareness for mental health through service to the community and hosting wellness events. We believe in breaking down stigmas that demonize the homeless and work to promote mindfulness through creative arts. We work daily to change the stigma associated with homelessness, poverty, and mental health by working across boundaries and leveraging resources to enrich the lives of those living in underserved and marginalized communities.