New World Arts: Save the Booth Campaign

The Backstory

The week of New World Arts' Season Ten opening show, Marisol, we had a situation that no theatre wants to face: our lighting board (which allows us to program and control the lighting for our theatrical productions) stopped working. After several attempts to get it working, we had to face the reality that the board was beyond repair.

We also discovered, during the rush to get a rented lighting system in place for Marisol, that our dimmer rack (which manages the power to run all of our lights) was propriatory, and can only work with the board we had. In short: because one piece broke, we have to replace the whole thing.

Anyone who has been to a New World Arts show knows how important lights are to the work we do, and the experience we try to bring to our audience. Without a lighting system, we cannot continue to bring downtown Goshen the type of alternative, professional theatre that we have produced at New World Arts for 10 years, and that has made us a staple of our beautiful Downtown.

New World Arts needs your help!

We are reaching out to our best resource and source of support - our audience - to get through this crisis. New World Arts has launched a campaign to raise the money needed to replace our lighting system, using a website called The Point.

We are asking for small, individual donations from friends of the theatre. If 121 and people donate only $50, we will be able to reach our goal.

How it works

The Point is a web site that allows people to donate to specific causes securely with a credit or debit card. The catch is: you will only be charged if we reach our total goal:

SIgn up at The Point and donate however much you want to the Save The Booth campaign.
We are recommending donations of $50, but please feel free to donate as much or as little as you would like
Spread the word about the campaign to people you know that value New World Arts and local, downtown entertainment
You will only be charged if we complete our campaign goal
Get rewarded by New World Arts (see below)

What you will get

As a thank you for helping New World Arts in this time of crisis, if we reach our goal we will be giving everyone who donates four tickets to ANY New World Arts event, that NEVER expire. If you come to New World Arts shows, concerts and events even a few times a year, that nearly covers the cost of your ticket price.

More information

If you have any questions, or would like more information on donating to our Save The Booth campaign, please feel free to contact us or call at (574) 229-4780. We'd be happy to answer any of your questions.

Corporate donations

While our campaign is focusing on small, personal donations, we will work with corporations and businesses who are eager to contribute to the arts in downtown Goshen. To arrange details and the corporate benefits of donation, call (574) 229-4780.

Since 1998, New World Arts has made its mission to bring high quality, thought- provoking and independent theatre and arts events to downtown Goshen.

Now we need your help. You, our most valuable resource: our audience.

In order for us to bring you the high-quality performing arts you have come to expect from New World Arts, we need to replace critical lighting equipment that broke during Marisol.

Everyone can help! We are raising small amounts from individual donors and friends. Please consider donating whatever you can. If 121 people donate only $50, we'll reach our goal.