The show must go on.
For the Monroe Theatre Guild (MTG), that show is its capital campaign to raise $550,000. The campaign starts Friday.
MTG has a 38-year history in Monroe, and does more than delight audiences with well-performed theatrical pieces. MTG has solidified itself as a gem of the city, an anchor of a growing arts scene that attracts theater-goers from Wisconsin, Illinois and even Iowa.
The community and its residents would be well-served to assist MTG's efforts to raise money for its future.
The capital campaign is organized into four phases. The first goal is to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to pay off the loan for the building it purchased last year; phase two is to raise $200,000 by Dec. 31, 2009, to renovate the building; phase three is for $100,000 by Dec. 31, 2010, to pay for sound and lights; and phase four is for $100,000 by Dec. 31, 2013, to create an endowment for operating expenses, as well as scholarships.
MTG was without a home for most of its existence. In 1982, MTG had the foresight to start saving for a permanent home. In recent years, MTG formed a committee to locate and purchase a building. In 2007, MTG purchased the former Stage building at 910 16th Ave.
During the entire process, MTG has thought out its next steps, and it has ended up with a building it hopes to use for a small, intimate theater, rehearsal space, lobby and concession stand, costume storage and a full workshop for building sets and props.
The capital campaign not only will benefit MTG, but local businesses and future theater students. Theater-goers will spend more time downtown, shopping and eating. Students would benefit from scholarships and planned workshops and classes.
Contributing to MTG's capital campaign isn't just an investment in local theater, it's an investment in Monroe and the future actors and actresses who would grace MTG's stage.
For the Monroe Theatre Guild (MTG), that show is its capital campaign to raise $550,000. The campaign starts Friday.
MTG has a 38-year history in Monroe, and does more than delight audiences with well-performed theatrical pieces. MTG has solidified itself as a gem of the city, an anchor of a growing arts scene that attracts theater-goers from Wisconsin, Illinois and even Iowa.
The community and its residents would be well-served to assist MTG's efforts to raise money for its future.
The capital campaign is organized into four phases. The first goal is to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to pay off the loan for the building it purchased last year; phase two is to raise $200,000 by Dec. 31, 2009, to renovate the building; phase three is for $100,000 by Dec. 31, 2010, to pay for sound and lights; and phase four is for $100,000 by Dec. 31, 2013, to create an endowment for operating expenses, as well as scholarships.
MTG was without a home for most of its existence. In 1982, MTG had the foresight to start saving for a permanent home. In recent years, MTG formed a committee to locate and purchase a building. In 2007, MTG purchased the former Stage building at 910 16th Ave.
During the entire process, MTG has thought out its next steps, and it has ended up with a building it hopes to use for a small, intimate theater, rehearsal space, lobby and concession stand, costume storage and a full workshop for building sets and props.
The capital campaign not only will benefit MTG, but local businesses and future theater students. Theater-goers will spend more time downtown, shopping and eating. Students would benefit from scholarships and planned workshops and classes.
Contributing to MTG's capital campaign isn't just an investment in local theater, it's an investment in Monroe and the future actors and actresses who would grace MTG's stage.
