January 2006

During the past four years, we at the Astoria Performing Arts Center have been proud to produce high quality professional theatre in our home, Astoria/Long Island City while benefiting our community through a variety of outreach efforts.

Each year, we bring together artists, technicians and interns to produce major musical, classic and modern plays and to nurture new works of theatre. At the same time, we look for ways to enrich our community, with a special commitment to children and seniors. Next summer will be the fourth year we've provided free musical theatre training to children through our "Summer Stars!" program (to Astoria's younger residents, APAC is already a neighborhood institution!) APAC has also brought live entertainment to senior centers in Astoria, and now we are adding programs that will showcase seniors' talents – beginning with this year's "Senior Stars!"

Our work has attracted attention – from local officials who have secured grant monies, from the press (including all major Queens newspapers, the New York Times, Newsday, the Wall Street Journal and many industry publications as well), by our peers in the theatre community honored us with an Off Off Broadway Review (OOBR) Award in 2004, and by the dozens of people who volunteer to work on APAC productions each year.

The result? Audiences who look forward to our programming each season, actors who send us their headshots each week, dozens of children who have discovered the pleasure of performance through "Summer Stars!" and this: $1 million in capital funding from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs that will go toward buying a permanent theatre space for us in Astoria!

We always look for new ways to thank APAC's friends.

We would like to ask that individuals consider donations of $300, $150, $75 or $35, though we appreciate donations of ANY amount! Individuals donating $35.00 or more will receive one free ticket to be used this season at the Musical, "Senior Stars!" or "Caruso"

$2500 All of the below mentioned benefits PLUS receive acknowledgement listing on the APAC   website this season.

$1000 All of the below mentioned benefits PLUS exposure through APAC's end-of-season newspaper ad thanking major donors

$500 All of the below mentioned benefits PLUS an acknowledgement listing in APAC's production programs.

$300 All of the below mentioned benefits PLUS a formal certificate of gratitude for your business' support of APAC this season.

Of course, donations of ANY amount are GREATLY appreciated!