99 HISTORIES: Indiegogo

Help Artists at Play bring 99 Histories to Los Angeles! Through our Indiegogo campaign, we have until Friday, July 25 to raise $7,000.

See our progress on the right? Click on the image to go to our Indiegogo page. We invite you to watch our video and check out the perks that we're offering. And through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas, DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE. 

Please consider contributing and/or sharing our project! For a direct link to our Indiegogo page: http://igg.me/at/AAP99H 

To view and share our video via YouTube, click below or right here.

We cannot do this without your support and look forward to sharing 99 Histories with you in September. Thank you in advance!

COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI: Indiegogo

To help fund the upcoming fall production of Cowboy Versus Samurai, Artists at Play has launched an Indiegogo campaign! We have roughly TWO WEEKS TO REACH OUR GOAL of $6,500. We've raised our budget in order to accommodate our venue and elevated production elements. Not only that, but we've also challenged ourselves with a tighter schedule! Deadline is Friday, July 26.

See our progress on the right? Click on the image to go to our Indiegogo page. We invite you to watch our video and check out the rewards that we're offering. Something else that's new: Through our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas, DONATIONS ARE NOW TAX-DEDUCTIBLE. Please consider donating and/or sharing our project! 

For a direct link to our Indiegogo page, click here. (And make use their handy share tools!) To view & share our video via YouTube, click below or right here.

We simply cannot do this without your support. Thank you in advance!

Spring Cleaning and Supporting Theatre

Are you sick and tired of hoarding all those things you never ever use? AND do you want to help put on a show? Well, here's your chance!

As we prepare for the next Artists at Play production, we will be holding a yard sale to raise funds for the Los Angeles premiere of Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco. YOU can be a part of our second annual Artists at Play Yard Sale, a.k.a. Artists at Play Hoarders Helper-Outer Event! 

How, you ask?

Donate Stuff!

Why not take this opportunity to clean house and help support our artistic endeavors? WE ARE COLLECTING DONATIONS NOW (through April 26). We ask that all items are clean and in usable condition, and please note that larger/specialty items will help us reach our goal. To make pick-up/drop-off arrangements, email us at ArtistsAtPlayLA@gmail.com.

Photo by Teresa Huang

Photo by Teresa Huang

Below are items that sold particularly well last year:

• FURNITURE (end tables, coffee tables, bookcases, bed frames, etc.)

• KITCHEN APPLIANCES (crock pots, coffee makers, rice cookers, electric grills, etc.)

• ELECTRONICS (CD players, DVD players, game consoles, cell phones, etc.)

• HOME DECOR (vases, picture frames, etc.)

• SPORTS EQUIPMENT

• TOOLS & HARDWARE

• CHILDREN'S CLOTHING & TOYS

• OUTERWEAR

• CDs & DVDs 

Buy Stuff!

Our yard sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 4th.  We'll be in lovely South Pasadena (just off the 110N) on Mission Street (one block east of Fair Oaks Avenue). [MAP] We already have specialty items posted on our Facebook page, so snag them in advance by emailing us or leaving a comment on the photo of the item you want!

Thank you again for your support. What a great way to get rid of your stuff... and support theatre!

2012 Donors

If you would like to make a contribution... 

Please contact us at ArtistsatPlayLA@gmail.com, 
  make a tax-deductible donation online through Fractured Atlas,
or mail a check to the following address:
Artists at Play
P.O. Box 572
Alhambra, CA 91802

Checks can be made out to Artists at Play,
or to make your check donation tax deductible,
make checks out to our fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas.

 Our Supporters

Wendy Anderson
Sarah Arlen
Jennefer Atkins
Carrick Bartle
Samuel Basa
Arya Behseresht & Bonnie Lui
Becky Birdsong
Ysabel Brazal
Emily Burnett
A.J. Calomay
Sara Ceballos
Sue Chan
Jennifer Chang
Feodor Chin
Lisa Chin
Philip & Frances Chinn
Jane Cho
John Cho & Kerri Higuchi
Philip & Frances Chung
Kimberly Colburn
Ardie Collins
Timothy Crawford
Larry Cripe
Joey Damiano
Alison & Ellen De La Cruz-Sandor
Natalie Dolishny
Carolina Espiro
Richard T. Favela
Marilynn Fong
Mike Fong
Michi Fu
Michael Golamco
Ellen Griley
Peter Guei & Amy Liu
Martha Guiditta
Howard Ho
Isaac Ho
Liz Ho
Danny Ho & Esther Lam
Crystal Hoskins
Stephen Hu
Teresa Huang
Phoebe Hyun
Denise Iketani & Kevin Fitzgerald
Golda Inquito
Lisa Joe
Robert & Kelly Jue
Aileen Kamoshita
traci kato-kiriyama & Greg Watanabe
Annie Kee
Paul Kikuchi
Nancy Kim
Bobby Kuo
Jennifer Kuo
Michael Kuya
Marco & Cyndi Kwan
Everett & Rona Lai
Bryant Lam & Jean Lau
Anna Mae Lam Photography
Ann Lau
Sarah Lau
Cecil & Cindy Lee
Gene Lee
Isaac Lee
Christina Limson O'Connell
Denise Lum
Andrea Lwin
Marc & Mary Joy Macalintal
Rudy Martinez
D Hideo Maruyama
Kelly Miller
Jeffery S. Mio
Chris Miyasaki
John & Rona Miyasaki
David Ngo & Jin Yoo-Kim
VyVy Nguyen
John Nobori
Akemi Okamura
James Okazaki & Linda Wah
Ute Orgassa
Thomas Oshiro
Helen Ota & Mike Palma
Conrad Panganiban
Mike Park
Meropi Peponides
Nicholas Pilapil
Linda Puchalski
Mandy Ratliff
Jesus Reyes
Cory Robbins
Chantal Rodriguez
Brandon Ruiz
Annette Sanchez
Ryan Sands
Leah Smith
DeWayne Spalding
Mason & Caroline Stockstill
Aaron Takahashi
Norm Takeda
Scott Keiji Takeda
Suzy Takeda
Ken Takemoto
Randy & Mari Tamura
Carmen & Terry Tang
Lisa Thong
Marilyn Tokuda
Kathy Tokudomi
Wanru Tseng
Jaime Unson
Julio & Marjorie Urquidi
Mariano Velez
Moira Velez
Debbe Warren
Hudson Warren
Kristina Wong
Lillian Wong
Shannon Wong
Steven Wong
Jeannie Wood
Kim Wood
Charity Wu
Elizabeth Yoon
Sandy Yu
Gay Yuen
Edwin Zane

Yard Sale Donors

Wendy Anderson

Jared Asato

Dennis Bovér

Sara Ceballos

Esther Chae von Zielbauer

Lisa Chin

Julia Cho

Kimberly Colburn

Soyia Ellison

Michi Fu

Catherine & Francis Fung

Junko Goda

Michael Golamco

Prince Gomovilas

Teresa Huang

Phoebe Hyun

Gloria Jan

Richard Kim

Bobby Kuo

Peter Kuo

Ann Lau

David & Suyan Lau

John & Stefanie Lau

Jean Lau & Bryant Lam

Juliet Lee

Jhemon Lee & Misa Nguyen

Mary Ling

Chris Miyasaki

Eve NaRanong

Ken Narasaki & Sharon Omi

Mike Okamoto

Helen Ota

Fred Peters

Ruth Ricks

Shilpi Roy

Mandi Siweck

Quincy Surasmith

Glenn Suravech

Joyce Tamanaha-Ho

Amy Tofte

Lorely Trinidad

Marie-Reine Velez

Michael Wong

Shannon Wong

Marty Wong

Lillian Wong

Anna Woo & Cesar Cipriano

Charity Wu

Gay Yuen

Gratitude and Giving

Artists at Play had an amazing year because of you. Thank you for purchasing tickets, making financial contributions, volunteering hours, and giving us words of encouragement and votes of confidence, all of which propelled us through a successful 2012.

Our presentation of the Los Angeles premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them by A. Rey Pamatmat raised the bar of Artists at Play’s contribution to Los Angeles theatre. The show garnered an Ovation Recommendation (special recognition as one of the best plays running at the time), and critical-acclaim from LA Weekly, StageSceneLA.com and ArtsInLA.com. Audiences fell in love with the production and its story of family and first love.

As we embark on our third year, we hope you continue to support Artists at Play. Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to help us accomplish our mission of presenting shows curated by Asian American theatre professionals that tell the stories of communities underrepresented in Los Angeles theatre.

In 2013, we expand our programming to include new play development. Artists at Play founding member Peter J. Kuo will work on the next draft of his play Three Steps Back, in collaboration with a director and cast of actors. The new version will be presented publicly along with another to-be-determined play for a day of staged readings in the spring.

We are currently in the process of deciding on the play for our fall production. It will be another Los Angeles premiere by a rising Asian American playwright as our projects focus on cultivating the next generation of theatre artists and audience members. We will continue to build on the artistic quality and professionalism of our inaugural show Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee and sophomore production, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them.

In the spirit of giving this holiday season, we hope you will help Artists at Play reach our goals in 2013 with an online tax-deductible donation. Your contribution makes you a partner in our mission to curate quality theatre in Los Angeles. Thank you for an awesome 2012, and we look forward to sharing the new year with you!

Happy Holidays from Artists at Play

Julia Cho, Peter J. Kuo, Stefanie Lau and Marie-Reine Velez

Give It Up, It's Taking Up Space!

As Artists at Play prepares for another production slated for this October/November we continue to explore ways of making this production possible. As before, we are working with a limited budget and one way we've decided to raise funds this time around is to hold a yard sale. So with that in mind... 

Would you be able to donate any items we can sell?  It would be a great way to get rid of stuff you don't need/want anymore and to help support our artistic endeavors. Our yard sale is currently scheduled for the weekend of April 14-15, and we are available to start storing items starting Saturday, March 24. We can start making arrangements now so feel free to contact us at ArtistsAtPlayLA@gmail.com.

Thank you so much. Just think, we are preventing you from being featured on an episode of Hoarders!