The Pool is a pop-up theater company
A project in New York, NY by Peter Gil-Sheridan000days
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Playwrights Lynn Rosen, Peter Gil-Sheridan & Susan Bernfield driving their own processes and producing their ready-to-go plays!
Backers: 285
Average Pledge Per Backer: $93
Funded: $26,400 of $25,000
Dates: Aug 15th -> Sep 9th (25 days)
Project By: Peter Gil-Sheridan
Backers: 285
Average Pledge Per Backer: $93
Funded: $26,400 of $25,000
Dates: Aug 15th -> Sep 9th (25 days)
Project By: Peter Gil-Sheridan
$26,400
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 9 @ 15:30 -0400 GMT
105%
of goal
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Latest News
Dearest Backers - You're amazing. Thx to you we've surpassed our goal by $1,100 (let's buy some costumes!) with 18 hrs to go. A goodbye tomorrow but for now here's Pool actor Crystal Finn with a story about, yes...a pool. And life. 
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Crystal Finn, amazing actor, former swim coach. (The key word being "former.") And actor Keilyn Durrel Jones there at the end. (Read More)
FRIENDS! Thanks to your tremendous generosity, WE DID IT!!! The 25K covers GROUP costs–rent, shared designers, etc. 3 days remain to raise $1,800 more for costs specific to each INDIVIDUAL play–money we were each planning to raise on our own. Onward!
September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all 271 of you!!! Whatever else we raise we'll go splitsies. xoxo (Read More)
Dearest Backers - We're 94% funded with 3 days to go thanks to YOU. We're so moved by your generosity and we're trembling with what must be, um, what's that stuff? Oh yeah. Hope. Here's a thank you vid made yesterday when we had further to go. Enjoy!
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Videos freeze at the most attractive moments. Thank you to you all! $1,500 to go. (Read More)
Dear Backers - In honor of Labor Day, a look at our fab set/lighting designers checking out The Flea Theatre so they can start creating. 85% funded thanks to YOU! 4 days to raise $3.5K. Spread the word! #Reachforthewall #FinalLap
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Christina Watanabe (Lighting Designer), Oona Curley (Set designer and good diver!), also starring the melodious voice of Portia Krieger... (Read More)
Dear Backers - We're over $20K and are 82% funded!!! All thanks to YOU. This milestone felt distant even last week. To show how far we've come - in metaphor-y way - here’s Peter's first attempt at a KS vid. (Horizontal, people, shoot horizontal.)Adorabl
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
Lovely Backers - Big news! We raised enough in 3 days to receive an INCREDIBLY generous matching $3K donation. We are now 79% funded thanks to all of YOU! To celebrate, here are a couple of Kickstarter-related haikus from Lynn and Susan. Enjoy!
September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Peter's genius to come - he says it's percolating! Happy 3-day weekend! (Read More)
Well, hello today's NY Times talking about US. Ok not us, but the theatre where The Pool plays will be Nov./Dec. thanks to YOU. The Siggy - green seats - was checked out by our designers today! Think we'll see Uma there? (Guess she'll be uptown.)
August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/theater/the-flea-new-theater-tribeca.html?_r=0 (Read More)
Dearest Backers - Here's a sneak peek at our next big (midsize?) vid. Meet a few of the super-talented collaborators who are diving in with us this fall. We couldn't do it without YOU.
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Actors, directors, designers, producers, random people eating in cafes, oh my. With us: Nick Abeel, Jose Zayas, Crystal Finn, Keilyn Jones, Aaron Rossini, Tina Chilip, Caitlin Morris, and Portia Krieger. (Read More)
Dear friends! If we haven't thanked you personally it's because you're listed as "Guest." This seems to happen if you don't sign in/up when you donate. Feel free to let us know who you are so we can thank you. So sorry! Here's a flower just for you.
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Taken today in NYC! (Read More)
Dear Backers - We're 36% funded! Thank you! 2 weeks left so spread the word. Here's the new Flea Theatre in Tribeca. Our theatre, at the bottom where all the cool people go, is the Siggy, named for Flea co-founder Sigourney Weaver.
August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
thepoolplays.org The Flea Theatre - Siggy at the bottom - someone appears to be dead on stage (Read More)
Dear Backers! Peter and Susan love to sing! Lynn...can play the oatmeal box. But this KS song was made JUST for us by award-winning composer/lyricist/writer Matt Schatz who is also writing some ditties for Lynn's play Washed Up On The Potomac. Enjoy!
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 http://mattschatz.com/ (Read More)
Where are we now? We're 27% funded thanks to YOU! In honor of this, here's a "Where Are They Now?" update on Barbara Eden, star of "I Dream of Jeannie." One of the TV shows Susan's complex and very funny protagonist devours in TANIA IN THE GETAWAY VAN.
August 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Barbara Eden Turned 86 two days ago! (Read More)
Thanks to all our donors! To keep track of other news about the The Pool - and see our shout outs to you - check out our FB page. And please spread the word. Here's a tranquil pool - enjoy!
August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
New on The Pool blog...
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Pool playwright Susan Bernfield has written a swell new blog post about diving and metaphors and diving metaphors and -- well, and what-all that has to do with our current endeavor. It's on our website, the eminently visit-able thepoolplays.org! ... (Read More)
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