Flux Theatre Ensemble

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support us at our Food:Soul Benefit Party on August 9th; everyone who purchased raffle tickets and donated items to the raffle; and those who couldn't attend but made a tax-deductible contribution toward our 10 lives, 10 years, $10,000 campaign! We are 36% toward our achieving our goal!

Flux is delighted to announce the winners of our Food:Soul RAFFLE prizes:

1) Star for a Day! - Stephen Lee

2) Daily Show Tickets - Johnna Adams

3) Jimmy Fallon Tickets - Amy Carickhoff

4) Mystery Box - Luis Cobo (and in case you were wondering what was in the box...the 1960s-themed goodies included: two tickets to The Lesser Seductions of History, a hardcover edition of Life: The Classic Collection, a lava lamp, a free facial at Aveda spa and pack of Starburst)

5) Shakespeare in the Park (The Bacchae) - Luis Cobo! Yes, he won twice, but well-deserved as Luis bought 100 tickets

6) Dinner for 2 with a Flux member - Marnie Schulenburg (and who's she going to dinner with? Her own brother and Artistic Director of Flux, Gus Schulenburg)

7) A tour of Google's NYC offices - Lesley Magaril De Lia

8) Handmade purse by Jason Tseng - Marnie Schulenburg (again!)

9) Foot Massager - Deb Clementi

10) BlueTooth headset - Greg Tagaris

11) Gift certificate to SoHo Santuary - Michael Rubenstein

12) Area Yoga gift certificate - Mandy Chan

13) Handmade 60s necklace by Ashley Faison - Liz Crommett

14) Two seasons with NYC Social Sports - Amanda Crommett

15) NYC Theatre Package (ArsNova, Epic Theatre Ensemble, New Perspectives) - Carissa Cordes

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We want to thank everyone who attended the event--those who bought tickets in advance and those who paid at the door (apologies to the few of who whose names we don't have, but a particular shoutout to Rob & Carol Ackerman's friends who came to support):

Rob & Carol Ackerman, Johnna Adams, Thed Allyn, Karin Anderson, Ryan Andes, Camille Averso, Mariette Booth, Erin Browne, Amy Carickhoff, Eleanor Casey, Carissa Cordes, Liz Crommett, Jennifer Conley Darling, Jessa DeLia, Joan & Dick Firestone, Matt Freedman, Ken Glickfeld, Mark Gordon, Jason Gullo, Sean Harvey, Jessi Hill, Kara Knapp, Alano Miller, Paul Mischeshin, Matthew Murumba, Chance Parker, Nicole Potter, Brian Pracht, Zack Robidas, Michael Roderick, Marnie Schulenburg, Barry Shapiro, Ken Shieh, Doug Strassler, Michael Swartz, Daren Taylor, Jason Tseng, Mark Weston, Jodi Witherell

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We also want to give a shout out to everyone who bought raffle tickets in advance and the day of the event (please forgive us for not having all the names of those who purchased tickets the day of):

Luis Cobo, Matthew Archambault, Michael Rubenstein, Mike Tsouris, Johnna Adams, Betty Astle, David Astle, John Cassidy, Deb Clementi, Carissa Cordes, Billy Ehrlacher, Ken Glickfeld, Leah Grip, Sean Harvey, Lesley Magaril De Lia, Faith Rosen, Greg Tagaris, Jane Taylor, Karen Tortora-Lee, Brad Bender, Jackie Berg, Marilou Cassidy, Mandy Chan, Cathy Cohn, Garrett Cronin, Dylon Curatolo, Amy Dechowitz, Kurt Ebrahim, Brian Griffin, Kate Marks, Paul McEnerney, Rachel Meyers, Sandra Morgan, Rany Ng, Warren Nichols, Frederick Olmstead, Catherine Porter, Patrick Schoonveld, Adam Smoler, Mark Valdez, Claire Mazur, Mariette Booth, Becca Firth, Meghan Formwalt, Andrew Glenn, Justin Hoch, Becky Kelly, Alison Klurfield, Kelsey Lebeau, Molly Metzler, Alissa Moore, Renee Nilson, Heather O'Brien, Eliza Bent, Linda Fung, Lindsay Hockaday, Colleen Jasinsky, Toni Quan, Heather Shock, Jen Thatcher, Camille Averso, Megan Dieterle, Nicole Estvanik Taylor, Crystal Skillman, Doug Strassler.

Hope to see you all at The Lesser Seductions of History in November!

We hope that you are able to attend our 2009 Fundraiser for our upcoming production of August Schulenburg's The Lesser Seductions of History on Sunday, August 9th (more information here) If you can't join us, that will make us sad, but you can still participate in our raffle! The money made from the raffle will go directly towards financing the production. We greatly appreciate all of your support.

Raffle tickets are as follows:

$3 gets you 1 ticket
$5 gets you 2 tickets
$10 gets you 5 ticket
$20 gets you 13 tickets (wow, that really increases your chances!)
and the ultimate deal: $40 gets you 30 tickets (insane!)


This year, you can increase your chances of winning by CHOOSING which prizes you want to win! For example, if you buy 5 tickets, you can put 2 tickets into the running for The Daily Show, 2 tickets for The Bacchae and 1 ticket for the paid background role on As the World Turns (or you could put all 5 into one prize - however you want to do it!)

So you want to purchase a raffle ticket? Click HERE to find out how!

Prizes!

Be a Star for the Day! Tour the CBS studios with Marnie Schulenburg who plays Allison Stewart on As The World Turns. Meet the cast and crew. AND to top it off you will get the opportunity to work as a background player and get paid! (must be 18 years of age or older)


Tickets to The Daily Show with John Stewart on December 3rd




Tickets to Light Night with Jimmy Fallon on August 14th




The Mystery Box
Just what is inside this mysterious box? We can't tell. But it is something really awesome. Buy some raffle tickets and you may find out...


2 tickets to Shakespeare in Central Park (the Public Theater)
In the 2nd show in the park this year, The Bacchae, JoAnne Akalaitis returns to The Public Theater to present the Greek tragedy as it was always meant to be seen – in the open air of the city.


Dinner for 2 with the Flux Member of Your Choice!
Jason, Tiffany, Gus, Christina, Kelly, Heather, Michael, Cotton, Candice, Angela, Jake and, of course, Isaiah...take your pick!


A personal tour of Google's New York City headquarters
Flux member Kelly O'Donnell takes you on a tour of the NYC Googleplex. Learn about the little startup that grew into a search giant whose name has become a verb. Tour finishes with a lunch in one of their famous cafeterias. Yum!


A handmade purse by Jason Tseng
Jason, a writer for the Bilerico Project, made this purse just for our raffle. Click the image to see the purse.


Kneading Foot Massager by The Quality Life
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this heavenly little foot massager....ah yes...life is good...valued at over $250.



A Jawbone BlueTooth headset
Dubbed "the best headset created" it also features the best noise elimination out there.



Gift Package at Soho Sanctuary
Includes a manicure, pedicure and your choice or a facial or makeup application.
http://www.sohosanctuary.com/


10-Class card to Area Yoga in Brooklyn
Voted Best Yoga Studio by New York Magazine. As a hatha and vinyasa yoga studio, Area yoga is for everyone. http://www.areayogabrooklyn.com/



Jewelry by Ashley Faison
Ashley Faison has created this 1960s-themed necklace to complement our upcoming production of The Lesser Seductions of History. Click on the image to see a larger view.



2 tickets to Epic Theatre Ensemble's Mahidi's Extra Key to Heaven
A poetic and haunting love story about crossing human and political borders in this time of unyielding violence. Runs Sept/Oct 2009.



2 tickets to New Perspectives' By Popular Demand
6 short plays developed by writers in the Women's Work LAB



Two Free Seasons with NYC Social Sports Club. Gift certificates are each redeemable for any 7-week season offered by NYC Social Sports Club. Sports include Kickball, Ultimate Frisbee, Inner Tube Water Polo, and more. All sports are casually competitive, and all games are followed by post-game parties.

click HERE to purchase raffle tickets! Raffle drawing will take place on August 9th.


If you have any questions about a particular prize, contact Kelly at kelly@fluxtheatre.org