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Provincetown Murder Mystery

We're raising money to send Provincetown Murder Mystery to Ptown for two weeks this summer!

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Provincetown Murder Mystery

Provincetown Murder Mystery

Provincetown Murder Mystery

Provincetown Murder Mystery

Provincetown Murder Mystery

We're raising money to send Provincetown Murder Mystery to Ptown for two weeks this summer!

We're raising money to send Provincetown Murder Mystery to Ptown for two weeks this summer!

We're raising money to send Provincetown Murder Mystery to Ptown for two weeks this summer!

We're raising money to send Provincetown Murder Mystery to Ptown for two weeks this summer!

Anthony Gelsomino
Anthony Gelsomino
Anthony Gelsomino
Anthony Gelsomino
1 Campaign |
New York City, United States
$8,130 USD 87 backers
81% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Help us bring Provincetown Murder Mystery to its home in Ptown this summer! LDTC is mounting a fully realized version of PMM at The Crown & Anchor this August and need your help, It's EXPENSIVE to do plays! Join our cast of characters as we present this balls to the wall comedy in all its hilarious beauty. You can help this homo-cide become a homo-reality. THIS JUST IN: We've officially cast Gene Dante, Karl Gregory, Liza Lott and Shangela (RuPaul's Drag Race Allstars) as the Voice Of The GHOST!

Short Summary

Hello, My name is Anthony Gelsomino and I have been the Artistic Director of Lucky Devil Theater Company since its inception in 1998. I have been making plays and taking chances with LDTC for the past 20 years with over 10 productions.  With a penchant for LGBTQ themes and a soft spot for comedy, LDTC has survived to reinvent itself once again with Provincetown Murder Mystery.

Having fallen in love with Provincetown, MA and eventually purchasing a home there, I wanted to write the ultimate love song to Ptown. With that, Provincetown Murder Mystery was born. A fast paced, joke a minute farce that had all the elements of an LDTC production: drama, drinks, drag queens and decapitation. Who could ask for anything more?

Once written but twice shy, I brought a reading of PMM to the NY stage to see if people, well, thought it was remotely funny. And they did. They chuckled and guffawed with delight. So, with the help of the suprisingly adept Antony Raymond, we took this reading to Provincetown, MA for one night only. We even cast local favorite Liza Lott as Lozenge, the drag queen with a dream of gold. The cast was as follows:

Narrator: Eric Doviak, Danthony: Gene Dante, Bleache: Devin Melillo, Lozenge: Liza Lott, Dimitar: Ben Dawson WATCH IT HERE: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.gelsomino/vide...

We filled the Crown & Anchor with eager locals and some drunk tourists, who responded with resounding laughter to the show. We then knew we had to bring it back, off book and on the mark.

One weekend in Tennessee, I asked Lucky Devil Theater Co’s other founding member Von Parish, to do the math on bringing this fully realized show to the stage. She did, and armed with a mimosa, she came up with a budget of $30k. Guess we need to raise some dough.

What We Need & What You Get

Since we are a NY based company, we need to rehearse this show in NYC and bring it to Ptown. That means money. It also means we are going to try and do something people never do: PAY THE ACTORS! So the money we raise will go the following places:

Rehearsal space in a not very glamorous NYC rehearsal space for a week rehearsal period.

Costumes & props. We will admit, one prop is a flying dildo.

Something we will call a set. 

Transportation for the actors & crew to/from Ptown. 

Housing in Ptown.

A stipend so that crew/actors can eat food each day.

Promotional materials so people know what we are doing.

Cargo charges to get Liza Lott & Gene Dante from MA to NYC for rehearsal.

Technical assistance that helps make theater magic.

We actually need more than the $10,000 we are asking for here. Remember Von’s $30,000 budget? Well, I wanted to be realistic and put a goal that seemed reasonable and didn’t make us look like losers if we didn’t hit it.

I’d like to tell you that you are saving a hungry child from diphtheria or a rescue dog from Cujo-ism..but you are not. Instead you will help us bring something much more needed in the world today: GAY THEATER. LDTC is not making a profit from this production; we will be lucky if we remotely break even. So feel good in knowing every penny we raise is going into making the funniest, most satisfying play about a ghost dildo you’ve ever seen. 

So please, if you find any solace in a great night out with irreverent theater, give us a chance to make the children’s laughter remind us how it used to be.

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GET A PHONE CALL FROM MY MOM
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GET A PHONE CALL FROM MY MOM

$20 USD $21 USD (4% off)
Yup, for only 20 BUCKS, Rose Gelsomino will call you and personally thank you for donating to the show. Enjoy the slightly crazed ramblings of the first OG (Original Gelsomino) right in your own ear. She'll call at at time you specify, say thank you, and then provide unprovoked anecdotes about life.
Included Items
  • ROSE CALLS YOU
Estimated Shipping
May 1
5 out of 100 of claimed

LITTLE DEVIL

$25 USD $30 USD (16% off)
We'll make sure you get a big shout out on our Facebook page.
Included Items
  • NAME ON OUR WEBSITE
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
11 claimed
PTOWN MURDER MYSTERY TSHIRT

PTOWN MURDER MYSTERY TSHIRT

$30 USD $50 USD (40% off)
BRING IT TO THE RUNWAY! Be the first to sport a Provincetown Murder Mystery TSHIRT. We are rounding out the final days of our IndieGoGo campaign with a brand new PERK! These one of a kind shirts will ONLY be AVAILABLE in Ptown- unless you pick one up here. T-shirt design to come, but trust us-they will make you GAG!
Included Items
  • PMM TSHIRT
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
14 out of 50 of claimed
Ships to United States of America

LUCKY DEVIL

$75 USD $80 USD (6% off)
The cast & crew will sign a postcard and mail it to you. You can then put it on your fridge and tell your friends.
Included Items
  • NAME ON OUR WEBSITE
  • SIGNED POSTCARD
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
12 claimed
Ships to United States of America

**PERFECT PERK**

$250 USD $500 USD (50% off)
You get TWO invites to the FINAL DRESS in NYC! Watch us in NYC as we get our shit together before the move to PTOWN! Day/time/location TBD
Included Items
  • INVITE TO FINAL DRESS IN NYC (2)
Estimated Shipping
July 2031
7 out of 25 of claimed

MONDO DEVIL

$500 USD $600 USD (16% off)
Hello sailor! This perk will get you & a friend invited to our final dress in NYC. Date/time/location TBD, but you and a friend will be on the list!
Included Items
  • NAME ON OUR WEBSITE
  • SIGNED POSTCARD
  • INVITE TO FINAL DRESS IN NYC (2)
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
2 out of 10 of claimed

LUCKIEST DEVIL EVER

$1,000 USD $1,100 USD (9% off)
Miss Thing, Miss Thing, Miss Thing, Miss Thing You'll get 2 tickets to any performance in PTOWN (unless were sold out- so ask early!)
Included Items
  • NAME ON OUR WEBSITE
  • SIGNED POSTCARD
  • INVITE TO FINAL DRESS IN NYC (2)
  • 2 TIX TO SHOW IN PTOWN
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
0 out of 10 of claimed

LDTC NAMES YOU "THE SHIT"

$5,000 USD $5,500 USD (9% off)
We will personally create a reason for you to be up on stage and part of the show during an actual performance! Congrats, you are an official member of LDTC!
Included Items
  • NAME ON OUR WEBSITE
  • SIGNED POSTCARD
  • INVITE TO FINAL DRESS IN NYC (2)
  • 2 TIX TO SHOW IN PTOWN
  • YOU'LL BE IN THE SHOW
Estimated Shipping
August 2018
0 out of 5 of claimed

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