Geek Theater Has Arrived!
"When famed Victorian explorer Melford Pumbleshire is torn to pieces by something horrible and unseen while on safari in Deepest, Darkest Africa, his redoubtable fiance Euphonia Riggstone must lead an expedition to put his unquiet spirit to rest. In this globe trotting thriller, romance, betrayal, and a two-fisted adventure ensue as Euphonia must deal with perfidious cultists, an amnesiac ghost, ancient horrors and... the Shoggoths on the Veldt!"
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So Who Are You?
Founded by acclaimed director, actor and overall geek Daniel Wood, The Rogues Gallery is a theater company dedicated to producing plays with geek themes. The spark of the idea for this theater company was born at
PAX Prime 2010, in front of an audience of 550 geeks during a standing ovation for the world premier of Cameron McNary's play "Of Dice and Men", about a group of 30-something Dungeons & Dragons players. It was a monumental experience which
famously made Tycho's mom cry.
Now Daniel and Cameron are teaming up once again to bring you his newest brilliant incarnation, "Shoggoths on the Veldt."
What's This All About Then?
Putting on a professional play is expensive. Putting on a professional play that includes the kind of special effects necessary for a good CTHULHU story even more so. The $5,000 we raise will be used to design props of eldritch horror, purchase exotic weapons for epic stage fights, create gorgeous period costumes designed by award winning costume designer Julia Evanovich and, of course, as any good CTHULHU story needs, build giant tentacles with which to assault our heroes.
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But Why Give To This Show?
Because nobody else is doing anything like this. Because we want to bring genuine, unabashed geekery to the stage; the kind of geekery that has been shamefully absent from live theater. Because we're just a small crew of scrappy scoundrels in the big, black 'verse of Seattle theater. Raising $5,000 is infinitesimally tiny compared to the budget of a theater like the Seattle Rep, but for a crew like us it feels like trying to make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. Unlike the Seattle Rep, we don't have access to tens of thousands of dollars in government grants and we don't have the backing of Rich White People and their large corporate money.
What we have is you.
And we're telling all new stories--exciting, fun, original stories--stories those big theaters don't want to tell you. All of our money is going to the artists instead of bloated administrative costs. All of our money is going toward innovation and creativity and adventure. And we need you to succeed.
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Risks & Challenges
If we don't raise this money then we will have to perform the play with shoe string and duct tape and pay our artists with a complimentary cheese platter. WE ARE SOMEWHAT INNOVATIVE. But not even we would be able to overcome that disaster.
Perks
We've got a bunch of great perks we're very excited about so make sure to read them all. As a non-profit powered by
Fractured Atlas your contributions are tax-deductible by the fullest extent of the law.
Other Ways You Can Help
Some people just can't contribute, but that doesn't mean they can't help:
- Contact people who would be interested personally and let them know they can help contribute to bring this show to life!
- Share this link on your blog and social media. Talk about us. Like us on social media.
And that's all there is to it. We're really excited to bring this hilarious, heart felt, geeky story to life. You are instrumental in achieving that.
The Rogues Gallery is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of The Rogues Gallery must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
