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Ten Dollar House

Help Pride Films and Plays produce a new play in Evanston!

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Ten Dollar House

Ten Dollar House

Ten Dollar House

Ten Dollar House

Ten Dollar House

Help Pride Films and Plays produce a new play in Evanston!

Help Pride Films and Plays produce a new play in Evanston!

Help Pride Films and Plays produce a new play in Evanston!

Help Pride Films and Plays produce a new play in Evanston!

Pride Films and Plays
Pride Films and Plays
Pride Films and Plays
Pride Films and Plays
7 Campaigns |
Chicago, United States
$3,050 USD 26 backers
101% of $3,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Friend

$10 USD
0 claimed

Donor

$50 USD
3 claimed

Patron

$100 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2016
2 out of 10 of claimed

Assistant Producer

$250 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2016
2 out of 5 of claimed

Associate Producer

$500 USD
Est. Shipping
January 2016
1 out of 5 of claimed
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The Ten Dollar House story

In this true story of love and historic preservation set in Depression-era Wisconsin, a London-based decorator and a local drifter fall in love as they restore a dilapidated rock cottage. With a “gay marriage” that hides in plain sight, Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum create Pendarvis House, an improbable business venture that transforms an entire town.

Martha Meyer: We discovered the Bob-and-Edgar story while on our honeymoon in Wisconsin. The story of a couple whose unlikely partnership lasted forty years was just the kind of love story we were hoping for. Bob and Edgar inspire us!

Rick Kinnebrew: When I left library work, this was what I dreamed about: a show that would attract a talented creative team and play right in Evanston. I couldn’t be happier about it.

Why the show matters

Pride Films and Plays is dedicated to fostering great LGBT-inclusive writing for the stage and screen. These stories with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters become a cultural bridge to understanding. Now that marriage equality is the law of the land, we need stories of loving gay couples. The wonderful thing about Bob and Edgar is how their relationship enriches not just themselves but the life of their whole community. 

Help bring Pride Films and Plays to Evanston this winter. January is a dark, cold month. We’re excited to light up the theater! We can attract hundreds of additional people to south Evanston as we bring this heartfelt and funny story to life. 

All Together Now

This show has benefitted from all kinds of investment—the Pride Films and Plays Ensemble with Artistic Director David Zak, the work of historian Will Fellows, the cast and crew of the Broom Street Theater production, and our new director Michael D. Graham. 

South Evanston vendors Sketchbook Brewing and Hoosier Mama Pie Company helped us with fundraising events.

With support from individual donors in Evanston and Chicago, as well as the Evanston Arts Council and the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, we are very close to our target of $10,000. 

You can help us close the gap!

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See the show this January! Bring a friend. Buy your tickets here

Thank you, and we hope to see you at the show!


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