The following is a fundraising appeal letter from Angie that went out to our mailing list last week. Please take a look and consider a gift to NC Stage. Thanks!

Charlie and I are excited to welcome you to NC Stage's 8th season! There is, as always, a lot going on here--on the Mainstage, in the Catalyst Series, and even off our "campus"--out in the community and the schools.

A few highlights--NC Stage is thrilled to welcome Alexa Hardy, a VISTA (Volunteers in Service To America), who is heading Stages, our education program. Already, Alexa has doubled the program's reach since beginning in this position in August, and she is hard at work contacting schools, community centers, and after-school programs to forge more alliances. We are also proud to announce the launch of LiveWire , a marketing and branding campaign for the performing arts in Asheville that we’ve been working on for the past two years. NC Stage received a $50,000 grant from the Asheville Merchants Fund of the Community Foundation of WNC to fund this project. It involves over 70 performing arts organizations in Buncombe County, from the Asheville Symphony and the Orange Peel to aerial acrobats, hula hoopers, and street performers.

I am writing to ask for your support in two ways this season. First, please make a gift to NC Stage's annual fund. This year, we need to raise $75,500 in individual contributions. Some of our patrons have already made an annual fund gift to NC Stage this year--as Green Room Society members, with their subscriptions, or as part of our Bard-a-Thon fundraiser. Many thanks for these gifts. If you have not yet made your annual fund gift this year, we hope you will sustain your past level of giving, whether that level is $10 or $5,000. To make a donation online, click here.

Second, please come to the theatre, and bring friends. We all know people who keep meaning to come, but play after play comes and goes, and they never quite get here. Can you help us get them through the door? The best way you can support NC Stage is by helping us become a household name with your friends and neighbors, making each play a not-to-be-missed event.

Thank you so much for all of your past support. Your feedback and patronage are helping to make NC Stage a better and better place to share a profound theatrical experience. We are looking forward to sharing NC Stage with you this season!

Best regards,


Angie Flynn-McIver
Producing Director

P.S. For your convenience, we’d be happy to spread out your contribution over several months or a year. If you would like information on paying a pledge in monthly installments, or contributing stock, please call Reggie Ealy at (828) 239-0263, extension 11. Thank you!