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Calendar:

Nov 5-8: Quantum Poetics creative retreat

Dec 13 : Kinderspiel studio showing

November 22: CST Kickoff

The Company:

Artistic Directors
Kiran Rikhye
Jon Stancato
Members
David Bengali
Liza Wade Green
Aviva Meyer
Cameron J. Oro
Emily Otto
Board of Directors
Caroline Barnard
Kiran Rikhye
Rachel Rosenblatt
Aaron Sinay
Jon Stancato
 

Listen to the CST model presentation for ERPA's Public Display of Invention at WNYC's Jerome L. Green Performance Space, Sept. 21, 2009.

Become a charter member of Stolen Chair's CST: Email cst@stolenchair.org
Stolen Chair receives $20,000 to create the country's first Community Supported Theatre
Email CST@stolenchair.org today to find out how to become a charter member!

For the past nine months, Stolen Chair and six other artists have been developing models for economic and financial sustainability through a grant from The Field's Economic Revitalization for Performing Artists (ERPA) program, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation's 2008 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund.

Jon Stancato and Stolen Chair proposed a way to adapt the business plan followed by most Community Supported Agricultures (CSAs). Like the CSA model, Stolen Chair hopes to build a membership community, a "CST", which would provide "seed" money for the company’s development process and then reap a year’s worth of theatrical "harvests."

Based upon its successful research & development work Stolen Chair has been awarded a $20,000 Implementation Grant from ERPA to make Community Supported Theatre a reality!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our surveys and focus groups for helping us make our case!

Now the fun begins! If you have any interest in being a charter member of Stolen Chair's CST, you can find out more and contact us at cst@stolenchair.org today!! Five to seven people will also be invited to become booster members, a core group which will receive highly discounted memberships in return for help recruiting other members.

Stay tuned for more details....

Kinderspiel in London, Ontario
Stolen Chair presents at the Artfulness of Play conference

In September, Stolen Chair's Kinderspiel travelled to the Artfulness of Play, An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

Check out photos of Stolen Chair's adventures.

If you are interested in bringing Kinderspiel or another Stolen Chair production or workshop to your school or institution, please take a look at our recently updated touring brochure.

And be sure to mark your calendars for Kinderspiel's next studio showing, Dec 13!