2019-743-E Arts - Annie Taft arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1 DDBOAB7-F8C6-4621-B7BC-8D51 1 OECD233 driving the narrative of the women's suffrage movement along and culminating with the dramatic final ratification of the 19th Amendment by a single vote in the state of Tennessee. This play will involve many local theatre artists, theatre designers, theatre technicians, volunteers and audiences from the local community. The casting needs for the show will be between 15 and 20 actors, set, lightning, sound and costume designers, directors, stage manager, tech crew, volunteers, as well as local musicians. This project will take 30+ individuals to bring it to a full production. We will draw our audiences form the Chapel Hill/Carrboro and surrounding Orange County areas as well as from the larger triangle. We plan to reach out specifically to women's groups, high schools, the universities and colleges in the triangle, women's centers on the campuses, Gal Friday group (local business women), and women's political groups as well as social justice groups. We will be engaging local businesses in both contributory ways (in- kind donations, sponsorships and advertising) and as locations for our audiences to enjoy dinner, drinks or coffee prior to or after the show. We may see if local restaurants would be interested in offering a discount for patrons who show their tickets. We would like to do cross promotions with local businesses. We will utilize local business for props, printing and other needs for our production. We will involve volunteers from local high schools and the students will receive community service hours for volunteering. OdysseyStage has non-profit status to offer this. We will engage, entertain, educate and give appreciation for the struggle of women to achieve the vote and equal rights under the law. We especially want to bring recognition to the leaders of the Women's Suffrage movement, who fought for long and valiantly to win our right to vote. Too few people fully appreciate the fight for suffrage, a hard won battle that began over 100 years before the vote for women was ratified. Through the involvement of this diverse group of artists and our community we are hoping, that they, as artists, crew, designers, volunteers and audience, will gain an understanding of how important this movement is to the history of the United States. This play will show how far women have come but we are still fighting to achieve true equality in this country and around the world.