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The Send a Kid to Theatre Camp 2011 Campaign goal:
$49,000 to send 70 disadvantaged kids to theatre camp

The Theatre Lab is committed to transforming lives through theatre education. We are the largest and
most comprehensive theatre education program in Washington, DC, providing both the artistic and
real-life benefits of quality theatre education to more than 1,400 youth and adults each year.

Our Summer Camps for Kids

Our Summer Acting Camps for Kids, for children ages 5–13, are taught by the area’s best professional theatre artists and educators. Camp activities are designed to spark children’s imagination, build their self-confidence and stretch their skills—all in a fun and friendly environment. From exploring African and Eastern theatre traditions to diving into Shakespeare and putting it all together in a public performance, it’s an experience that a child will never forget.

The Theatre Lab’s Scholarship Program

Our Scholarship Program is a popular way for our supporters to make a difference in the life of a child.

To identify scholarship students for our camp, we work with respected grassroots organizations including CentroNia, Martha’s Table, Sasha Bruce YouthWorks, and school principals from across the DC metro area.

In 2011, The Theatre Lab will dispense $63,000 in financial aid to enable disadvantaged children and teens to attend our summer programs (more than one-third total enrollment)—$49,000 of which is
raised in April 2011 for our Send a Kid to Theatre Camp Campaign.

Help a kid have an unforgettable summer. Here’s what you can do:

Make a contribution!

Your entire donation goes straight to a child.

Just $700 provides a needy child a full scholarship to The Theatre Lab’s award-winning drama camps. Nearly 40% of the more than 300 kids attending our camps this summer will be scholarship students
from DC’s most underserved communities.

Donate by May 15 and double your gift! The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has given us a $5,000 challenge grant—matching dollar for dollar new and increased gifts. Donations must be received by May 15, 2011 to qualify for the match.

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Attend a benefit performance!

The April 21, 2011 performance of The Theatre Lab’s musical Rags will benefit our scholarship programs. Tickets are $50 ($30 of which is tax-deductible). After the show, please join us for a dessert reception with the cast.

Rags, by the authors of Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked, is a fascinating musical about U.S. immigration in the early 20th century, partly inspired by the infamous 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that spurred the modern labor movement. Eight young people who participated in our 2010 summer camps are part of the Rags cast!

A big round of applause for our sponsors!

The Send a Kid to Theatre Camp Campaign is generously sponsored by:

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Louise P. Zanar Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
The Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation

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