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SLSC SOS Campaign January Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2009
Contact: Lora Constantine
SLSC SOS Campaign January Update
Shakespeare, Second Life—The SL Shakespeare Company today announced the two-month anniversary of its SOS “Save Our Sims” Campaign. Campaign statistics are available in real-time on the Campaign website @ http://Campaign.SLshakespeare.com. Below are some Campaign notables so far:
The SOS Campaign grand total as of midnight January 21, 2009 is L$789,245.
Over 600 unique avatars donated.
Over 420 donated L$100 or more.
Over 85 donated L$1000 or more.
Over 20 donated L$5000 or more.
Over 250 donation kiosks rezzed across the grid from Anian to Zoha Island E.
The Queen Elizabeth Rainbow Gown One-of-a-Kind (created and donated by Ms. Naergilien Wunderlich) was auctioned off for L$100,000 on December 21, 2008 to Ms. Amase Levasseur, setting the record for the highest price tag on a virtual reconstruction of a historical dress.
The top three donors are Dusan Writer, Amase Levasseur, and the Rockcliffe University Consortium.
Artistic Director Ina Centaur comments, “Thank you for believing in our vision—for seeing the good that can be created within SL itself, for daring to dream about what Second Life can be… for supporting our nascent endeavor of virtual theatre with its lofty dreams of unprecedented quality to reach out to audiences in worlds beyond the virtual, and for helping to ensure our survival. The SL Shakespeare Company can’t exist without you! Thank you.”
While the initial goal of $L1.5 million was not met, the SLSC did meet its 50% goal, which would be enough to pay tier for three of its four island sims for six months, ensuring programming of several productions until then. The Campaign continues.
Both a list of current Campaign kiosks and the link to a kiosk dispenser are available at the Campaign website @ http://campaign.SLshakespeare.com
About the SL Shakespeare Company:
The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) is a resident-funded and resident- supported professional theatre company that embraces the best of what Second Life (SL) has to offer. Since 2007, we have been making history by providing extravagant and unforgettable theatrical performances on Second Life. With each show, we continue to shape the field by developing and releasing a new technology for virtual theatre on Second Life. Our vision is to make live Shakespearean theatre available to anyone anywhere with a computer to create new possibilities in entertainment, culture, and commerce for residents of a diverse, unbounded geosphere. Those are the side effects of our mission: to make Shakespeare cool again!
About the SL Shakespeare Company Campaign (Reverse-Chronological since mid-2008):
SOS Campaign Launching @ http://twelfthnight.slshakespeare.com/blog/press-release/slsc-sos-fundraiser/
Pillar #1 - Ransom for the Globe Theatre @ http://inacentaur.com/hamletblog/2008/07/15/pillar-1-ransom-for-the-sl-shakespeare-company-sl-globe-theatre/
Fourteen Pillars @ http://inacentaur.com/hamletblog/2008/07/01/fourteen-pillars-fundraising-campaign/
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- secondlife,
- sl,
- slsc,
- fundraising,
- shakespeare
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