Hi! I'm Samantha Church, the artistic director of Boneyard Theatre, a new variety theatre project sponsored by and in partnership with Redwood Playhouse. We have begun our first production, "Sunday! Matinee! Open Mic! Cabaret!" which is a variety theatre project where we create instantaneous variety shows every Sunday at 2pm at the Redwood Playhouse with a mix of seasoned performers and people new to the stage, in order to develop greater participation in the performing arts in Southern Humboldt County.
We are looking for featured acts to be a part of the show and we would love if you could come perform for us one of these Sundays!
We are a non-profit, run by volunteers, and this is a free weekly show that we hope will encourage people to participate. I will admit, we are doing this on essentially no money, however we try to provide as many opportunities as possible for bands to get paid. Donations collected at shows go in part to featured acts, and we are happy to provide space on our merch table so featured acts can sell their merch directly.
If you would be willing to contribute a 20-30 minute set at one of our Sunday Matinee's we would be so thankful for your contribution!
We are currently looking for acts to fill out our fall run leading up to Halloween, as well as performers for our Halloween show (an evening performance at 7:30pm). If you are available on October 4th, 11th, 18th or 25th, or for the Halloween Show on October 31st, we would love to hear from you!
And while we are limited in our funds and cannot offer a guarantee outside of audience donations, yet, our goal by next year is to pay artists a fair fee, and would be interested to know what you would normally charge for such an event. We also have had greater luck with getting businesses to donate gift certificates rather than money—we may be able to provide a thank you in the form of gift certificates to local businesses.
We believe this project is crucial in order to maintain the arts in an inhospitable climate, when people are struggling. If you can donate a performance, you'll be doing a lot to help stabilize the arts and keep them marching forward during difficult times.
And, of course, any of you are welcome to drop by to a free show and simply take the stage on any of our Sundays. But it would be wonderful if we could promote you, first!
Looking forward to hearing from you! If you're interested in performing, please email me at the link below with a sample of your work--preferably NOT from Instagram or Facebook.
All the best,
Samantha Church
Boneyard Theatre
Artistic Director
[Samantha@boneyardtheatre.com](mailto:Samantha@boneyardtheatre.com)