City Lights Theater Company's video: Giving Tuesday 2020: Support 18 arts organizations in Silicon Valley

Click here to donate: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/silicon-valley-theaters-giving-tuesday Featured in the video: Audacity Performing Arts Project Inc. -- Louis Stone-Collonge, Founder and Executive Director City Lights Theater Company -- Lisa Mallette, Executive Artistic Director College of Adaptive Arts -- Oliver Motiee, 2020 CAA Student Valedictorian Dragon Theatre -- Alika Ululani Spencer-Koknar, Co-Artistic Director & Mr. Buster Keaton, the Dalmation EnActe Arts -- Vinita Sud Belani, Artistic Director Los Altos Stage Company -- Gary Landis, Executive Artistic Director New Balle t-- Dalia Rawson, Artistic and Executive Director Palo Alto Players -- Elizabeth Santana, Managing Director Playful People Productions -- Barb Galiotto, Executive Producer & Katie D’Arcey, Artistic Director Red Ladder Theatre Company -- Karen Altree Piemme, Director San Jose Jazz -- Bruce Labadie, Artistic Director Silicon Valley Shakespeare -- Doug Brook, Executive Director sjDANCEco -- Maria Basile, Co-Artistic Director South Bay Musical Theatre -- Sara Dean, Executive Director Starting Arts -- Ann Watts, Executive Director Tabia African American Theatre Ensemble/San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild -- Viera Whye, Producing Artistic Director Teatro Visión -- Rodrigo García, Artistic Director Opera Cultura -- Héctor Armienta, General/Artistic Director A message from Bay Area Live Performance Groups: Hi. We are the artistic leaders and producers of 18 performing arts groups in Silicon Valley in Northern California. Each year we create art & entertainment for 215,200 audience members and together we employ 167 staff members and 1774 artists.The arts and culture sectors in California typically contribute $185.5 billion to our economy. These numbers are just one measure of how much we care about, and how much we need, our community. Live performance is a magical thing. It holds a mirror up to the collective human experience and allows a room full of strangers to believe, together. While many businesses have had the ability to return to some type of normal, live theaters are still closed. The Covid-19 crisis has brought us a surprise 8-month-long intermission. We’re still finding ways to be creative with new online content and fresh ideas, but we’ll be the first ones to say, “It’s not the same.” Today, Giving Tuesday, we ask for your help. Art is essential and needs to be on the other side of this. We cannot, and will not, survive without support from generous benefactors. Every dollar is one step closer to a guarantee of a vibrant, healthy, artistic community once we can all safely gather again. Any donations received today will be split equally amongst these eighteen companies. We can only continue to push through to Act 2 if the whole cast is here. We’ll also use 100% of today’s gifts to pay our individual artists, many of whom cannot work due to the pandemic. We care about each other and we care about you. We’re only as strong as our community. The show must go on.