<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Good Morning, </div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Being that most on this list are contributors, leaders, and audiences of theater in NEO, I thought this initiative would be interesting to share with you all. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande',
sans-serif;"><a href="http://onstageinamerica.org/">ONSTAGE IN AMERICA</a><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px;"> is a new not-for-profit venture aimed at creating a PBS series that will bring the finest work of theater companies around the country to national prime-time television. The goal is to highlight the exceptional work being done by theaters everywhere and bring recognition to the regional theater movement. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34">The campaign has been endorsed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Christopher Durang, Edward Hermann, David Hyde Pierce,
Laura Linney, John Lithgow, Tony Shalhoub, and Meryl Streep</span>.<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">PBS has ordered a pilot for the series and is partially funding its production. ONSTAGE has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to match the PBS grant (</span><a href="http://kck.st/1kgaBxY" target="_blank" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://kck.st/1kgaBxY</a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">). </span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><br></div><div style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 basic things you can do to help make this a successful campaign</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">1. Share the Kickstarter</span><a
href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867918454/onstage-in-america"> campaign</a> with your networks via email (personal, email lists) & by word of mouth.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">2. Help drive traffic to the </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/867918454/onstage-in-america">campaign </a>link by sharing via your social media platforms FB, Twitter, Linkedin,
Pintrest. ect</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34 yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_64">*Please email me at calafato.aaron@gmail.com with any questions or ideas. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1387289742733_34"> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Aaron Calafato </span></div><div><div
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Solo-Actor/Writer/Activist</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.aaroncalafato.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">www.aaroncalafato.com</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Artistic Director at <a href="http://studentdebtcrisis.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Student Debt Crisis</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>