The 2022 Spring Bucket Brigade runs May 19-22.
Washington, DC-area theatre productions will participate in the 2022 Spring Bucket Brigade, May 19-22, to raise funds and awareness for Theatre Washington's Taking Care Fund, supporting local theatre makers.
Continuing a long tradition of Taking Care Fund Bucket Brigades, following each performance the performers in many area productions will do a curtain speech to appeal for support for their fellow Washington, DC-area theatremakers - asking audiences to drop donations into the signature yellow buckets or give online to the Taking Care Fund at theatrewashington.org. The Taking Care Fund was established in 2012 to provide financial relief to Washington-area theatre professionals in times of unforeseen hardship. Since March 2020, when COVID-19 prompted a swift near-shutdown of the theatre industry, the Taking Care Fund has raised and distributed over $830,000 in grants to theatre professionals, covering living expenses related to loss of work, medical care, and debt relief. And although many productions are back on stage in our region, the need persists. Theatre Washington, with the support of our partners, has committed to raising one million dollars, in total, by the end of 2022.The companies of the following productions will participate in the 2022 Spring Bucket Brigade:
Rocky the Musical, Toby's Dinner Theatre
There's Always the Hudson, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Xanadu, Workhouse Arts Center
Into the Woods, Creative Cauldron
Memoirs of a Forgotten Man, Washington Stage Guild
Marys Seacole, Mosaic Theater Company
John Proctor is the Villain, Studio Theatre
The Upstairs Department, Signature Theatre
Our Town, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Participating through their full run: May 12-June 11, 2022
Do You Feel Anger, Theater Alliance
Participating May 27-29, 2022
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