Garden Level Theatre Co. 2022-23 Inaugural Season

Hello lovely person,

We are proud to launch Garden Level Theatre Co.’s 2022-23 Inaugural Season! We thank you for being a part of our journey as we bring beautifully intimate stories to life <3

What is Garden Level Theatre Co?

Garden Level Theatre Co. is a grassroots artistic laboratory that breaks storytelling conventions of form and content to harness the empathetic power of innovative and accessible art built for the moment.

That’s A Big Goal! What Does that cover?

We are fundraising for our 2022-23 inaugural season. This includes 2-3 fully realized productions (more details below!)! We strive for each and every artist to feel their work is valued by Garden Level and reflect that value through fair practices in work processes and compensation. In order to create true accessibility within live arts, we must start with crafting an industry that provides reasonable opportunities for artists to make a supportive living wage, starting from the garden level!

Why are we crowdfunding…

The dream is to one day be a self-sustaining company. We plan to steer away from the current theatrical organizational institution to build a whole new kind of “live arts hub” that will hold a subscription-based network of artists and audiences. This crowdfunding campaign serves to jumpstart our inaugural season until we can be a self-sustaining company.

About our first production: Because the Grass Started to Breathe…

It’s the first rule of weeding, isn’t it? Pull the root. If you don’t get the root, you might as well have never started in the first place.

Performed in an intimate outdoor venue, this production follows the story of 5 siblings that return home years after their brother’s passing. With this reunion, the truth creeps back into their fingertips from the dirt and threatens to swallow them all. This laboratory production embodies GLTC’s value of adapting form to content; we uplift this story of loss, memory and the intimacy of family through immersive storytelling in a Bed Stuy backyard.

Fall/Spring Play(s) TBA!

We can’t quite talk about this one yet but rest assured it’s a super special project that you won’t want to miss! More details coming imminently. Follow us on Instagram and/or join our mailing list for more!

Thank you!!

You are an important part of the establishment of Garden Level Theatre Co! With your support, we will pay every artist, designer, and collaborator equitably for each production they put time and soul into. We will be granted the opportunity to step away from the proscenium to explore more intimate and innovative performance spaces. Donations of any kind have a huge impact on bringing this company to life. Together, we are co-authoring a theatrical season on which you are leaving a lasting imprint. Let’s create art for now!

With Love,

Haley Fragen and Dinah Rokhinson

Co-Founding Artistic Directors of Garden Level Theatre Co.

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