Epic. Talent Show. Fundraiser. Auditions!

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Help us spread the word! We are hosting an Epic Talent Show Fundraiser for viBe! Do you have a crazy talent? Audition! Enter the talent show for a chance to win $500! 
 
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Calling All:
Singers Dancers Musicians
Fire-Eaters Lion-Tamers Ninjas Etc.
It’s time to dust off those hidden talents and put them on stage for a worthy cause. 
We’re banding together to raise money for an after-school arts program via… 
 
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An EPIC Talent Show!
At the Triad Theater, Thursday August 2nd @ 8pm
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It’s a great opportunity to perform in New York for a great organization,
but did we mention that the winner of the competition will win a $500 prize?
Talk about a win, win, win situation!
Proceeds will benefit viBe Theater Experience, an award-winning, non-profit performing arts/education organization that empowers New York City’s teenage girls through the collaborative process of creating totally original performances.
Will you use your talent to help us fundraise for them?
This is an opportunity for all of you non-marathon runners to collect donations from your friends and family to support a cause you believe in!  We will provide an easy-to-use online fundraising tool and we request that all participants raise a minimum of $50 via online donations. There will even be a prize for the top philanthropist! The race is ON!
If you would like to be part of this blockbuster extravaganza, email JustineABeirne@gmail.com with your name, contact info and a description of your act.
Or fill out this form, to sign-up now!
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At the Top of Our Lungs

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Jessica Stewart, Cindy Keenan, Justine Beirne

So what IS the message of this show…

At the Top of Our Lungs aims to create a crack in the infrastructure of female stereotypes and standards. It is about many aspects of being female, good & bad, and that nothing is simply black and white. Through these pieces we will playfully expose female objectification, address issues women face every day, and push a boundary… or two.

Stereotypes are powerful and omnipresent. They perpetuate positive or negative meanings and are rarely accurate; nevertheless, it is through that subjective response be it by race, gender, body type, hairstyle – that stamps a first impression. Stereotypes stand in the way despite our intention to be objective. Although we may acknowledge the consequences of such sweeping generalizations, the practice continues.

Andrea Bertola & Lauren Balaban

Tonight’s show challenges you to examine the core of our humanity. Once labels, stereotypes, “Us vs. Them” mentalities are stripped away, there are no boundaries or borderlines. The possibilities are infinite. The cost, priceless. We know that when we empower women, helping them develop their voices and confidence, everyone benefits—girls, men, boys, families, and communities.

When we started this journey back in February of 2011, we had absolutely NO IDEA what was in store… We wanted to put on productions that would give us a creative outlet and enable us to raise money for important local organizations in the arts. What we found was so much more. Through this process we have unlocked a door into what is now a beautiful, supportive community of creative women.
Our message is simple; our mission steadfast. Join us, as we raise awareness through an eclectic mix of pop songs, Broadway favorites, spoken word poetry, monologues, burlesque and more! Thank you for coming out tonight to support our mission to empower underserved women and girls through this theatrical event. Every donation makes a difference and NO amount is too small. Tonight these women perform at the top of their lungs for you, and for women everywhere. 
Your Creative Team,
Andrea Bertola &
Lauren Balaban


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Performance Dates:
December 8th at 7:00pm
December 10th at 9:30pm
December 11th at 3:00pm Click here to buy tickets:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209106Our proceeds will go towards viBe Theater Experience, a local organization that empowers teenage girls through the creation and production of original performances.

A commercial for our show!

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Performance Dates:
December  8th at 7:00pm
December 10th at 9:30pm
December 11th at 3:00pm

For Tickets Click Here

I’m thrilled to be directing a very special benefit production that is working to raise money to support viBe Theater Experience, a local organization that holds free afterschool arts programs with underserved teenage girls in New York City.
On December 8th,10th and 11th, we will be performing a benefit production of “At the Top of Our Lungs: An Uncensored Collection of Scenes, Songs and Monologues” at the well-known Triad Theater. We are humbled by the outpouring of support we have received already! Our last benefit production completely sold out, and we anticipate this show will do the same.
Our proceeds will go towards viBe Theater Experience, a local organization that empowers teenage girls through the creation and production of original performances.



FEATURING!!!
Christine Marie Evans…Courtney Nolan Smith…Justine Beirne…Jena Ellenwood…Dana Fortunato…Michelle Wilson…Jessica Edwards…Sue Dubrovich…Frances McGarry…Cindy Keenan…Lindsay Bracco…Jessica Stewart…Dee Dee Katchen…Jillian Hassett
Our cast from The Vagina Monologues and some new talent joined together to create a new show At The Top of Our Lungs, a lively production aimed at tackling stereotypes that women confront. It’s hysterical and heartwarming, sassy and uplifting. This show is an eclectic mix featuring pop songs, Broadway favorites, spoken word poetry, monologues, burlesque and more! Grab a table with friends, enjoy some cocktails and be entertained by this insanely talented cast.



Exciting News!

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A letter from Trevor Foley, Chair of viBe Theater Experience…

Andrea:

On behalf of Dana, Chandra, Nicole, Kristin, Tom and myself, I am thrilled to inform you that you’ve been unanimously voted on to the viBe Theater Experience Board of Directors as our newest Member at Large! Congratulations and welcome!!!!

We are so excited to have you with us!! You have been a tremendous contributor to viBe already this year and I greatly look forward to having your drive, energy and input at the board level as well going forward.

Again, our warmest welcome and thanks in advance for your service to viBe!!

Cheers,

Trevor Foley
Board Chair

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Support our show!

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I’m thrilled to be directing a very special benefit production that is working to raise money to support viBe Theater Experience, a local organization that holds free afterschool arts programs with underserved teenage girls in New York City.
On December 8th,10th and 11th, we will be performing a benefit production of “At the Top of Our Lungs: An Uncensored Collection of Scenes, Songs and Monologues” at the well-known Triad Theater. We are humbled by the outpouring of support we have received already! Our last benefit production completely sold out, and we anticipate this show will do the same.
Our proceeds will go towards viBe Theater Experience, a local organization that empowers teenage girls through the creation and production of original performances.



About Our Show:

Our cast from The Vagina Monologues and some new talent joined together to create a new show At The Top of Our Lungs, a lively production aimed at tackling stereotypes that women confront. It’s hysterical and heartwarming, sassy and uplifting. This show is an eclectic mix featuring pop songs, Broadway favorites, spoken word poetry, monologues, burlesque and more! Grab a table with friends, enjoy some cocktails and be entertained by this insanely talented cast.


For Tickets Click Here

viBenefit 2011 Update

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We’d like to welcome The Double Seven as our new venue!
This *exclusive* club will open its doors to viBe supporters on 
Tuesday, October 25th for viBenefit 2011!
Join us at The Double Seven [a venue that is infamously hard to ‘get into’]
for a viBrant evening of Ketel One cocktails, wine by New Age Imports,
and a viBePod Shuffle performance!
Incredible Silent Auction & Raffle items from donors such as:
Giorgio Armani, The Jimmy Fallon Show, StickFly on Broadway,
Nespresso, Dolce & Gabbana, RentTheRunway, Warby Parker,
Tom Ford, Scratch DJ Academy and many, many more…

  
For 3 days only (this Wednesday, Thursday & Friday), 

we will be running a 2-for-$100 special ticket offer.

So….

Get your ticket TODAY at www.vibenefit.org

  
Mix, mingle and make a difference at viBenefit 2011!!
  

viBenefit 2011

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Hello Everyone!
I just wanted to take a second to announce that I’m on the steering committee for viBenefit 2011! This is going to be a fabulous night to benefit viBe Theater Experience — the beneficiary of our production of The Vagina Monologues.   
We are looking for raffle prizes, auction prizes, gift bag prizes and volunteers!
viBenefit 2011
A night to benefit
viBe Theater Experience
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dancing, silent auction, raffle and performance by viBe Theater Experience
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viBenefit 2010 at the Juliet Supper Club

 

Juliet Supper Club

I was on the committee last year and it was a ton of fun (and a huge success). I’d like to take this moment to tell you about it. On October 19th, 2010 viBe Theater Experience held its third annual fund-raising event, viBenefit 2010.

viBenefit 2010 attracted nearly 150 guests to NYC’s hot-spot Juliet Supper Club. Guests enjoyed specialty cocktails by Bacardi Rum, Tequila Cazadores, 42 Below Vodka, wine furnished by New Age Imports and gourmet hors d’oeuvres by Jumeirah Essex House.

Thanks you, Jumeirah Essex House!
The crowd swayed to the music of DJ RiMix and swooned over the stellar silent auction items and raffle prizes donated by an A-List roster of generous donors. The event featured an interactive photo-booth by Emily Wilson Photography and was capped off by an inspiring performance from the viBeSongMakers and viBeAlum.
Dave Price from the CBS Early show with viBe!

viBenefit 2010 raised over $11,000 and 100% of the proceeds donated went to viBe Theater Experience. viBenefit garnered media coverage on outlets such as the Early Show on CBS, Thrillist and Going.com.

viBeSongMakers performed at the 2010 viBenefit!

 

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viBenefit 2011: Now Accepting Donations!
viBe Theater Experience is looking for generous In-Kind donations for viBenefit 2011. The In-kind donations will be separated into three categories: Silent Auction items, raffle items, gift bag items (general admission and VIP). For the general admission gift bag, the quantity should be between 150-200 items, and for the VIP gift bag, the quantity should be between 25-50 items. We are happy to adjust these quantities to suit your company so please feel free to speak to us about customized packages.
As an In-Kind Donor you or your brand can be recognized via:

  •  Logo on all event materials to include:
    •  On-Site signage by viBe
    •  viBe Facebook page, web site and viBenefit site
    •  E-mail blasts
    • Additional On-Site signage provided by your brand
  • Mention in press materials
  • Photo recap for future promotional needs
  • Additional opportunities on a case-by-case basis

If you would like to donate an item, please fill out this donation form.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me: AndreBertola (at) gmail (.) com

Thanks for your support!

A letter from our beneficiary!

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“viBe has taught me to take all my negative experiences and turn them into positive artistic pieces. viBe is a place where I can grow. viBe is my escape, a fantasy island, where everyone has a chance to show who they truly are. I don’t know where I would be or what I’d be if viBe hadn’t showed me the way.” –Elba 17
June 11, 2011
Dear Andrea and everyone involved with V-Day NYC Triad Theatre,
On behalf of viBe Theater Experience, I need and want to express the most massive and exuberant THANK YOU to your amazing, inspiring and absolutely successful fundraising efforts with your glorious production of The Vagina Monologues! As a small, struggling nonprofit organization, it is always challenging for us to raise the money to support our work running free afterschool arts programs with underserved teenage girls in New York City. We celebrate our 9th birthday this summer and for the past few years have been aggressively searching for a home/office. We have produced more than 55 different performance-based projects and productions since 2002 and have always relied on donated or subsidized rehearsal spaces, even at times rehearsing in my own apartment or in city parks when we lacked the resources to pay for space.
This past winter, we found our dreamhouse! The Brooklyn YWCA had recently completed an extraordinary renovation and has rented several rooms in their building to organizations with a girls-based, social justice mission. They accepted viBe and we were nervous about how we could afford to pay the rent. We knew being in a building with fierce, feminist neighbors such as Girls for Gender Equity, Planned Parenthood’s Teen Advocates program, Center for Nonviolence Education and Dwa Famn (among others) and also home to the Brooklyn Girls Coalition, a group of more than 20 organizations that serve girls in Brooklyn was just too amazing to pass up.
But we were worried. We knew we had raise at least $5000 to make the move happen and so many of our foundation partners don’t want to pay for “rent” or “overhead,” they only want to fund our direct program expenses. But we knew that this move would transform viBe and make it possible for us to offer so many different programs for girls. Then Andrea came along and offered to produce the Vagina Monologues. We immediately said yes, and hoped that maybe they would raise $3000 for viBe. But… Wow!
They absolutely exceeded our expectations and the funds they raised have made it possible for viBe to move into this gorgeous new home! Also, just as important as the money, Andrea and her team have built an amazing network of viBe volunteers and supporters who we will work with for many more years and will continue to support our efforts to provide spaces for girls to express themselves through the performing arts. In fact, we are so impressed with Andrea’s work that we invited her to be a member of viBe’s board of directors.
None of this would have been possible without VDAY. Thank you most viBrantly!
Dana Edell, PhD
Executive Director
dana@viBeTheater.org

PO BOX 1478 • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10027 • (917) 647 0326 • http://www.vibetheater.org



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Support My Show!

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According to the United Nations, ONE out of every THREE women on the planet will be physically or sexually abused in her lifetime.




Quick links: Three ways you can support the cause:

3) Buy an ad in our program! Contact Andrea

I am proud to be granted the rights to direct a V-Day benefit production of  The Vagina Monologues, on May 22nd and May 24th at the Triad Theater in NYC. V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls.  
In addition to ticket sales, I have set up a fundraising page. My goal is to personally raise $1,000. If you can’t attend the production on May 22nd or May 24th, this is a great opportunity for you to show your support!
As the organizer for the event, I was asked to pick a NYC based beneficiary. That was an easy choice! I wanted to pick an organization that uses theatre to empower young women. viBe Theater Experience is an organization that I have worked with in the past. I’m extremely passionate about their mission. viBe provides a safe space for under-served girls (ages 13-19) to express their voices, take on challenge and responsibility and gain the self-confidence to succeed personally, socially and academically.   See the YouTube video below for more information! 

We were asked to donate 10% of all net profits to V-Day 2011 Spotlight on Women of Haiti. After that, we have set a goal of 94 cents of every dollar raised to be donated to  viBe Theater Experience. Help us raise awareness. The truth is shocking. According to the United Nations, ONE out of every THREE women on the planet will be physically or sexually abused in her lifetime.

“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.”
-Sarah Ban Breathnach