March 9, 2007

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 20th Anniversary Season of Fantasy Works Youth Theater. I am proud to celebrate this milestone with all of you this summer season. Our closing production this season will be The Wizard of Oz, an appropriate show for our company as we head down the Yellow Brick Road towards finding a home of our own.

Our Board of Directors has determined that it is time to find Fantasy Works a home that establishes our permanent presence in the Rhode Island arts community. Over the last two decades, Fantasy Works has provided quality programming, meaningful employment, and career networking for our state’s youth interested in the arts. Now we are ready to travel over the rainbow and create a youth theater and arts education center that will become a state treasure for generations to come.

This year we are launching our first capital campaign, There’s No Place Like Home. Please consider donating to help Rhode Island’s largest children’s theater acquire a permanent home. Since Fantasy Works Youth Theater is a 501(c)3 organization, your donation is fully tax-deductible and you will receive a letter acknowledging your donation for tax purposes.

If you are able to direct us to any corporations or philanthropists who might be interested in offering financial support to create a youth theater and arts education center, please contact us. If you are interested in serving on a planning and fundraising committee, please volunteer.

Thank you for twenty amazing years. May the future be filled with excitement, fun, and adventure as we close our eyes, click our heels, and repeat three times, “There’s No Place Like Home”!

Sincerely,

Ann O’Grady, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Fantasy Works Youth Theater
Phone: (401) 294-2215