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Free | Aug 24- Sept 6, 2022 | Vol. 3 - No. 17 | woodriverweekly.com
“Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.” – Augusto Bohl
THE GIFT OF THEATRE
The Hound of the Baskervilles runs through Sept. 4. It is directed by Neil Brookshire and features an all-female cast, the first show in the 2022/23 season. Photo credit: The Liberty Theatre Company
SV Museum of Art gifts historic Hailey landmark to The Liberty Theatre Co. ty Theater building itself. SVMoA has generously offered to donate the Liberty building to TLTC, and we would very much like to be able to accept this offer so we may ever look a gift horse in the mouth, so the old saying goes. Unless that gift is an keep this theater as our home. old theater that will cost $1.2 million to fix and require a $500,000 endowment to keep it fixed. Q. What exactly will the $1,700,000 cover? Earlier this month the Sun Valley Museum of Art (SVMoA) offered to gift the LiberA. There is much work needed for the building, including fortifying roof structure, ty Theater building to The Liberty Theatre Company (TLTC), but currently the group fortifying walls, re-roofing and bringing the ventilation system up to post-pandemic lacks sufficient resources to take on those costs. Fueling the high prices is significant standards. The repair work requires $1,200,000. Our total fundraising effort is for internal renovation needed to satisfy post-pandemic industry standards, as well as $1,700,000, as we hope to raise $500,000 for a building endowment for ongoing mainstructural renovation due to common aging. Specifically, TLTC must raise $1.7 million tenance. by Dec. 31. What follows are frequently asked questions for a project of this scale and TLTC’s answers to them Q. In the event that the $1,700,000 isn’t raised, what will happen to donations made to the Relight campaign? Q. What is the Relight the Liberty campaign and how does it differ from the ComA. In the event we are unable to raise $1,700,000, donors will be able to re-allocate pany campaign? funds to the TLTC operations campaign, or we will be able to have the donation returned. A. TLTC is currently operating two fundraising campaigns. The first is our Support Live Theatre campaign, to fund the daily operations of the company. Our initial objecQ. Who made the appraisal on the building, and will potential donors have access to tive for this endeavor is $300,000. This will be devoted to supporting the cost of staff, operations, and productions.
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By Eric Valentine
A. The second is our Relight the Liberty campaign to raise $1,700,000 for the Liber-
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