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People have asked us how they can support the Thursday's Children project with an online donation. Because Unexpected Company is not a non-profit, we cannot collect charitable contributions. Our sponsoring partner the State Histroical Society of Iowa is managing grants and charitable contributions for the project, but the organization does not currently have a mechanism for online donation.
Now you can download a Donation Form and make a tax-deductible contribution to the State Historical Society of Iowa. Your donation will not only help support production costs and compensation for cast members and musicians, it will also help the State Histroical Society provide scholarships for local-income students to attend a Thursday's Children History Through the Arts performance and workshops.
Help us teach histroy. Help us make History. Download the form and mail your contribution today!
For more information on how your donation will be used and how your contribution will be credited, please visit the Donate page on the Thursday's Children website.
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| Unexpected Company is now on Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. We also have a Facebook page for our new musical Thursday's Children. Find us, Follow Us, Friend Us, Like Us, Share Us with your network!
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Open Auditions for Thursday's Children will be held on
- Sunday, August 29 from 1:30-4:30 pm in the Iowa Public Theatre at the State Historical Museum, 600 East Locust Street in Des Moines, and
- Monday, August 30 from 6:30-9:00 pm in Westminster Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4114 Allison Avenue in Des Moines.
Roles are available for 2 men (35-45), one woman (25-35), 3 young men and 1 young female who can play high school students. Check our Thursday's Children website Casting page for more information on the roles available.
Come prepared to sing: you may bring a musical selection of your choice, but you may also be asked to sing from the score of the show.
All cast members will be paid a stipend. Rehearsals begin in September. Cast members must be available for weekday school matinees October 19-22; other performances will be on evenings and weekends, with some additional promotional performances for local media and special events in the month of October.
If you can't make these auditions but would like to be considered for a role, call Unexpected Company at 515-288-9163, or send an e-mail to Producer@thursdays-children.com.
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 Do you know this girl?
There is new content on the website for Thursday's Children, including this 1965 photo of a girl wearing a black armband at a Des Moines School Board meeting. If you know the identity of this girl, please send an e-mail to producer@thursdays-children.com.
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After 18 years of creative partnership, friendship, and (at long last) love, Unexpected Company's founding partners Brian R. Lynner and Lisa Norris were married at a small private ceremony at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines.
Many thanks to our friends and family for all their good wishes and support as we enter this next phase of our journey together.
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We are pleased to announce some new grants, written by Unexpected Company partner Lisa Norris:
- $5,000 from Humanities Iowa for the Thursday's Children Project
- $15,300 Iowa Community Cultural Grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs for ArtStop 2010
Also, for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa's School based Mentoring Program:
- $10,000 from Principal Financial Group
- $8,500 from Wells Fargo
- $5,000 from the Polk County Board of Supervisors
For more information on Unexpected Company's grantwriting and non-profit services, please visit our Services page.
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We are pleased to announce that we were awarded a grant for $9,500 from the Iowa Arts Council. The grant - awarded as an individual artist grant to Unexpected Company partner Brian R. Lynner - will support pre-production costs for our new musical Thursday's Children.
Many thanks to the Iowa Arts Council and the Department of Cultural Affairs for supporting this project!
Visit the show website for Thursday's Children at www.thursdays-children.com.
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 We are pleased to welcome back Preshia Paulding as a member of the cast of our fall production of Thursday's Children. Preshia last performed with us in our 2008 workshop of Hearts of Freedom. Since then, her prodigious talents have been featured in a number of local productions, including playing Judy Garland in Beyond The Rainbow at the Des Moines Playhouse. Look for Preshia this summer in Repertory Theater of Iowa's production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor at Salisbury House. Break a leg, Preshia!
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| It’s been a long time coming, but FINALLY we have updated this website! Not only that, we’ve just rolled out a brand new site for our original musical Thursday’s Children, which is scheduled to premiere in Des Moines this coming October. You can find more information about that show on our site if you click here, but be sure to visit the show site at www.thursdays-children.com.
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