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STRETCH GOAL announced! We are tremendously grateful for the support of over 70 people who have contributed to help Support Tomorrow's Rising Stars! We have decided to use the remaining time in this campaign to see if we can get to $7,500. Read below to learn what a huge difference a small gift can make, and please consider supporting us today!
Support Tomorrow's Rising Stars (ST*RS) is a diverse collective of graduating BFA and MFA students from The Theatre School at DePaul University, who seek to establish a foundation for their emerging artistic careers. Each spring, the graduating class is given the opportunity to showcase their talents to theatre professionals (i.e. talent agents, casting directors, artistic directors, etc.) in New York, Los Angeles, and right at home in Chicago.
Students at The Theatre School are responsible for their own travel and accommodations, and ST*RS seeks to ensure this exceptional networking opportunity does not exclude any one member of the graduating class. Funds raised by ST*RS are used to offset the costs of headshots, portfolios, plane tickets, hotel rooms, and anything else that might be needed to jump-start a career in the theatre. By donating to ST*RS, you will, in turn, become a participant in a group of individuals who are setting out to cultivate new artistic and theatrical communities across the globe.
We thank you for your consideration, and for your support of tomorrow’s rising stars!
No amount is too small—especially when the transaction fees are covered for this 501c3! Thank you for supporting us. Enjoy your fresh new karma points!
We'll be on the road and in rehearsal and quick bites are so nice! Thank you for picking up the tab on this one!
This helps us pay for at least a couple of meals on the road and any emergency pain medication, first aid, or sanitary supplies!
If our luggage is lost, or if our clothes get ruined by a speeding car plowing through a puddle, or if we split our pants, this will help us buy an emergency replacement of a professional outfit.
One night of an AirBnB? DONE! Pay my friend back for letting me crash on her couch for a week? DONE!
The fees to use services like Actors Access and Backstage rack up. This will help cover them for a year!
I just found a round trip flight from Chicago to NYC then NYC to LA then LA to Chicago for $500! DONE!
I can now pay for an affordable headshot session, prints of those headshots, materials to create packets to mail out, and make them look slick and profesh.
Thank you for easing the financial anxiety surrounding the new beginnings of our careers. You have made it easier for us to sleep at night knowing that we have the means to make this launch as professional, as seamless, and as special as possible.
