According to Wikipedia, Community Theater "may refer to theatre that is made entirely by a community with no outside help, or to collaboration between community members and professional theatre artists, or to performance made entirely by professionals that is addressed to a particular community." For LCCT’s production, the company is continuing the tradition of hiring orchestra members and is working to put together an ensemble of the best professional and amateur musicians. As part of that, LCCT is pleased to announce that Maine’s own Daponte String Quartet will be joining its group of 13 instrumentalists as the core of its "Never Never Sick at Sea Symphony Orchestra."
Secondly, on the innovation side, LCCT has inaugurated a crowd-funding project through the support of www.rockethub.com to underwrite the purchase of the orchestral music, and to support the musicians. The
theater company has launched a "commissioning the orchestra project" in the hopes of raising $5000, one step at a time, by asking folks who care about support wonderful music to join as commissioners. It doesn't seem quite so hard when you think of 250 or so people underwriting the project. For signing on, there are also multiple "goods" to be delivered - names on the ship roster, beers at King Eiders Pub, sailor’s caps, etc.
The crowd-funding approach is new to Lincoln Theater, but has led to many successful artistic projects, and others, globally. It is a model that will certainly continue to grow and help organizations both large and small. If you’d like to find out more about it, information on LCCT’s project can be found at http://www.rockethub.com/projects/15897-commissioning-lcct-s-never-never-sick-at-sea-symphony-orchestra, or by paying a visit to www.rockethub.com and search for LCCT. Become a patron of the arts and join the crowd–funding movement with LCCT.
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