The Bonifas Arts Center is requesting donations for upgrading the Theater with a new fly system.
The building, originally a gymnasium and auditorium for St. Joseph’s school, was not designed to meet current theater demands. This new system will enable Players de Noc, our resident, all-volunteer theater group, greater flexibility in arranging lights, backdrops, scenery and other stage effects.
The upgraded fly system will be “hung” on a new steel structure installed by Ness Construction and include ropes, weights, pulleys, and newly cleaned and fire-proofed curtains. It will be installed during this coming summer, between Players’ seasons.
The new system will cost approximately $85,000. The Bonifas has applied for and been awarded a $27,594 grant that must be matched. Players de Noc and the Bonifas are working together to plan a variety of fund raising events. Already Players de Noc has raised funds for the fly system through the raffling of a prop (Randy’s Christmas present, the zeppelin!) at each performance of their recent play, A Christmas Story.
Community theatre both reflects and develops our community spirit, creativity and artistic sensibilities. Your support of this new fly system with a donation, large or small, helps to promote our community, develop our youth, entertain our citizens and support creativity and the artistic talents of our friends and neighbors.
Please consider giving.
700 1st Avenue South, Escanaba, MI 49829