Happy Holidays

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Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Our seventh season this past year was a blast with productions in New York City, plus trips to Fringe Festivals in Asheville, NC and Portland, ME, plus the InFringe Festival in New Orleans.

We produced four stellar shows for New York audiences: What's New, Groovy Gang!, a comedy mystery; The Diabolical Dr. Fiend, a show that asks the question "what if your co-worker is an evil genius?"; IRTE Noir, our salute to gumshoes; and our second season of our favorite little girl robot killing machine, Wow Wee 2: Adventures of a Little Girl Killbot.

IRTE is so excited about 2019 because it means brand new "killer" shows!

For the upcoming season, the IRTE elves have opened their workshop, and are hard at work making plans for our new improvisations. They're hoping to bring entertainment and laughter to all, and give everyone some relief from the past year.

The performing arts need your help more than ever. Small independent theatre is crucial to the cultural landscape of our communities. By providing theaters the financial freedom to take creative risks, we allow artists and ideas to grow and thrive. Ticket sales only cover about 50% of our expenses which include rental of theatre and rehearsal spaces, stipends for tech crew, and festival fees.

We can't do this without contributions from people like you who want to share terrific, zany, live comedy and who want to make sure it's affordable for everybody. Please, consider making a tax deductible donation to the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble during this season of giving.

Here’s how to make a tax deductible gift to IRTE in 2018 through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas. To give a gift to IRTE during this charitable time of year, please go to the Fractured Atlas IRTE page and make a tax deductible donation on-line. If you prefer, you can also donate by check. Please send contributions to IRTE c/o Robert Baumgardner, 10 W 66 St, #19-H, New York, NY 10023. Checks should be made payable to "Fractured Atlas", with "IRTE" in the memo line. IRTE is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of IRTE must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” and are tax‐deductible to the extent permitted by law. We greatly appreciate it.

Good cheer, blessings, and love to you, your family, and all your friends, from all of us at IRTE!

Nannette Deasy, Artistic Director
Robert Baumgardner
Izzy Church
Jamie Maloney

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