ENDTIMES PRODUCTIONS FUN-DRAISER!

WE DID IT!  We successfully raised $9,225 to fund 2011’s Vignettes for the Apocalypse!!!

As most of you probably already know, we hit $9,150 at 1AM this morning.  Congratulations to everyone who helped out, pitched in, worked the phones, sent the e-mails, and did all the other million things involved in making this campaign a success.  It was really amazing to see this company of bright, talented people turn their creativity and energy towards fundraising with the same intelligence and determination that we bring to our work, and succeed beyond all expectations.  Thank you very, very much.  EndTimes has faced many challenges in its history and we’ve always adjusted course to meet them, but never have we had to change our basic assumptions and operating procedures so drastically and so quickly, with our very survival on the line.  The fact that we did so with such success tells me, and should tell all of you, that we can do anything we set our minds to.

A few special mentions are in order, for Cheri Paige, and Becky, who came up with the idea, set it in motion, and broke their asses making it come together; Matthew who masterfully applied his Spock-like logic to the problem of pulling in the most money from the greatest number of people in the shortest amount of time at the fundraiser, and helped bring in the most money we’ve ever made for a fundraising event; Alessandro who held all the nuts and bolts together as he has since the first day we crawled out of the slime and cried to the skies, “we are legion!”;  Sarah, who hit up everyone she’s ever met anywhere at any time for money, right down to the doctor who delivered her; and lastly, but not leastly, Mr. Leal Vona, who really never stopped working on the campaign.  I mean fucking never.  I would call him at 9AM, and he’d still be up from the night before designing e-mail blasts.  We all owe them a serious debt of gratitude.

This season has been something of an adolescence for the company, and with this campaign we’ve taken a strong step into the territory of the big, grown-up, professional company.  I know we will look back on the “talented amateur” days with nostalgia down the line when the lawyers and managers start getting involved, but those are good problems to have, and problems that most companies don’t last long enough, or rise high enough to worry about.  I’ve never been more confident that those days will come, and I’ve never been more proud to be a part of this incredibly talented group of people.

– Russel Dobular (Endtimes Productions Artistic Director/Founder)