Building The Chocolate Factory’s Permanent Home
A project in Long Island City, NY by The Chocolate Factory Theater000days
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We bought an old factory! And now we need to make it into a safe, functional, unique and permanent space for the performing arts
Backers: 395
Average Pledge Per Backer: $104
Funded: $40,952 of $25,000
Dates: Feb 1st -> Feb 28th (28 days)
Project By: The Chocolate Factory Theater
Backers: 395
Average Pledge Per Backer: $104
Funded: $40,952 of $25,000
Dates: Feb 1st -> Feb 28th (28 days)
Project By: The Chocolate Factory Theater
$40,952
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 1 @ 00:04 -0500 GMT
163%
of goal
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Latest News
Details re the Toast at our New Building 
February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone Thank you for backing our campaign! One of your rewards is an invite to a special Toast to our new building this coming Saturday 3/3 from 5-7pm. We'll have wine and beer and working bathrooms. What else could you need? The building... (Read More)
13 hours to go!
February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all - we're at 358 backers and $38,686 in pledges with 13 hours remaining in our campaign. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Our stretch goal is in sight + I believe we will get there. Holding my breath now! Much love and gratitude. (Read More)
4 days left to go + new matching challenge!
February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! As of today, we have 300 backers with 4 days left in our campaign. We continue to be overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. But it's not over yet. Yesterday, Carl & Laurie Rogers (AKA Brian's mom + dad) generously matched all... (Read More)
A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) - Part 12
February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
August 2015 The first set of drawings, accumulated dreams for a permanent Chocolate Factory, included two performance spaces and five apartments. Two of the apartments would house future leadership as part of their compensation packages as well as... (Read More)
Thanks To You, We Reached Our Goal!
February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, artists, colleagues, community members, human beings: Thanks to your support, we reached our goal with 10 days to spare! Wow! And even better, all of the pledges that got us over the hump will be matched! This is incredibly heartening, and... (Read More)
A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) - Parts 10 & 11
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Part 10 Let's take a step back. Part 1 opened on April 9, 2015 but this story started in 1997. In an effort to provide context this chapter is an attempt to summarize those years. I'm leaving out all of the shows and just focusing on the real estate... (Read More)
A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) - Part 9
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
July 1, 2015 I had a flight to Seattle. My bestie and I were going on an inside passage Alaskan cruise! I was a bit worried because there would be stretches of the 7 days on the ship that I would not be reachable since the cost of wifi was almost... (Read More)
A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) - Part 8
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I dodged deep-voiced Al’s calls and specific questions, especially about timing of the sale as it was Taste of LIC (TOLIC) time. TOLIC was Tuesday, June 2 and the two weeks before TOLIC is just...Taste of LIC. There is no room for much else in the... (Read More)
The Chocolate Factory Theater A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) Parts 6 + 7
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Part 6 – May 2015. Bob and I were giddy as we left the factory. It was as if we made a pact when we shook hands. Sculptor’s hands Bob was another person I was determined not to let down. When you don’t have your own money your actions,... (Read More)
The Chocolate Factory Theater A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign) - PART 5
February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Part 5 The next few weeks took us into mid-May 2015 just before the 10th Annual Taste of LIC, our audit was still ‘finishing’ due to delays in the winter, I had a National Arts Strategies gathering in Detroit, performed in the Rebecca Patek show... (Read More)
The Chocolate Factory Theater – A Love-Art Story about an acquisition in 28 parts (length of the Kickstarter Campaign)
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Part 4. It is possible that I am remembering that it was a beautiful spring day because I want to. I can see from the photos that the sky was clear and the wind just a breeze. I found the facts to support my reality. I was partially ignoring all of... (Read More)
Last Day Of The First Week!
February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning! As of this morning we're at 114 backers and $11,137 pledged. That's 44% in less than one week. Incredible. THANK YOU. This outpouring of support is truly humbling, and exciting, and I/we appreciate it from the very very bottom(s) of... (Read More)
First day = WOW
February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who backed our kickstarter on Day 1. The response has been so beautiful; I've had to wipe a way a tear or two, for sure. 47 backers and more than $4,000 so far. That's amazing. Together, we can do this - let's keep it... (Read More)
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