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Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
Would Love to Give You a GIFT!
We know you enjoy live theatre and we’d like to send you FREE TICKETS for our 2011 Season

For sixty-one years, the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Inc. (SCDW) has served our community with quality live performances. In 2010, greater numbers than ever of area residents and visitors enjoyed our shows which were received with critical acclaim. Several of our productions, two actors and one director were voted “Best of 2010” in the entire Hudson Valley in a poll of readers of the Times Herald Record.

In 1998, the SCDW purchased the Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg, New York, a 1923 Art Deco Theatre that has been granted Landmark Status in the National Registry of Historic Places. The Rivoli has seen Vaudeville come and go and given generations of movie goers many happy hours. Our ambitious dream to restore the theatre is well underway. In the past few years, the Workshop has invested nearly $25,000 to refurbish both the inside and outside of the theatre. Now we must address another major issue - the decaying marquee and vertical "blade" sign. (See photos below!)

HERE’S WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We have applied for (and received!) a grant from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in order to restore the Rivoli’s marquee and blade sign – the first such grant ever awarded in Sullivan County! However, as a matching grant, we first have to front the full amount of the restoration costs. Upon completion of the project, we will be reimbursed 75%. As the SCDW is a private, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FULLY TAX-DEDUCTIBLE! YOUR DONATION will help us to bring the Rivoli Theatre back to its original splendor.

SO WHAT ABOUT THAT GIFT WE MENTIONED EARLIER?

The SCDW 2011 Season features six performances each of six productions,
staged at the Rivoli from May thru October (see below). While donations in any amount are gladly received, we have a special gift for those who donate at any of the levels listed below:

YOU WILL RECEIVE	FOR A DONATION OF
One Complimentary Ticket to any performance in our 2011 Season	$30
A Pair of Tickets to any performance in our 2011 Season	$50
One Season Ticket – allowing you to see all six productions	$200
A Pair of Season Tickets – allowing two to see all six productions	$300
Four Season Tickets AND your name on a plaque displayed prominently in the theatre	$500

SCDW 2011 Season

A Raisin in the Sun (May), And Then There Were None (June), The Odd Couple (July),
Hairspray (August), The Diary of Anne Frank (September), Wrong Window (October)

blade sign At one time, the Rivoli was the jewel of Main Street, South Fallsburg with its neon vertical
‘R I V O L I’ and bright lights beckoning patrons from miles around.

Over the years, the marquee at the Rivoli has continued to deteriorate, with broken and dangerous lighting sockets, corroded steel in the neon blade and marquee and electrical short circuits throughout. We have made repairs over the years (replacing the plexiglass, straightening the letter tracks, etc.) but the work still needed is beyond our ability.

Only with this opportunity from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the support of contributors like you are we able to restore this jewel to its original splendor.

With much restoration of the theatre already complete, the marquee and blade sign refurbishment remains a major project.

Thank You for Your Generosity in Helping to Restore the Historic RIVOLI!