Today, join us for a collective day of arts advocacy!
Our leadership have been working for a more than a year with a national group of theaters encouraging the federal government to invest in relief funding for non-profit theaters. The Supporting Theatre and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy Act (STAGE) Act is before the US Senate and House of Representatives. If the STAGE Act passes, it could provide $1 billion annually for five years to non-profit theatre industry.
It would be a huge deal for us and theatres like us around the country.
CALL TO ACTION
Send 3 emails to the district directors in your local representatives' offices asking them to co-sponsor the Act. Use the email template below or create your own. It will take you less than five minutes and will have a huge impact.
On behalf of the Alliance Theatre and other non-profit theaters around the country, thank you!
Find your local representative!
Email Template:
Subject Line // Co-Sponsor the STAGE Act
On behalf of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, I am reaching out to request that [your local representative] cosponsors the Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act (H.R.7894/S.4084), which seeks to support employment and economic recovery, stimulate economic development, strengthen community-based arts organizations, and improve theater facilities.
The Alliance Theatre serves more than 165,000 Georgians each year through the live theatre productions on our stages, arts education programming in school classrooms, and arts programming in communities. The Alliance brings people together across every dividing line to share an in-person experience that makes them more tolerant, curious, and hopeful for the future – all characteristics we need more of as we continue navigating the world post-pandemic.
The STAGE Act would ensure the survival of the Alliance Theatre and the broader non-profit performing arts industry by making a direct and critical investment in our theaters, communities, and local economy. The flexible funding provided by the bill will allow non-profit theaters to meet their immediate financial needs while they continue to recover, adapt, and innovate. Most importantly, the investment made through this legislation will enable the Alliance Theatre to continue bringing people together. Our work, and the work of theaters like ours, enhances the quality of life in Atlanta and communities across the country. STAGE will ensure this work remains possible.
[Include this line for Senate offices] We ask the Senator to join Senators Welch, Fetterman, Reed, and others as a cosponsor of the STAGE Act. To sign on to the bill, please contact Brooke Grams in Senator Welch’s office (brooke_grams@welch.senate.gov).
[Include this line for House offices] We ask the [Congressman/Congresswoman] to join Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and others as a cosponsor of the STAGE Act. To sign on to the bill, please contact Allie Pearce in the Congresswoman’s office (allie.pearce@mail.house.gov).
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
