Cabrillo Music Theatre Announces Matching Grant Campaign for 2014-15 Season

Cabrillo Music Theatre is proud to announce a Matching Grant with a twist:Cabrillo receives a donation for every subscription to the 2014-2015 season.

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, between now and November 23rd (closing day of Cabrillo's first production, MEMPHIS), $100 will be donated toCabrillo Music Theatre's fundraising campaign for every subscription seat sold, up to $50,000, or 500 subscription seats. For businesses, the gift is even bigger -- with six or more subscription seats, $150 per seat will be donated to Cabrillo. Subscriptions at any level apply, from Premium Orchestra to Balcony, and the offer is good on the three-show Kavli Theatre season, which includes MEMPHIS, MARY POPPINS, and OKLAHOMA, or the four-show version, which also includes COMPANY, performed in the Scherr Forum. Cabrillo Music Theatre performs exclusively at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Thousand Oaks.

While the Summer 2014 Fundraising Campaign has come to a successful close, fundraising will continue on an ongoing basis to supplement ticket sales. Meanwhile, due to focus on fundraising, as well as public awareness of Cabrillo's uncertain future, new season subscriptions fell short of projections. Now a donor has stepped forward who wishes to provide financial support forCabrillo, and, at the same time, entice others in the community to join the Cabrillo Family by subscribing to the 2014-2015 season.

Says Lewis Wilkenfeld, Cabrillo Music Theatre's Artistic Director, "One of the great successes of our campaign has been in creating public awareness. Now the community isn't just aware of the need to support locally-produced arts organizations -- individuals are stepping up and challenging each other -- and local businesses -- to do the same!"

Response has been positive to the new season, which is led by MARY POPPINS, and featuring the new Tony-winning Best Musical, MEMPHIS, Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic OKLAHOMA, and, as a bonus show, Stephen Sondheim's classic, COMPANY. Continues Wilkenfeld, "There are theatregoers in the region who are going to come to more than one show, and they don't yet realize it's cheaper and easier to buy the entire season than to buy two shows individually. Maybe they're on the fence -- maybe they think they're not 'subscriber material' -- and now, hopefully, thanks to this matching grant challenge, they'll take the plunge!" Adds Wilkenfeld, "Everyone wins: Cabrillo Music Theatre gets much-needed subscriber support and a donation -- and the new subscribers find out what our 20-year subscribers already know -- and they'll never go back to single tickets again."

Single tickets for all shows go on sale at the end of September, but, due to the subscription drive and this Matching Grant Subscriber program, most of the best seats for all shows will be held for potential subscribers. Says Wilkenfeld, "Everyone thinks the way to get the best seats is to pay more -- with Cabrillo, the best seats cost LESS, because you'll get them only as a subscriber and enjoy big savings -- and, now, you'll also help support Cabrillo with this additional donation."

To become a member of the Cabrillo Music Theatre Family by purchasing a season subscription -- and earning Cabrillo an additional $100 donation per ticket -- visit www.cabrillomusictheatre.com. Businesses who wish to buy a group of seats for employees, or as a thank-you to customers, earn Cabrillo $150 per seat. Subscriptions at all levels qualify for the matching donation. Offer good for the three-show or four-show package.

CABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE's 2014-2015 Season will open with MEMPHIS (November 14-23, 2014), then "travel" to England with MARY POPPINS (April 17-26, 2015), and make a stop in OKLAHOMA! (July 17-26, 2015). Next season also includes a "bonus" show in the Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum Theatre, COMPANY (January 23-February 8, 2015). Season Tickets are available at www.cabrillomusictheatre.com. For Group Sales, call 805-497-8613. Single show tickets will go on sale September 30th, 2014, with the best seats held for future subscribers.

Cabrillo Music Theatre is the Ovation Award-winning Resident Musical Theatre Production Company of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, and a non-profit theatre organization. For over three decades, Cabrillo has been enriching the cultural life of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties and the surrounding areas by providing an extraordinary performing arts experience through live, Broadway-quality productions of musical theatre. It is Cabrillo's mission to provide the highest quality musical experience, to foster educational opportunities, and to promote cultural and artistic enrichment to enhance the quality of life in Southern California. To this end, Cabrillo Music Theatre goes "Beyond the Footlights" with programs to give back to the community, and to provide enhanced theatre experiences for all audiences. Since the inception of "Beyond the Footlights," over 40,000 underserved children, in-need seniors, and active military have enjoyedCabrillo Music Theatre's productions at no charge. In addition, Cabrillo provides ASL signed performances of every production; talkbacks with cast and staff; and Cabrillo's Animal Rescue program, which raises funds and awareness for homeless and abused dogs and cats.

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