Houston Artists Come Together for Harvey Relief, 9/21

Houston's Queensbury Theatre and Kirkwood Music Services, along with a dedicated team of local theatre practitioners and artists, present "Houston Artists for Harvey Relief," a benefit featuring presentations by local performance organizations and groups on September 21, 2017 at 7:30 PM at Queensbury Theatre in CityCentre.

The event will directly raise money for Mayor Sylvester Turner's Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. All proceeds and donations from the performance will go to the Fund.

On behalf of Houston Artists for Harvey Relief, Marley Singletary of Queensbury Theatre says, "The Houston community has been continuously supportive of the arts, and we feel passionately that it's our turn as artists to give back to the people of our city following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey through donations and artistic inspiration. We feel honored to be collaborating as an artistic community to keep Houston Strong, and we hope that performance organizations and groups will join us in this effort to help our community in its time of need."

Houston Artists for Harvey Relief invites organizations and groups of artists from various performance mediums to sign up to perform in the benefit.

To perform please fill out the Performer's Application:

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To volunteer, please fill out the Volunteer's Application:

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To be considered to perform in the benefit and/or to volunteer, please fill out the relevant application (s) by Friday, Sept. 8th by 11 PM.

There are only 20 performance slots for the benefit, so please meet the deadline!

The criteria:

• We are looking for inspirational material that embodies messages of hope, restoration, and "Houston Strong."

• We encourage all performance mediums and invite all theatre artists from various fields-theatre, musical theatre, dance, opera, music, etc.

• You must be an organization or group. (Individuals can sign up, but if selected, you will be placed in a group.)

• Each performance slot has a 4-minute time limit.

• It is recommended that you choose something that you have performed before. Rehearsal time will be limited.

• Rehearsal will be held on Sept. 20, 2017 at Queensbury Theatre.

What you need to know to apply:

-Organization/group name

-Title and author/composer of performance piece

-Names of all the people performing in your group

Tickets for the benefit can be purchased online for $50-$100.

To purchase tickets, please visit queensburytheatre.org/tickets-2/.

To make a donation to the Fund, please visit queensburytheatre.org/donate/.

All ticketing proceeds and donations will go to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. Queensbury Theatre is located at 12777 Queensbury Lane, Houston, TX 77024.