Ogunquit Playhouse and Rotary Club Team Up to Eradicate Polio World-Wide 6/16

Join the Ogunquit Playhouse for a performance of The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Emmy-winning television star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer, Carson Kressley and twice-Emmy nominated actress Georgia Engel, in the multi-Tony Award winning musical, on "Rotary Night" as The Playhouse teams up with Rotary to help eradicate polio. On Wednesday, June 16, 2010 the Ogunquit Playhouse will donate a portion of each ticket sold to local Rotary clubs, South Berwick/Eliot, Ogunquit, York, Kittery and Wells, to benefit this cause. Rotary's goal is to raise over $5,000 on this one night! The evening begins with cocktails and hors d'ouvres at 6:30 in the Gazebo Garden tent, show time is 8PM, tickets are $56 per person. Rotary District Governor, Jeff. Pelkiy will welcome all on the 16th.

"Tremendous progress has been made, yet the world is not polio free," said Elias Thomas of the South Berwick Rotary Club and the head of the local Rotary polio effort. "The polio virus still exists and knows no borders; it can easily spread from an endemic country to polio-free areas of the world."
"None of us is truly safe until polio is completely eradicated," said Thomas. "The greatest challenge in the battle against polio today is financial. Despite the enormous resources already committed, more money is needed to win the war."
The evening is being jointly sponsored by the York, Kittery, South Berwick and Ogunquit Rotary clubs. York Hospital is also an event sponsor, and will be making a donation to the local Rotary polio efforts.

By attending this performance, participants will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants from the Bill & MeLinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will fund immunization campaigns in the four remaining polio-endemic countries where polio continues to infect and paralyze both children and adults.

"As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. By attending this special show, you can help achieve a polio-free world," said Thomas.

Purchase tickets today, attend a spectacular performance at the Ogunquit Playhouse and help eradicate polio. To order tickets call The Playhouse Box Office at 207.646.5511. If you belong to Rotary, tell the Box Office Representative which club you belong to in order to ensure your club gets the credit for its fundraising efforts. For additional information contact the Rotary coordinator at your club.

The Ogunquit Playhouse is America's Foremost Summer Theatre producing the finest Broadway musicals each season, with performances Tuesday through Sunday, from June 9 to October 24, 2010. Main Stage tickets prices range from $49-$67 per show. Gift Certificates and Season Subscriptions are also on sale now. For a complete list of show times, pricing and more information about the season, visit our website www.ogunquitplayhouse.org. Tickets on-line or through the box office at 207-646-5511.

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