Pisces Moon has received three significant grants from the Community
Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The first, in 2006, helped us to
enhance the capabilities of our website.
The Rydell Visual Arts Fund
of the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County awarded Pisces Moon
Productions with a grant to support the visual arts design and
construction components of The Exonerated, which ran April 27 through May 26, 2007 at the Broadway Playhouse in the Santa Cruz Art League.
The Diversity Partnership Fund at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County supported our October 2008 production of The Laramie Project,
as well as the related advocacy, outreach and educational programs. The
Diversity Partnership Fund is an endowment for local efforts in social
justice that strengthen alliances, promote respect and enhance services
for the county's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
community.
We appreciate the supportof the Community Foundation, and ask you to help them
to help the arts and human services in Santa Cruz County. Please visit their web site for more
information about how to donate.
Roy and Frances Rydell, 1996
Diversity Partnership Fund
The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County has awarded project grants since 2003 to Pisces Moon to support our play productions. In 2008, we received a program grant to support our theatrical, educational and outreach programs. The objectives of the Cultural Council's grants programs are
To support the creation and presentation of artistically excellent, creative and culturally significant work.
To proportionally fund a broad and culturally diverse range of arts organizations and individual artists based in Santa Cruz County.
To fund arts organizations and individual artists based on their artistic excellence, service to the community and administrative competence.
We thank the Cultural Council for their support over the years and invite you to find out more about them by clicking here.
The Puffin Foundation
The Puffin Foundation recognized Pisces Moon with funding to support the production of Dead Man Walking, which ran in February 2008 at the Cabrillo College Theater. Since its founding in 1983, the Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy. The Puffin Foundation looks to support creative and innovative initiatives that will advance progressive social change. Equally, Pisces Moon believes in the power of live theatre to move hearts, provoke discourse and influence social change.
We are grateful for the funding, which will help us to continue the work we do. For more information about the Puffin Foundation, please click here.
Inner Light Ministries
Inner Light Ministries is an Omnifaith, outreach ministry in Soquel, California.They provide Tools for Living that encourage the practical application of Universal Spiritual Principles to all of life's circumstances. As part of their spiritual practice, they tithe ten percent of their gross revenues to other religious, spiritual and non-profit organizations that share the vision of healing, transformation and empowerment.
Inner Light gave a generous donation to support the 2008 production of The Laramie Project and the outreach and advocacy programs around it. Rev. Deborah L. Johnson, their Founding Minister, made an eloquent and memorable address to the audience at "Raising Ourselves-Erasing Hate" on September 6, 2008.
Jay Mosely as Kanaka in "Psycho Beach Party"
Santa Cruz Theatre Blog
There is a new Blog in town. Click here to see it. And it is designed to create energy and awareness around the vibrant Santa Cruz theatre community. We here at Pisces Moon Productions have launched it to help get the word out about theatre and promote interest and awareness and interaction. You can sign up to be emailed new posts as they are posted or you can sign up to have the content sent to your newsreader. When you go to the blog the instructions will be on the right side of the page.
We hope you'll be an active part of the community. We'll be sure to keep everyone up to date on Pisces Moon happenings. If you know of other theatre related events in Santa Cruz or have some news to share, please let us know. You can email us at blogmaster@piscesmoon.org. Please share your thoughts at the blog survey.
Organizations Supporting Santa Cruz Theatre
Pisces Moon Productions is a non-profit, public benefit corporation. Our program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. Funding for our web site is provided, in part, by a grant from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. The Rydell Visual Arts Fund of the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County supported our theatrical production, The Exonerated. The Puffin Foundationhelped fund our production of Dead Man Walking. Community Television of Santa Cruz County helped us to create an evocative Public Service Announcement for Dead Man Walking and broadcast it for several weeks before and during the run. KUSP has supported Pisces Moon over the years by including us on its Performing Arts Calendar and by interviewing us on Life Under the Lights, and before that, In the Green Room.
Donations Pisces Moon Productions is a community based, non-profit theatre and
education company. We welcome your tax-deductible donations. You may
send a check made out to Pisces Moon to this address: P.O. Box 3422,
Santa Cruz, CA
95063, or email susan@piscesmoon.org to arrange a donation with your credit card. Thank you!
