Beyond the Boos and Hisses

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Don’t let budget cuts play the villain—let a melodrama save the day!

VILLAIN:  (Evil laugh.) Mwu-ha-ha-ha! I’m going to cut your budget to ribbons! Say good-bye to your precious coffers!HEROINE:  Oh, no! If you cut our budget, (insert your cause—drama club, youth group, non-profit organization) will never survive!HERO:  I have an idea to save the day… put on a melodrama! You can raise funds AND awareness about your organization while having fun at the same time! It’s a win-win-win situation!HEROINE:  You’ve won-won-won my heart!VILLAIN:  Curses, foiled again!Whether it’s your school, church or local charity organization putting on the show, melodrama is a great way to garner support and get the community involved. Pair up a night of melodrama with a spaghetti dinner to raise additional funds, and your audience gets to eat, drink and be merry participants in a theatrical extravaganza. Waving hankies at the heroine, cheering at the hero and booing, hissing and throwing popcorn or marshmallows at the villain are just a few interactive aspects of melodrama. Sing-alongs are great ice-breakers to warm up the audience for their role in the show, and olios (small skits, songs and jokes presented with brief blackouts between each) are a great way to involve a ton of people for a large cast. Remember, the more people in your production, the more people in your audience—and that’s just what you need for a successful fundraiser! Attract a crowd and keep them coming back—put the “fun” in fundraising with a melodrama! 9 application/xml false activity back budget club community department finance fundraiser lack of Melodrama money organize people play poor school sponsor support Beyond the Boos and Hisses A how-to video about putting on a melodrama http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=BEYONDTHEB Between Hisses, Book and CD All the background music for your melodrama needs, and more! http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=BETWEENHIS Check out some of our melodramas Pioneer Drama Service is considered the best resource of melodrama materials in the world! http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-melodrama.asp High Schoolers Perform Play As Fundraiser Many different plays and musicals can work for raising money http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/item/201405 You can raise funds AND awareness about your organization while having fun at the same time! Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mglassman 64.62.58.1 false true false false true 100513 blog blogsite/PioneerDrama/newsletter