Footlight Players and The Hat Ladies Premiere A New Fashion Fundraiser For The Play "5 Women Wearing The Same Dress"

For Immediate Release, December 2009

Can you design a dress, then make it? If “sew,” here’s an offer too good to refuse! The Footlight Players of 20 Queen Street and The Hat Ladies of Charleston are in high fashion again to bring the community a unique and fabulous fundraiser in conjunction with Footlight’s spring play “5 Women Wearing the Same Dress.” This fundraiser is great for emerging designers with hopes of being the next Runway star or someone of any age or background who has been sewing her/his whole life and loving it. Here is a chance for you to showcase your talent, earn some money, and help The Footlight Players all at the same time! For more details, please contact Footlight at 722-7521 or go online to www.footlightplayers.net and click “News.”

Here is how the fundraiser works:
• Participant designs a dress. It could be one to wear to the store, the finest restaurant, the theater, the prom, a wedding, etc. It could be for an adult or for a child
• Participant determines the cost of dress.
• Participant determines what percentage of the sale price they will donate to The Footlight Players (Ex: Dress price =$150, donate 30% to Footlight then participant gets $105 and Footlight gets $45 per dress).
• Dress will hang in the Lobby of The Theater for the entire run of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. (March 11-28, 2010). During this time, 5 patrons will have the opportunity to buy participant’s dress.
• Participant then makes five dresses of this design, custom fitting it for each buyer
All participants receive these additional perks: 2 complimentary tickets to the private performance of the Play, Thursday, March 11, 2010, name in the playbill, name on a poster in the Lobby, name and contact information next to their dress, the chance for their dress to be chosen to appear on the TV show, Lowcountry Live, during opening week of the play.
That is right! You could have your unique design seen walking down the street, going out on the town on 5 different women. It will be admired by hundreds of theatre attendees as well as tourists here for Charleston Fashion Week, which runs concurrently.
Initial application includes: Name, address, phone number, e-mail, and a brief description of your passion for fashion and is due on January 15, 2010. Participants can initially apply by e-mail at info@footlightplayers.net or by mail at: FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS, ATTENTION: FASHION, 20 QUEEN STREET, CHARLESTON, SC 29401
For questions or more information, please contact Footlight at (843) 722-7521 or go online to www.footlightplayers.net and click “News.”