$70 for 70

Join Us in Celebrating a Major Milestone – We Need YOUR Help!

 

Did you know Rainbow Stage – Canada’s largest and longest-running outdoor theatre providing world class professional musical theatre – turns 70 years young this year?
Since the 1955 production of Brigadoon to this season’s performances of Ma Buhay! A New Musical and Disney’s Mary Poppins, we have been thoroughly enjoying bringing you fan favourites like The Sound of Music, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, and Fiddler on the Roof. Through Camp Rainbow, encouraging excellence in both high school and middle school musical theatre productions, scholarships, and free community classes and workshops, we are nurturing and developing musical theatre talent in Manitoba now and for the next 70 years!

And whether you have seen many or just one performance at Rainbow Stage, we hope your experiences have been memorable, and an opportunity to share with friends and family when a song can make all the difference. Patrons Erin and Brenda Essery had this to say about their experience watching Disney’s Mary Poppins this season:

Your Showstoppers were Amazing!

“We’ve had a really horrible year with some catastrophic losses…But on Sunday afternoon, I sat beside my Mom and watched her sing, and smile, and tell me over and over again how much fun she was having. For three hours, all the trauma behind and ahead of us melted away. The show was fun and entertaining – everything a musical should be. (Your showstoppers were amazing!) But for us, it went deeper. We’ve been having trouble holding onto hope right now, and when you sang, “Anything can happen if you let it”, my Mom grabbed my hand and told me, “We’re going to let it”. It flamed her spark of hope. And the value of that cannot be overstated.”

We hope that Rainbow Stage touches you as well and are grateful for your continued generosity, especially as Rainbow Stage does not receive the same level of operational funding as other arts organizations in our community.

To mark this special anniversary of 70 years – our season to soar – we are asking for your support
by making an impactful contribution of $70.

And while a gift of $70 or more would go a long way, we are so grateful for each and every gift.

Your gift will make a transformative impact by providing consistent funding to ensure you continue seeing the very best shows and world-class musical theatre performances year after year, and support education and outreach programming around the province.

If you donate before October 31, 2024, you will be entered into a draw for one of two prize packages of four section A seats to a show of your choice during the 2025 season including popcorn and beverages or a pre-show gift certificate for four at Prairie’s Edge in Kildonan Park, each valued at $300.

Support from passionate musical theatre patrons like you can make all the difference.

With gratitude,

Andrea Pratt McDowell,
Executive Director

Chris Reid,
Board Chair

Please make your gift today to support the magic of Rainbow Stage all year long!