Get full details on the evening, the prizes and purchase tickets here!

The performance run is set for April 27 to May 13, 2012. We are excited to share this exploration of truth and justice with a wide audience. Help us realize our funding goal by making a donation through crowdfunding site RocketHub! It’s our first time creating an on-line campaign like this and we are keen to make it a great success. We are also happy to hear your thoughts and feedback on this fundraising approach.

Click here for more information on EDEN and check back for regular updates!

Click here to access the Fundraising Campaign.

Sarasvati Productions December 2011 Newsletter

We encourage you to check the new donor page out, especially at this time. November 30th marks the deadline for a wonderful matching program funded through the Department of Canadian Heritage. All donations made by that date will be eligible for matching funds. So, if you are thinking of making a gift this would be a great time. Although the capital remains invested so that the fund is never depleted, the annual payout from investment income provides us with monies to support our annual programming. This year that will include supporting our world premiere of EDEN and our annual festival of plays by women for everyone, FemFest.

Sarasvàti Productions presents a valuable opportunity to support both cultural and social initiatives.  We offer the combined reward of contributing to artistic achievement while working on behalf of current social and community issues. This also means that we can’t rely as heavily on box office revenue, due to our desire to make work accessible to the communities with whom we work. It is important to us to make sure that even those with limited disposable income have access to the arts and our work. For example at this year’s FemFest, we were able to offer complimentary tickets to residents from halfway houses to our powerful production of Magpie which deals with issues of rehabilitation of a parolee. The men who attended had never been to live theatre before and found it to be a very positive experience and sparked important discussions afterwards.

What is an endowment fund?
An endowment fund is where gifts are pooled and permanently invested as capital and only the income earned is used for charitable purposes.

Why contribute to Sarasvàti Productions’ endowment fund?
An endowment creates a stable form of future income.  A donation to the endowment fund assures the legacy of the donor is respected in perpetuity.  There are matching programs available from both the Winnipeg Foundation and the federal government with the intention of encouraging private donors to contribute and provide future funding to charities.  A donors gift may be doubled and provide a new source of future funding to the company.  Supporting Sarasvàti Productions’ endowment fund will allow us greater capacity to realize our artistic goals. 

The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation was established in 1921 as Canada’s first community foundation.  The Foundation’s policy is to position itself as a partner with other charitable organizations and agencies throughout the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba.  Where a charitable agency wishes to incorporate a long-term investment into its financial plan the Foundation’s governing policies permit the creation by the charitable agency of an Agency Fund with the Foundation.  The capital contributed by the particular agency is invested as part of the Foundation’s consolidated trust fund, a fund which is maintained and managed on behalf of the Foundation by professional investment managers.  The capital amount contributed by the charitable agency becomes a permanent endowment fund owned by the Foundation where the annual income benefits the charitable agency and is utilized at the discretion of the charitable agency.

Alissa Watson, Jane Burpee, Siigwan Ferland, Kim Zeglinski, Elena Anciro, Megan Andres and Nan Fewchuk

We also marked Women’s History Month with a few random acts of theatre at the Millennium Library much to the surprise and delight of those visiting the library. It was great to bring the work to the public in this way and we hope to find other ways to introduce a wide array of people to our work.

Alissa Watson in "Mrs. Colin Inkster" at the Millennium Library

Renowned performance artist and Co-Executive Director of Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Shawna Dempsey, gave a rousing speech that confronted both the myths around artists and the reality of their struggles. She also reminded us all that the arts are invaluable and women artists continue to allow us to understand the world in which we live.

It was a wonderful gift to have Hope recognized among such an amazing group of women – Cecilia Araneda, Teresa Burrows, Roewan Crowe, Leah Decter, Buffy Handel, Ingrid D. Johnson and Jaime Black. Hope has worked tirelessly to support women theatre artists through FemFest and other programming, as well as through her willingness to give her time to emerging artists.

How can you support women artists – buy their art, see their shows and generally support their work.

You can check out the full publication on all the women artists on-line - http://www.gov.mb.ca/msw/pdf_files/celebrate_women.pdf

Sarasvàti Productions is holding auditions for selected roles in its spring production of EDEN. 

Performance Dates: April 27-May 13
Rehearsals will begin in early April and will occur during the day. 

Equity and Non-Equity artists may audition. Please note we are applying to work under the CAEA “Indie Policy.”

Looking for males/females who can either play 15 years of age or early 30s.

Sides will be provided.

Audition Dates: October 27^th 6-10pm & October 31^st 1-5pm

Call or e-mail to book a slot and for more information – 586-2236 or  info@sarasvati.ca

Check out the full line-up!

Nan Fewchuk in Suffragettes