YOUR 2024 YEAR-END GIFT GOES TOWARD:

🎬 1: Bringing our first feature film to life

🎟️ 2: Covering the cost of our new theater after our Connelly Theater loss

AND HERE’S THE TRUTH:

This year’s Giving Tuesday campaign was *supposed* to just be fundraising for the Sheepwell film production. 

Then, we got hit with the shocking news that we were kicked out of our theater of 8 years because the landlord doesn’t agree with our stance on reproductive freedom. 

So now, we’ve got 2 fundraising needs: to finish covering our film production costs, and to cover the increased costs of our 2025 Festival season in a new theater. 

YOUR DONATIONS:

✅ Are tax deductible

✅ Go towards fighting for gender equity in entertainment

✅ Go towards paying women & TGNC artists for their work

TO DONATE VIA MAIL, PLEASE SEND A CHECK TO: 

She NYC Arts Inc. 
121 West 36th Street, Suite 431
New York, NY 10018

And make the check out to She NYC Arts Inc.

She NYC Arts, Inc is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.  Tax ID: 81-4416545

MEET SHEEPWELL

the feature film based on the play by margaret rose caterisano

In the middle of the night in rural Alabama, a fully naked man stumbles upon the home of Wattle, a shotgun-wielding academic working on her debut novel, and her daughter Sarah.

The man claims he’s been robbed while attempting to walk the length of Highway 29 for reasons that don’t quite add up. As Wattle and Sarah try to figure out where the truth lies in this strange man’s story, they’re concealing a secret of their own.

It’s a fight for power that will end in either the women killing the patriarchy, or the patriarchy killing them. Either way, it’s going to be bloody.

SHOOTING IN MARCH 2025, FOR RELEASE IN SEPTEMBER 2025

BACKGROUND: OUR FULL STATEMENT ON THE CONNELLY THEATER LOSS

WE’RE LOSING OUR HOME OF 8 YEARS, THE CONNELLY THEATER, BECAUSE THEIR LANDLORD DOESN’T WANT SHOWS ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE THEATER.

It’s a total shock that somehow, strict conservative ideals are dictating what can happen in a New York City theater, and we’re heartbroken by this development. 

We’re not going to lie – this puts us in a tough spot for our 2025 season, which is also our 10-year anniversary. 

THE BACKGROUND

The Connelly Theater’s building is owned by the Archdiocese of New York, and recently, there’s been a change in leadership at the Archdiocese office that oversees the building. 

This new leadership says that the Connelly Theater must enforce strict content rules in the shows that take place there – nothing that the Catholic Church would deem inappropriate can be performed at the Connelly, and the priest in charge is personally screening scripts to ensure that they comply. 

THE CONTEXT

We’ve been told that plays about gender, sexuality, and especially reproductive rights (with the church specifically calling out shows we’ve done in the past at the theater) will not be approved going forward, and are considered “not appropriate” for the venue. 

Our contract will only be renewed for 2025 if we only select shows that avoid these topics – topics that are so important to our artists, audience, and mission. This makes it impossible to produce the SheNYC Festival at the Connelly in alignment with our mission and values.

THE IMPACT

We’re now in a tight spot, trying to find a new theater to house our 2025 Festival, and it’s likely to be way more expensive than what we’ve got the budget for, as we had a generous rate with the Connelly. Our 2025 budget was already stretched thin due to the addition of new programs for our 10-year anniversary, and we expect this change to put us in a deficit. 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Donating to help us fund a new theater is the most wonderful gift anyone could give us right now. We are working hard behind the scenes to make sure that our 2025 season can go off as planned, and any amount you can donate would help immensely. 

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