Theater Project General Manager Gary Glor (Union, NJ) and actor/director Will Budnikov (Matawan, NJ) are participating for the fifth consecutive year.
Theater lovers throughout the United States, particularly in the Northeast, have the opportunity to support The Theater Project, a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for New Jersey artists, through the non-profit organization’s unique FundRacing initiative. Through June 25 supporters can run, walk or bike to enable The Theater Project to continue bringing live and Zoom-based entertaining and thought-provoking plays to the New Jersey community and beyond.
“Theater lovers throughout the U.S. participate annually in this distinctive, fun and healthy activity,” said The Theater Project’s Founding Artistic Director Mark Spina. “Many of our plays, particularly during the pandemic, were presented using Zoom, and that gave us the opportunity to broaden our audience on a national basis. Now, even though we have returned to live performances during our summer season, we still present programs—such as our Think Fast short plays and our Young Playwrights Competition—via Zoom, thus maintaining that national audience of followers.”
Theater supporters are asked to do either a 150-mile Walking Challenge, Running Challenge, or Biking Challenge between now and June 25 or a 5K walk/run from June 23-June 25. Supporters receive their own personal fundraising page which they share with friends, family, neighbors and colleagues who ‘sponsor’ the participant.
Walking, Running and Biking Challenger participants can accumulate the 150 miles whenever and wherever they want and are given a Virtual Tracking Map to keep them motivated and sponsors up-to-date.
“This is our fifth year of doing this type of fun fundraising activity and it has become more popular each year,” said TTP board member and Fund Racing coordinator Alex Gomez, who has entered the 150-mile Biking Challenge. “We even have entire families participating, supporting our commitment to the arts.”
For more information, to sign up for one of the challenges or to support a FundRacing participant, click here or phone 908.809.8865.
