On the Move with Sandra Epperson

I'm fundraising for Generic Theater            

              Here's why it matters to me:

As many of you know, I moved to Chesapeake, VA, in the middle of Covid.  My beloved son PJ and his family were here, and when the time came for me to leave Asheville, this was the place I wanted to be to live out my declining years.

I gained a lot of fun and love from my son, D-I-L, and two adorable, rambunctious granddaughters.  I found good friends in a couple of local community theatre companies and enjoyed the experiences a great deal.

Then the time came for the Coast Guard family to move to Guam for two years.  And Generic Theater was the group that opened its arms to an old woman with her family 8,051 miles away and a few theatre chops left in her.  I have found a home here in Generic Theater, where I am loved and appreciated, and I am asking you to support them in a daring venture!

For 45 years, Generic Theater has been Norfolk's home for edgy, unexpected theater — volunteer-powered and sustained by the community it has nurtured.  Over the course of these decades, they have moved from one borrowed space to another. And now they are doing something they have never done before: we are building a permanent home.

The Norfolk Masonic Temple at 7001 Granby Street will provide us with a dedicated space for contemporary theater, built by the community it serves. Retirees, students, military, court-referred volunteers, actors, technicians, neighbors, and first-timers — all showing up, side by side, to make it happen.

A larger capital campaign is coming. But first — I am asking you to contribute, in my name, to Give Local 757. This is the community's chance to tell major donors: we're behind this.

The Sherman McDaniel Challenge will double every dollar you donate by May 5  — up to $7,500. 

• $25 - First stroke — a gallon of paint for our new home.
• $50 - A roll of cable — the nervous system of our stage.
• $75 - Clamps and cables — one light, safely in the grid. 
• $100 - Paint, brushes, drop cloths — one room, fresh start.

Can't give that much? Even $5 buys me a moving box — and I still have a lot to pack!

The old girl you knew from so long ago is right in the middle of it all!  And I need your help BY MAY 5!

Thanks and much love,  

Sandra