We invite you to Come Play With Us.
MCCT is best known for our annual Shakespeare plays, bringing color, beauty, laughter, and tears to downtown Bloomington in the evenings of early summer. Shakespeare in the Park has been a part of our season for 36 years, and while the sound equipment we have used during the last decade has enabled our voices to reach further, it is time to update it and elevate what we have to offer with the proper amplification.
With your gift, we can reach our goal of bringing high quality theatrical productions from our community, to our community, increasing our inclusivity by ensuring that everyone can hear and be heard.
Whether our volunteers are trained technicians or brand new and wanting to learn, MCCT aims to create opportunities for all to be part of making great theatre. With this new equipment, we will also increase our ability to support volunteers who want to learn to operate sound by providing a system that works clearly and effectively and delivers the results we hope to deliver together: Theatre for All…audibly!
The details:
For $2,000 – We can replace our current sound channel system and soundboard, which currently has only ~8 reliable channels. This will ensure that a full cast for an outdoor show can be individually and reliably mic’ed, fixing the sound issues our shows have experienced in recent years.
For $7,000 – We can purchase higher quality, more reliable microphones and headsets and replace our aging speakers, ensuring every member of the cast can be properly heard. We would also be able to procure a mixer with enough inputs to give each microphone its own channel and level settings. This will increase the efficiency and simplicity of running sound for our shows.
For $18,000 – We can purchase the higher quality microphones and headsets as indicated at the previous level, and also purchase an industry-quality digital soundboard. This soundboard would increase the ease with which we can set up and pack up every night and further increase the efficiency of running sound by allowing for individual channels and pre-set sound mixing settings.
To make your gift, go to our Donate page and select ‘Capital Campaign’ in the ‘Use this donation for’ dropdown.