Cynthia Nixon, Honorary Chair  of Free Summer Theatre 2007

“For the past 19 years, TheatreworksUSA has made the experience of enjoying live theatre possible for hundreds of thousands of young people. And it’s because of the Free Summer Theatre Program that many of them are seeing live, professional theatre for the very first time. For a number of kids, this is something that they might never be able to experience otherwise. But thanks to the generosity of TheatreworksUSA and its sponsors, young people all over New York City will have the opportunity to enjoy top-notch stage productions, like Seussical, for years to come. And as a parent, I think that’s a pretty amazing thing.”

After all of those years being stuck on a page,

Did you ever imagine you’d see Seuss, live on stage?
A Seussical musical, chock full of joy
And magic and laughter for each girl and boy.
They’ll come by the busload from Brooklyn and Queens,
And Staten, Manhattan, the Bronx, by all means!
They’ll come see our show; they’ll leave bouncing with glee.
And here is the best part: it’s totally free!

We meant what we said and we said what we meant:

Entirely free, yes, one hundred percent!
It’s Free Summer Theatre, nineteenth edition.
Free tickets each summer is part of our mission.
There ought to be theatre access for all,
For the biggest of big, for the smallest of small.
And Theatreworks, in our own little way
Is a means to this end. Won’t you help us today?

Help us inspire a love of the arts.

Help us open young minds. Help us open young hearts.
For who knows what they’ll do after seeing our show.
Oh, can’t you imagine the places they’ll go?
They might be a writer, they might design lights,
Or costumes, or sets! There are so many “mights!”
They’re theatre’s someday-soon audience, too.
But we just can not do it. No, not without you.

This year eighteen-odd thousand will come - the most ever!

So will you, oh won’t you support our endeavor?
Most of these children have no other chance
To see singers singing, to see dancers dance.
Your gift will help NYC’s children in need.
(Ninety-nine and three-quarters percent, guaranteed!)

So give what you can!   Please give a donation!
And help us to share our big Seuss-celebration!