Denver Actors Fund comes to the aid of Zigler family after it makes three trips to Emergency Room
Financial aid recipient: Caitlin Zigler of the multitudinous Zigler acting family has been performing around town for years, including many of the annual Magic Moments revues. She also has regularly performed with Performance Now, with recent credits including “Annie” and “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” She also played Minnie Fay in Performance Now’s 2017 production of “Hello, Dolly!”
Cailtin’s medical story: In September, Caitlin went to the E.R. with abdominal pain and had an emergency appendectomy. She would return twice more with a virulent flu and other complications. Additionally, she and her husband, John, just learned that their 18-month old daughter needs ear surgery, so their medical odyssey is not yet over. Between the two cases, Caitlin and her husband have incurred $3,511 in out-of-pocket medical obligations to date.
How we have helped: The Denver Actors Fund has covered all of the family’s medical out-of-pocket to date, or $3,511 Additionally, the DAF will keep their case open with their daughter’s ear surgery coming up.
‘THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!’
A message from Caitlin: “This community is a family. A family that looks out for each other, supports each other, and loves each other in all times of need. My family and I are so blessed. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
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The Denver Actors Fund is a source of immediate, situational relief when members of the local theater community find themselves in medical need. To date, the Fund has allocated more than $1,070,000 to more than 500 artists facing medical need. In addition to financial relief, a team of more than 100 Denver Actors Fund volunteers offers good neighborly assistance including meal prep and delivery, child care, transportation, errands, construction, pet-sitting and more. For more information, visit our web site at DenverActorsFund.Org.
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COME TO THE EVENTS THAT SUPPORT US:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27: Our friends at Town Hall Arts Center are continuing their incredible commitment to designate one performance per run with 100 percent of all proceeds from ticket and concession sales to be donated to The Denver Actors Fund. Join us for “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” a lighthearted look at the mating game that looks at contemporary relationships from first date to death through songs and sketch comedy. This popular and enduring musical revue is told through the eyes of those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, “Say, what are you doing Saturday night?” Tickets only $27 (normally as much as $52). Reserve your seats at at 303-794-2787 or townhallartscenter.org.
ONGOING: “Quarantine Week by Weak” is a new photographic coffee-table book by Susannah McLeod and her wife, Chloe McLeod, who chronicled their home life during the COVID19 shutdown with a light-hearteded photo series documenting their lives during quarantine. They produced more than 35 sets of humorous photos comparing the beginning of quarantine to later in the “stay-at-home” period. Susannah pulled out her camera and we started to play,” said Chloe McLeod. As popularity for the series grew on Instagram and after a feature in Westword, the couple started exploring options to publish the series as a book to benefit The Denver Actors Fund. To order, visit mcleod9creative.com. This project is generously sponsored by: The Albritton Family; Natalie Bowen and Jim Corbett; Dave Dyer; Julie Dyer; and Denise Gentilini and Lynette Prisner. Additional support provided by Angie Flachman and Sandy Birkey at The Publishing House and Sandra Lee Stuart.
ONGOING: “Waiting for Obama,” the audio version of DAF Founder John Moore’s play that was an official selection at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival, has been released as way of raising funds for The Denver Actors Fund. A Colorado Springs family is convinced that Barack Obama is coming for their guns in the final weeks of his presidency – and they’re right. Featuring Laurence Curry, Drew Horwitz, Chris Kendall, Leslie O’Carroll, Jenna Moll Reyes, Jessica Robblee, Luke Sorge and Mare Trevathan. It was recorded by the staff of Parker Arts at the PACE Center as an in-kind donation to The Denver Actors Fund. Listen for FREE on all major podcasting platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Podbean. Just by listening, you will be raising revenue for The DAF! Or, WATCH the recording as a pay-per-view video for $9.95 on Broadway on Demand. ‘Waiting for Obama’ was recorded by the staff of Parker Arts at the PACE Center and edited by Ray Bailey TV as in-kind donations to The Denver Actors Fund. The actors also donated their services.
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