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$600 Campaign Goal
$650 Raised So Far (109%)
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14 Fuelers
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Fuel $10 or more:

Any contribution of $10 receives: A behind the scenes look at the production in our e-newsletter. 4 Fuelers!

Fuel $15 or more:

Any contribution of $15 receives: All of the above plus special thanks in our playbill. 5 Fuelers!

Fuel $20 or more:

Any contribution of $20 receives: All of the above plus 1 ticket to any performance. 2 Fuelers!

Fuel $50 or more:

Any contribution of $50 receives: All of the above plus a Southern Fried Chekhov T-shirt and 1 additional ticket (2 total). 3 Fuelers!

Fuel $75 or more:

Any contribution of $75 receives: All of the above plus a jar of the director's Secret Chicken Fryer Mix

Fuel $100 or more:

Any contribution of $100 receives: All of the above plus a Southern Fried Chekhov tote bag and 2 additional tickets (4 total).

Started by Eric Kildow July 21st, 2010

From Savannah with Love: Southern Fried Chekhov

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I'd like to give some credit where credit is due. There have been a couple of donors who don't appear as fuelers since they were having a little trouble navigating the system... so many thanks to Megan Baptiste-Field and Benjamin Wolf as well!

By Eric Kildow Sep 1st, 2010 at 04:53 PM EDT

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