UPDATE!

🎉 We hit our goal of $4,000! This show is now possible because of all of you who have given to this campaign. THANK YOU!

We have two days left and now have a stretch goal of $500 to take our 😈 horror effects and make them ✨ SPECIAL EFFECTS ✨. For just one of these effects, playwright Vince Kelley writes, "I cannot begin to describe how much fabric you are going to need." LETS MAKE HIS DREAM COME TRUE! This stretch goal can make that happen!

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🎅🎄🎅 WE'RE MAKING A HOLIDAY SHOW! 🎄🎅🎄

This December, Grackle Jack is putting on our first ever holiday show called, 😈 THE E(XMAS)IST 😈 Fun. Festive. The perfect campy blend of a-little-bit-nice and a-lot-a-bit-naughty. We got the rights to the play, we booked the venue, we hired the actors and designers and then the City turned into a Grinch and the arts funding we were counting on fell through.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN: help us raise $4000 so we can make the holiday show YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO GO TO! 🎟 Ticket sales do not cover the cost of producing a show. The funds raised will help pay the 18 artists, rent the venue, and buy materials for costumes and props. Our community needs queer, bold, funny theatre that brings us together now more than ever! And it's up to all of us to make it happen 💪

We have assembled a team of outstanding Austin creatives who will chew 🐿 the scenery just how you like it.

Directed by Grackle Jack's Artistic Director, CB Goodman, and starring 🌟 Jose Da’Hype as Krampus, Kyle Romero as Santa, Vincent Tomasino as Regan, Kelli Bland as Karl the Butler, Kat Williams as Damien Tinselbottom, and featuring Jay Byrd as Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil 🌟

The creative team 🎨 is made up of rising stars Oskar Brian, Campbell Duffy, Dane Parker, Roz Mandola, Lilly Percifield, April Ritzenthaler, Luis Sandoval, Daniel Winkler, and Jessica Workman. And Rochelle McConico, Kelli Bland, and Reece Anderson bring their expertise in comedy, costumes, and crafting set pieces.

Grackle Jack is also excited to be partnering with the tremendous Detroit playwright and actor Vince Kelley for this regional premiere! Kelley artfully serves us the most iconic moments of the classic horror film 🤮 The Exorcist 🤮 with a heaping dose of festive shenanigans, candy canes, and an epic battle between Santa and Krampus!

We know you want to see this show! So do we!

🎁 WE'VE GOT PRESENTS! 🎁

For all the good little children that support The E(XMAS)IST, we've got gifts for your stocking!

$10 - We send you a link to a curated playlist with 20 songs you didn't know you needed in your life.

$25 - You get the playlist and the perfect 3" glitter sticker to show off your Grackle Jack love.

⭐$50 - You get all of the above plus a Grackle Jack bandana made of 100% cotton and water soluble ink that ensures the fabric gets softer each time you wash it. In Rose Pink or Bright Yellow!

$100 - You get everything, and that bandana will be hand embroidered with whatever you want, up to 10 letters.

$150 - You get everything and a bespoke bolo ring made from found objects like toys and buttons.

Can't choose cause they are all too cute?! This video shows what they look like on bandanas!

⭐$500 - For the ultimate fan. You get all that PLUS 2 tickets to the show, 2 thriftacular holiday mugs with hot cocoa, and 1 CUSTOM one-of-a-kind ugly Christmas sweater made for you by us.

Yep! You can HELP ARTISTS AND roll up to the holidays 💃 strutting 🕺 in the best one-of-a-kind ugly sweater that will leave everyone asking, "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT!?". Or, wrap it up 🎁 and give it to your 🥰 special someone as the MOST UNIQUE GIFT EVER!

Help us raise $4,000 so we can put OUR SPIN on the HOLIDAYS TOGETHER.

💚 DONATE TODAY! 💚

Love and Eggnog,

CB and THE E(XMAS)IST Team

🎟 Tickets go on sale in October!

6 Shows Only

December 11-13 & 18-20

7:30 - 9:30 pm (with afterparty dance and hang after each show)

Crashbox (5305 Bolm Rd UNIT 12, Austin, TX 78721)

Rated: MA (17+) - Adult Themes

Learn more about Grackle Jack here!

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THE E(XMAS)IST Fundraiser

🎅 HELP US CREATE THE HOLIDAY SHOW YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO GO TO! 🎄