Who We Are & What We Do

We make theatre FOR children BY children WITH children since 2011. Member of Community Foundation and our fiscal partner, United Neighbors of Fitchburg. Contributions to support our workshops and programs may be made out to: "UNF" with "RCTheatre" in the memo line and mailed to: 18 Fairmount St., Fitchburg, MA 01420

Monday, May 26, 2014

Dear Friends and Students of RCT
I know that many of you heard the sad news about my mom, Janet Cragin who passed away peacefully after a short illness on April 24. We are so sad and sorry but please know that Riverfront Children's Theatre will ("of course" in my mom's phraseology) carry on. Classes will begin again the last week of September. In the interim, we are doing a program at Green Acres on Normandy Road this week and next and we will be doing Parks presentations this summer. These will be free workshops and we'll have costumes and props and much fun.

We are having a special event on Friday, June 20 -- a benefit for our newly-created scholarship fund. As you know, my mom was not someone to toot her own horn, but in the last week I shared with Janet, I told her that we needed to start a scholarship for students and helpers. And so the Janet Cragin Family Scholarship is holding a fund-raiser that is also a theater workshop. For kids AND their parents (if they would like to participate). Generally, our classes are "kids only" but we've had some wonderful parents and family members who've jumped in, so we wanted to extend the offer.

If you would like to come, please email me at sallycragin@verizon.net or call at 978-320-1335. The suggested donation is $5 per family and the schedule is as follows: Friday, June 20, 4 to 5 pm, age 4 to 7. From 5:30 to 7:30 pm, age 10 and up. And YES our super assistant Russell Holbert will be present!

You can also support our scholarship by sending a check made out to Riverfront Children's Theatre to:
Community Foundation
649 John Fitch Highway
Fitchburg, MA 01420

Here's a picture of my mom last summer at Green Acres which sums up SO much of what RCT is about -- fun costumes in bins, my mom encouraging, and a VERY happy little girl being an excellent Miss Muffet running away from a spider!

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