Money never decides whether
a child gets their moment.
ACT 1 exists to change what young people believe about themselves, and we do it through theatre. The Founding Circle is the group of monthly givers who keep the season free for every child — in good months and hard ones.
ACT 1 Inc. · Tuition-Free Youth Theatre
The Founding Circle
Every gift removes a financial barrier for a young performer. Together, the Founding Circle ensures that every child can audition, rehearse, perform, and take their final bow, regardless of their family's ability to pay.
Founding Friend
$10 /month
You open the rehearsal room.
Scripts, music, materials. The place where every young performer begins. Your $120 a year is the first door a child walks through.
$120 each year
Become a FriendFounding Member
$25 /month
You put a child on stage.
Rights, costumes, sets, sound. Everything that turns months of rehearsal into a performance a family never forgets. Twenty‑seven Founding Members fund one complete production.
$300 each year
Become a MemberFounding Patron
$50 /month
You carry a child through an entire season.
From the first nervous audition to the final standing ovation, your $600 a year makes the full journey possible.
$600 each year
Become a Patron100 Seats. One Season. Forever.
Every seat below is one Founding Member. The first twenty‑seven fund a complete production. A full house funds an entire tuition‑free season. That is the whole goal, and it will never grow larger.
The Founding Circle is limited to our first 100 supporters, permanently. Your name becomes part of the story that made free youth theatre possible for the children of South Florida.
Founding Circle members are recognized in every playbill, every season, for as long as ACT 1 takes the stage.
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