The Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville, Florida has been producing live theatre and screening films since 1972. It is the only professional theatre and cinema of its kind in the area. However, it has faced major cuts to federal funding and relies on donations from sponsors and subscribers. The document encourages supporting the Hippodrome through monetary donations, volunteering, or becoming a season subscriber in order to keep its educational programs and arts in the community thriving.

1. One Hipp Way to Help By: Brandi Baker

3. Began in a converted hardware/convenience store

4. Moved into the Federal Building in Downtown Gainesville in 1979

5. Non-profit organization

6. Produces seven to eight Mainstage productions each year

7. Screens hundreds of first-run foreign, avant-garde and limited-release films each year

8. Educational programs such as HITT, the Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre, and summer theatre camps

10. The Hippodrome is the only professional theatre in Gainesville

11. Major cuts in federal funding

12. Hippodrome productions attract over 200,000 consumers each year, approximately 30,000 of those from outside of Alachua county who patronize the downtown Gainesville area

13. Provides educational programs to at-risk youth

14. Competitive intern program

15. Only cinema to screen first-run foreign and limited release films in Gainesville

16. Provides college students with free one-year subscriptions to the theatre through a program called “Generation Next.”

17. How can you help?

18. Become a corporate sponsor Executive Sponsor Season Producer Production Sponsor Production Co-Sponsor Education Sponsor Cinema Sponsor

19. Your friends are doing it. You can too!

20. Donate! Your time, money, furniture, anything!!

21. Become a season subscriber Invite your husband, wife, loved ones and friends to become a part of the Hipp society

22. “Name a seat” With a donation of $500 or more, you can claim your favorite seat at the Hippodrome with a commemorative name plate.

23. Generation Next Donate and give a student the chance to experience live theatre, building a new generation of theatre goers.

24. So get to it! Support the arts and the Gainesville community! A little can go a long way.

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31. http://thehipp.org/rent-the-hipp/overview/cinema

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33. "All logos, trade marks and brand names used belong to the respective owners"

34. I acquired permission from Michael Eaddy, photographer for the Hippodrome, and Jessica Hurov to use images from the Hippodrome website and Facebook page.