Mirrorbox is preparing to Write The Next Chapter, but we need your help
Together, we can do it!
In November of 2024, Mirrorbox Theatre asked our community of theater-goers and supporters to help sustain our operations. Thanks to the generosity of our donors last year, Mirrorbox was able to raise over $20,000, which helped us produce two incredible Big Box productions: DIE HARD... is a Christmas movie and These Gilded Souls: A Great Gatsby, along with a number of improv shows.
Since then, the Mirrorbox Board of Directors has been carefully evaluating and considering the financial sustainability of our organization. In November 2022, our community helped us open our first permanent space on Ellis Blvd, which allowed us to produce over 200 productions in that time and bring some incredible new works to life.
However, the Board of Directors has now determined that maintaining a permanent space is not a viable option for Mirrorbox's long-term sustainability, and so has decided to vacate our permanent space at 1200 Ellis Blvd effective May 31st.
In order to ensure Mirrorbox can continue to produce raw, relevant, and daring productions, we must have the resources to do so. And in order to continue in our mission to bring those new productions to Iowa for years to come, it is time for us to start a new chapter in Mirrorbox's story.
Although it will be tough saying goodbye to the building we have called home for over 2 years, we are also incredibly excited for our next chapter.
But we still need your support.
In order to help us continue to produce the rest of our 2025 Big Box productions along with our other planned programming for 2025, we are asking once again for the community's support.
Please consider making a donation if you have the means.
Our community needs the new art that Mirrorbox provides – art that inspires, challenges, and nourishes us.
Thank you for all of your support over the years. This is not the end of Mirrorbox Theatre. We are excited about the prospect of a new beginning.
Sincerely,
The Mirrorbox Theatre Board of Directors
Your commitment to new art reverberates through the community. In 2024, Dorothy de Souza Guedes was introduced to Mirrorbox:
“My first visit to Mirrorbox Theatre was such a delight that I returned to see the show, "WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU," two more times. A Rob Bell premiere in Cedar Rapids? That tells me Mirrobox is not only well-connected but they know what they’re doing. Kudos to Mirrorbox for renovating a vintage brick corner building into a neighborhood asset, creating up-close-and-personal experiences that don’t feel confining.”