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Provision Theater to host winter coat drive.
Chicago-based theater Provision is teaming together with Pacific Garden Mission to collect coats for the homeless during the holidays.
Provision Theater Company is partnering with a Chicago homeless shelter to help share the warmth with the needy this holiday season. Timothy Gregory, Provision’s Artistic Director, recently announced that Provision is teaming together with Pacific Garden Mission to host a holiday coat drive. New and gently used coats, as well as hats and gloves, can be dropped off during Provision Theater Company’s Theater for Young Audiences’ production of ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!’ running through December 20.
In addition to the coat drive initiative, Provision is also offering free tickets to Best Christmas Pageant Ever! to the homeless men, women and children of Pacific Garden Mission.
“Provision Theater’s emphasis on telling stories where values matter are important stories for the folks at the mission to see,” says Provision’s Artistic Director Timothy Gregory.
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“The holidays can be a hard time for the homeless,” says Gregory. “Making them feel even more lost or alone. Provision Theater offering complimentary tickets to Best Christmas Pageant Ever to some of the women and children in the mission makes for a warm holiday gift. One they will not soon forget.”
Items will be collected in the main lobby at Provision Theater Company, 1001 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608 to benefit at-risk men, women and children from the community.
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! is a sixty minute, family-friendly adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s classic that will run November 28 – December 20 with performances on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at Provision Theater. Special 10:00 a.m. performances will be held on December 2, 9, and 16.
Ticket prices for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 & under. Free parking is included, and groups of 10 or more receive 10% off. For tickets or more information, call the box office at (312) 455-0066 or visit ProvisionTheater.org. Follow Provision on Twitter @ProvisionTC. You can make a difference! Donate a coat while enjoying a festive outing with the family.
About Pacific Garden Mission
Since 1877, Pacific Garden Mission has been a place of refuge and transformation. Millions weary of struggling through life’s storms have come to the “Old Lighthouse” seeking food, shelter, clothing, medical, and dental care. On an average night, over 750 homeless men, women, and children in Chicago receive safe, clean and warm shelter at Pacific Garden Mission. For more information, visit PGM.org.
About Provision Theater Company
Provision Theater Company is a non-profit equity theater devoted to producing works of hope, reconciliation and redemption; works that challenge us to explore a life of meaning and purpose. Provision Theater Company has celebrated numerous critically-acclaimed productions including HEAVEN, HOW I GOT HERE, OLD WICKED SONGS, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, CHRISTMAS ON THE AIR, JACOB, A CHRISTMAS MEMORY & THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR, RED LETTER JESUS, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, SHADOWLANDS, THE HIDING PLACE, COTTON PATCH GOSPEL, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, C.S. LEWIS ON STAGE, THE FOREIGNER, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, BEAST ON THE MOON, FISH EYES, SHAW VS. CHESTERTON: THE DEBATE, THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY, BONHOEFFER’S COST, THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE, SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS, GODSPELL, SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR, and THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
