AVENUE Q North American Tour Assists in the Japan Relief Efforts!

Thank Q Tulsa & Charlotte!
Avenue Q North American Tour
Makes Over $14,000 Donation
AVENUE Q, the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, is making over a $14,000 donation to the American Red Cross to assist in the Japan relief efforts.  This donation is made possible due to the fundraising efforts by company members of the North American Tour of AVENUE Q and the generosity and compassion of the Tulsa & Charlotte theatre community. 
Cast member, Lisa Helmi Johanson (Christmas Eve) has spearheaded this initiative.  She says,  “being that one of the many beautiful messages of AVENUE Q is its story of community and helping others, it was only natural for us to reach out and do whatever we could to help contribute to a country faced with such catastrophe.”  Johanson and her fellow cast and crew members were moved to help after experiencing the warmth and graciousness of the Japanese during a recent two-week engagement of AVENUE Q in Tokyo. 
After the fundraising efforts in Tulsa, OK and Charlotte, NC, Johanson says that, “our requests for donations were straight from the heart and it's been a moving experience witnessing people's generosity.  The response has been far more than I expected but not more than I had hoped - it's a little dream come true.”
The North American Tour of AVENUE Q, produced by Work Light Productions, will close in Huntsville, AL on April 23, 2011; but, not before the residents of Avenue Q visit Paducah, KY; Champaign, IL; Carbondale, IL; and Durham, NC. 
AVENUE Q is the PG-13 rated musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony-winning book and score.  Due to adult situations (like full-puppet nudity), AVENUE Q is definitely not “fur” the little ones.
Work Light Productions is dedicated to creating and producing quality live entertainment. Their critically acclaimed productions reach tens of thousands of concertgoers and theater lovers each year. In keeping with their mission to develop original work, Work Light Productions has launched three new musicals in the last two years and continues to seed new projects for the future. Work Light Productions has been honored to collaborate with world-class creative professionals whose artistry has inspired each and every production. 
For more information about Work Light Productions, please visit www.WorkLightProductions.com.
For more information on AVENUE Q visit www.AvenueQonTour.com.