It's easy to believe that one person cannot make a difference. Yet combine many small efforts into one and you can produce an incredible effect.
W were always impressed by the Change for Good campaign. We've always had extra change from every trip overseas. The change is useless to us. But if enough of us give it away, we can make a difference. A lot in this case. To date, the Change for Good campaign has raised over $150 million dollars.
You can do the same thing with your computer. Most of us do not use our computers 100% of the time. When your computer is idle - which is most of the time - it can work for good. How? There are many efforts where the computer works for a non-profit when it isn't busy.
There are many volunteer computing efforts out there. Many use a particular piece of software called BOINC - the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. You can choose from many different educational and research efforts. Pharmaceutical development? Find new particles that explain our universe? You control what efforts are explored and how much resources (i.e. time) you donate.
So how exactly does idle time on a computer help anyone? Experimentation is expensive and takes time. It is possible to model or guide experimentation by running computer scenarios or models. Modeling can also be expensive unless you have access to donated computing cycles. That's where we volunteers come in. One idle computer doesn't help very much. But many idle computers can make a difference - especially when we are talking about hundreds of thousands of computers.
Main Stage Productions Inc DBA STAGE RIGHT is in the top 1% of donors when if comes to computer cycles. Out of 4.7 million registered users that's impressive. Unfortunately that is a tiny fraction of the 1 billion computers that could be donating their idle cycles to research.
Let's work to make a difference a bit at a time.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Willy Wonka who sold out their last 2 performances and in the process became the 6th highest attended show in Crighton Theatre history. They surpassed The Buddy Holly Story (2008) which held the highest attendance record for 7 years. In order, the highest attended shows in history are: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Mary Poppins, Hello Dolly, Miracle on 34th Street (2016), Shrek the Musical and then Willy Wonka.
Stage Right announces auditions for the musical Glitz! The Little Miss Christmas Pageant at the historic Crighton Theatre. Prepare a monologue and a song for the character(s) you are interested in.
Alomst 600 patrons came to the opening weekend for The Savannah Sipping Society. Due to rain, parking issues, and a late group, we had to delay each performance a few minutes. Despite some ruckous during the initial start of the show, the audience had a great time. Between the belly laughs and the touching moments in the play, all performances ended with standing ovations.
Today was your last day to enjoy the Savannah Sipping Society. Unfortunately, we sold out with minutes to spare. This show was unusual in that there seemed to be a lot of audience participation. By that we mean that many people seemed to know the show line for line and they let you know it. All in all, over 2950 people joined us in the laughfest. 
Stage Right announces auditions for the musical 42nd Street at the historic Crighton Theatre. Prepare to sing, dance, and read from the script.
