NEWS:  The Mississippi Arts Commission and the Southern Arts Federation confirm Patricia Causey's artistic excellence. Witchcraze music theatre arts N E A  national endowment arts Mississippi commission artist roster
The Mississippi Arts Commission bestows three awards upon Patricia Causey in three months!  The Mississippi Arts Commission is the official grants-making and service agency for the arts in Mississippi.		This project is supported in part by a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission & the National Endowment for the Arts.
July 2008: $4,000 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition for "Witchcraze". Panel comments coming soon!
June 2008:  Artist Roster listing for her work as a performer, composer, voice teacher, and workshop presenter at local schools and venues.
	"It is a tribute to your professionalism and the high quality of your work that you have been selected." witchy Malcolm White, Executive Director  o Mississippi Arts Commission  o
April 2008:  $5,000 Artist Business Recovery Grant  through the National Emergency Grant program as a testament to the high quality of her artistic endeavors that were affected by Hurricane Katrina.
July 2008:  The Southern Arts Federation lists Patricia Causey on the Southern Artistry registry in the field of Music - Orchestral.  The Southern Artistry is "designed to showcase the South's artistic diversity and excellence by spotlighting outstanding artists of all disciplines that live and work in the region."
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	Fall 2008:  Another Witchcraze Workshop is tentatively set for Fall 2008 to record more demos.  Singers will be paid. The Witchcraze Workshops will function to prep the show for staging "Witchcraze" in New York City in 2010.  The demo recordings will continue to be used to raise funding and awareness for this historic event.
Even though the show is postponed until a future date, a donation will still be made to Biloxi Fire Fighter Jimmy Skinner for a specialized cancer treatment that his insurance refuses to pay for. "Witchcraze" is presented by Gathering Grove Productions, an arts group that focuses on "Working for Human Rights Through the Arts", as featured on WLOX.

• The Sponsors who make financing the show a reality will help Mississippi sojourn one step closer to dispelling stereotypes about our state and its people.

	The Following Individuals and Companies were Sponsors of Witchcraze in 2006:
	Orange Grove Medical Specialties	ACLU of MS
	Bellsouth	Ocean Springs Lumber
	Bailey Lumber	Nancy Wetzel
	Myra Cox	Neil Resh
	American Floors	Boyce Holleman & Associates
	Dr. Jeffrey J. Perez	Becky & Chuck Parker
	Angel's Auto Sales	Cathy Adams Mason
	Jackson's Discount Pharmacy	Sherwin Williams
	Stephanie Crosby-Rosetti	Remax Results Real Estate
	THANK YOU!

"Groundbreaking!"  ...  "A story that needs to be told!"  .."Spectacular!"  

"Beautiful!"  ...  "A living history lesson!"  ...  "The music is stunning!"  ...  

"I sat in my seat, blown away." 

Are you confused by the misinformation, racial profiling, and campaign slogans manipulated by government officials to propagate a war on terror for their own political and economic gain?

Of course, this refers to 1692...

Witchcraze, the original musical by Mississippi Gulf Coast artist Patricia Causey, examines how the Witch Trials of Salem, Massachusetts, and the hunt for WMD's (Witches of Mass Destruction) had little to do with witches at all...

~ From the Writer/Composer ~

The musical Witchcraze neither promotes nor denounces any spiritual path.   The premise of  Witchcraze is to encourage tolerance for others and promote the importance of our basic civil liberties.  

As a creative artist and a very spiritual person, it is more important to me to advocate the protection of the basic freedoms guaranteed  to every American citizen by the First Amendment, than to espouse  any one path.

Shows & Events - 

Go to the Gathering Grove Productions website for more info  about upcoming projects: "Surviving KATRINA" and future productions of Elton John's Aida, Urinetown, Jekyll & Hyde, RENT and Avenue Q!!!