Stealing the tag line from this season's run of the "Heroes" television series about mystical people with super powers, Tacoma Actors Guild has sent out a mass e-mailing wondering if you are "on the list?" and directs select recipients to visit www.thehitlist.org.

As you would expect, the e-mail asks for money, but it does so in a clever way.

It goes on to say that the recently cash-strapped theater isn't bouncing checks again, but it would still like 1,000 "close friends" in the South Sound to chip in $100 each (that's $100,000 if you do the math) to go toward the further financial stability of the theater. It's a cute idea that might just work, so I'll give them kudos for innovation. But it just seems odd that the theater is all set to expand programs just months after being able to pay its light bill again.

Baby steps, TAG, baby steps. â€" Steve Dunkelberger