Thank you for considering sponsoring Actors’ Playhouse, a 501 (c) (3) charitable non-profit organization, which was recently awarded “Theatre Company of the Year in South Florida” for overall season excellence and community outreach. Your support is invaluable in helping us provide the highest level of cultural experiences to our community. Your investment in Actors’ Playhouse also promotes your business to theatre patrons with discriminating income. Culture contributes over $2 billion dollars to the economic prosperity of our community, making a contribution to Actors’ Playhouse a great source of support in the quality of life in South Florida. Our patrons and sponsors are loyal to our organization, which is why Actors’ Playhouse is a Florida Presenting Cultural Organization and one of 22 major cultural institutions in Miami-Dade County. As the largest self-producing regional professional theatre in Miami-Dade County, we hope we can appeal to you to become an important supporter of Actors’ Playhouse.

Sponsorship Levels
Mainstage Theatre:
Actors’ Playhouse produces six Mainstage productions each year featuring musicals, including large-scale Broadway productions. We produce our shows with Equity union actors in an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association New York, the union of professional actors. Our artistic excellence has earned us 18 Carbonell Award (South Florida Tony) nominations in 2010, the most of any regional theatre company. We will open our 2011-2012 season in October with the Regional Premiere of Hairspray, which will star our Artistic Director David Arisco in the role of Edna Turnblad. In December we will present the play Jacob Marley’s Christmas starring Carbonell Award-winning actor Ken Clement. Opening in the New Year is the 3-time Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Musical Next To Normal, which closed on Broadway January 11, 2011 and has not toured Florida. In March/April we proudly present our 2001 Carbonell Award-winning production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and in May the Regional Premiere of the new play Becky’s New Car, and in the summer of 2012, we will present the world premiere musical Real Men Sing Show Tunes and Play With Puppets.

Presenting Title Sponsorship of all Six Mainstage Shows is $100,000
Presenting Title Sponsorship of One Mainstage Show is $50,000
Major Show Sponsorship of One Mainstage Show is $30,000

Musical Theatre For Young Audiences:
The Musical Theatre for Young Audiences series, featuring musical plays for children presented by professional adult actors, serves more than 55,000 children each year. A free ticket program for minority and disadvantaged children benefits 7,000 children who would not otherwise have a chance to experience live theatre. Next year’s productions will feature Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Madeline’s Christmas, Alexander Who’s Not, Not, Not Going To Move, Snow White, and a new musical chosen from our national call to competition for new children’s works for our 17th Annual National Children’s Theatre Festival, TBA by July 2011.

Season Title Presenter Sponsorship is $30,000 – Subscribed Baptist Children’s Hospital
Sponsorship of one musical is $5,000

The 17th Annual National Children’s Theatre Festival:
Now in its sixteenth year, our festival continues to bring South Florida families a celebration of multicultural theatrical presentations, hands-on activities, theatre workshops in acting and design, and an opportunity to meet the authors of a new musical chosen from our national call to competition. It is one of the few competitions that encourages playwrights and composers to write new works for children. The festival also provides cultural tourism benefits by attracting children’s theatre fans to Miami from all over the country and abroad. The winning musical is part of our annual children’s season. During the opening weekend of the new musical, we present a weekend family event with two days of cultural programming and hands-on activities for children, including the presentation of the new work.

Festival Title Presenting Sponsorship is $20,000
Festival Star Sponsorship of 1 Festival FREE day is $10,000-Subscribed
Festival Co-Sponsorship is $5,000
Festival Supporter is $2,500

Educational Outreach:
Partnerships with Miami-Dade public schools provide educational resources for students and teachers, including educator workshops, extensive study guides, theatre field trips, backstage dialogues with actors and other theatre professionals, and programs in which theatre techniques are used to help children develop self-confidence, effective communications, and a better understanding of life’s skills in general. Actors’ Playhouse also sponsors the City of Miami Parks and Recreation Disabilities annual talent show by providing our director and technical support for the event. In addition, our Musical Miracles Youth Performance Troupe rehearses and performs with the challenged youth in the city program to create a show. This experience enhances positive attitudes and an understanding of how individuals can work together to overcome difficulties.

Our programs for at-risk students give special attention to middle and high school students who have experienced drugs, gangs and other high-stress teen issues. Participating young people attend free performances of productions based on themes relating to social issues, followed by frank discussions of these issues with classmates and theatre professionals. Other performance-related activities provide opportunities for practical learning in acting, music, choreography, set design and related fields, guiding students to potential employment and enhanced self-awareness. Actors’ Playhouse staff members also conduct in-school programs, working with young people throughout the school year. We are pleased to collaborate with our sponsoring partners to develop outreach programs with agencies that they also support.

Sponsorship of 500 children to attend a children’s program presentation is at $5,000
Sponsorship of 100 children to attend a Mainstage program presentation is at $10,000
Sponsorship of the partnership with the disabilities program is $10,000

Actors’ Playhouse Theatre Conservatory:
The conservatory hosts a year-round schedule of courses and workshops in subjects such as acting, script writing, stage and camera techniques, speech, movement and vocal technique. Experienced professionals teach programs for children, teenagers and adults. Classes are limited in size to offer the maximum development with a planned curriculum to guide individuals through many years of training. Our popular summer camp attracts over 100 children each year in two independent sessions, as does our Summer Teen One Act Showcase. Performance and technical internships are offered in partnership with Miami-Dade Public Schools, the New World School of the Arts, the University of Miami Communications and Business Schools and the Musical Theatre Degree program through the Music School, and Florida International University, providing students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience and credentials in professional theatre in both administrative and artistic theatre. University of Miami Musical Theatre Degree students audition and perform in ensembles of our large musicals for class credit and for points towards their union card, which is essential to have for New York auditions.

Sponsorship for one intern is $1,000
Sponsorships for one camper is $1,000
Sponsorship for eight at risk youth is $3,000 for ten sessions

Young Talent Big Dreams:
The second countywide talent contest for children 8 to 17 will take place October 2011-May 2012. The contest develops exceptional talent among young people to accelerate arts careers and other important interpersonal skills. Six separate countywide auditions in six arts disciplines. One winner in each discipline to compete at the semi finals and finals at the Miracle Theatre. One grand prizewinner. Celebrity judges in arts related fields.

Presenting Sponsorship is $60,000 - currently under consideration with The Children’s Trust
Star Sponsor at $15,000
Show Biz Sponsor of the Finals at $10,000
Song N’ Dance Sponsor of the Semi Finals at $5,000
Rock Star Sponsor at $2,500

The Musical Miracles:
This group is a talented troupe of youth who audition to be part of a year-round intensive musical training program under the direction of our Children’s Theatre Director. The children gain experience-developing careers in musical theatre, admittance into magnet schools, casting in television commercials, and as performers in productions demanding youth actors at Actors’ Playhouse. From this experience, individuals have wholesome experiences in addition to gaining self-confidence, artistic skills team playing skills, and a full understanding of professional theatre. Many of these individuals have returned to perform with us and have won Carbonell Awards for their talent in Mainstage productions. Others are performing in national road tours and on Broadway. We are a one-of-a-kind experience in the regional theatre for young actors, with some of the talent traveling as far as 60 miles to be cast in our productions. Each year the Musical Miracle troupe presents a fully mounted and costumed musical presentation as part of our theatre festival activities.

Presenting Sponsorship is $10,000
Sponsorship for one student/year is $1,000

The 21st Annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction April 14, 2012:
Each year we hold a popular event to raise funds for the theatre. In partnership with major corporations and tourist-related industries, over $300,000 of items is contributed to the theatre, and 30 of the area’s best restaurants provide tasting stations for 600 guests. Hosted for 19 years by former CBS broadcaster Bob Soper, we traditionally raise approximately $180,000 for our auction. Presenting, Live, and Silent Auction Sponsors have logo name recognition in the marketing campaign from October 2010-May 2011. Sponsorship also includes 20 tickets to the gala.

Presenter Title Logo Name Sponsorship is $30,000
Live Auction Logo Name Sponsorship is $10,000
Silent Auction Logo Name Sponsorship is $5,000
Supporting Sponsorship is $5,000
Gala VIP Sponsorship is $2,000 - VIP Sponsorship is $1,000