SPONSORSHIP LEVELS Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence Award-Winning Theatre Right In Your Hometown!
Thank you for considering sponsoring Actors’ Playhouse, a 501 (c) (3) charitable non-profit organization, which was recently awarded “Best Theatre Company of the Year in South Florida” for artistic 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, one of eight major state theatre companies, and one of 22 major cultural institutions in Miami-Dade County. As the only self-producing regional professional theatre in Miami, 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 reputation has earned us Carbonell Awards (South Florida Tony Awards) for seven consecutive years as “Best Producer of a Musical by the critics. We will open our 2008-2009 season in October with the multiple Tony Award-Winning musical 1776 just before the national elections followed by New York’s sensational hit Gutenberg! The Musical! for the holidays. In January, we will produce the World Premiere, Bombshells! The Musical. In March/April we will delight audiences with the first regional production of the Tony Award-winning, masterpiece musical Les Miserables, and in May we will present the new insightful play Havana Bourgeois, which will be followed by the charming new musical Married Alive in the summer of 2009.

Presenting Title Sponsorship is $50,000
Sponsorship 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 50,000 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 The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, the Musical, Alice in Wonderland, Stuart Little, and a new musical for our 14th Annual National Children’s Theatre Festival.

Season Title Presenter Sponsorship is $30,000
Sponsorship of one musical is $5,000

The 14th Annual National Children’s Theatre Festival:
Now in its fourteenth 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, 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 is $10,000
Festival 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

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 18th Annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction:
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 are contributed to the theatre, and 30 of the area’s best restaurants provide tasting stations for 600 guests. Hosted for 18 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 2008-May 2009. 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

Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
280 Miracle Mile Coral Gables, Florida 33134
305.444.9293
www.actorsplayhouse.org
A Florida Sponsoring 501c3 Non-Profit Organization
Member of Actors’ Equity Association, New York
Florida Professional Theatre Association
Theatre League of South Florida
Barbara S. Stein, Executive Producing Director 305.444.9293.601
David Arisco Artistic Director Earl Maulding Children’s Theatre Director
Jerry Brown Development Director