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With your help, Hartford Stage touches hearts, expands minds, and changes lives. Your gift can bridge the gap between the price of a ticket and the true cost of our award-winning productions and education programs, and is a wonderful way to share the Hartford Stage experience with everyone in your community.
Your gift to the StageBuilders Annual Campaign is an important source of funding for Hartford Stage, a not-for-profit charitable organization. We’ll reward your generosity with donor benefits that can really enhance your theatre experience.
Contact Jeremy Barrows, Associate Director of Development for Individual Giving, at jeremybarrows@hartfordstage.org or (860) 520-7246
StageBuilders Annual Campaign Benefits
Apprentice $50 - $99*
- Invitation to one Technical/Dress Rehearsal—watch the cast & crew put finishing touches on a show days before the first performance.
- Subscription to StageNotes newsletter.
- Listing in one production program annually.
- “Donor Bonus” email bulletins with news and special offers.
StageHand $100 - $249*
- Invitation to all Technical/Dress Rehearsals, at least 5 times per season, plus everything above.
StageCrew $250 - $499*
- Try-To-Better subscription exchange privilege: when you exchange subscription tickets for another performance, Box Office will give you priority for the best seat locations that may become available, plus everything above.
Patron $500 - $999
(all but $56 of your gift may be tax-deductible)
- Coupons for free drinks and snacks at lobby bars.
- Invitation to the Annual Gala.
- Listing in multiple theatre programs and on lobby boards, plus everything above.
Sustainer $1,000 - $1,499
(all but $140 of your gift may be tax-deductible)
- Gift certificate for two bring-a-friend tickets.
- Invitation to the Annual Meeting, plus everything above.
Benefactor $1,500 - $2,499 (all but $179 of your gift may be tax-deductible)
- Six parking vouchers for the MAT garage adjacent to the theatre, plus everything above.
*No goods or services of value are provided in exchange for gifts below $500, so your entire gift may be tax-deductible. At $500 level and above, you may waive concession coupons, bring-a-friend certificate and parking vouchers to make your entire gift potentially tax-deductible.
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Please read about our premier annual donor circles, Directors Society and Ovation Society, with great benefits beginning at $1,500 for a single person or $2,500 for a couple.