With competition for highly qualified employees at an all-time high, corporations need to find ways to attract and retain the best employees. One way to do that is by making Indianapolis a more desirable place to live – not just with restaurants and sports, but with aesthetic experiences. By supporting Southbank Theatre Company, you are supporting a theatre company for intellectuals whose interest in history, politics, literature, and music aren’t always served in the arts scene in Indianapolis. Want to recruit employees from the east coast, west coast, or Europe? Help build the art scene in Indy so those prospective employees will not only want to relocate to Indianapolis, they’ll want to stay!
Diversity is important to us, and we put our money where our mouth is. Southbank will never produce shows with all-white casts and crews. Supporting us means that you will support a company that is dedicated to bringing the world to our stage and reflecting the society in which we live. Our goal is to desegregate the Indianapolis theatre community and give our cast and crew members appropriate wages for their work. We can only pay cast and crew members if we have financial resources to do so.
The reason why actors, singers, musicians, and artists leave Indianapolis in droves is because there aren’t enough jobs here for them that allow them to have a basic standard of living without also having a day job. That is not the case in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Sure, the competition is fierce in larger cities, but there are far more well-paid jobs in the arts industries there, too! If we build up the arts and culture sector of the Indianapolis economy, not only will we retain our native talent, but we will recruit from other cities and be able to build an arts scene that rivals any other midwestern city. That will make Indianapolis a better place to live for everyone – artists and businesspeople alike!
What does every business need? Customers! We make sure that our audiences know we cannot survive without our sponsors, and that makes the audience grateful for your support! Every show we produce has hundreds of potential customers in the audience hearing our sponsor list, reading our programs, and seeing the logos of our sponsors. With theatre attracting highly educated and economically advantaged audiences, why not play to the interests of those prospective clients and support the work that they love? They’ll thank you for it!
Theatre in this city isn’t just pulled from a box, delivered by Amazon, ready to be put on display. It is the culmination of the work of so many minds constantly awhirl to produce quality entertainment just for YOU.
Southbank Theatre Company is a nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c)(3). That means every financial contribution is tax deductible! No matter how big or small, your contribution supports theatre artists and the stories they bring to our audiences. With your help, we will continue to develop a sustainable, creative theatre experience in Indianapolis.
We believe in paying theatre artists for the work they do. You can help us pay fair wages by sponsoring an actor! Each actor in a show can be sponsored, no matter what their role.
Each show has its own budget with a variety of costs! If you are coming to sponsorship after our season has already begun, no problem! Individual shows can be sponsored, too.
When we plan our seasons, we create budgets for each show that feed into our annual budget. Annual costs include renting rehearsal space and production space, costumes, actors, directors, crew members, set materials and construction, along with rights to produce plays. All of those costs add up substantially. With your help, Southbank can provide excellent theatre experiences that celebrate emerging and established artists from all backgrounds.
Contact Marcia Eppich-Harris at marcia@southbanktheatre.org or (650) 787-4115 to sponsor Southbank!
It is instructive to look at such history to see what lessons it can teach us. We can do that here in a small theatre in Indiana and take those lessons to the wider world. This is how change happens. Not all at once, but but by bit until we paint a picture of a better place. Art matters. It is essential in these perilous times.
All sponsors will receive their logo or name displayed on our website. We’re happy to work with you on choosing the right level for your company! In addition to the benefits above, major sponsors will receive the following:
Southbank Theatre Company is a nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c)3. That means every financial contribution is tax deductible! No matter how big or small, your contribution supports theatre artists and the stories they bring to our audiences. With your help, we will be able to build a sustainable, creative company in Indianapolis that will celebrate emerging and established artists from all backgrounds.
