Support Us
Did you ever sit in the audience and wish that you, too, could be a member
of the Company? Here is your opportunity. Join our fantastic supporting cast
of individual and corporate supporters today by making a generous, tax-deductible
gift to the Shakespeare Theatre Company today.
Why support STC?
Over the past 22 years, the Shakespeare Theatre company has become the nation’s
leading force in the presentation and preservation of classical theatre. Every
season we offer classical plays in an accessible, skillful, imaginative, American
style that still honors the playwrights’ original language and intentions.
Our core mission is to ensure the future of classical theatre in America. We
pursue this important work because classical plays are as meaningful today
as they were at the time they were written. Playwrights like William Shakespeare,
Christopher Marlowe, William Congreve, Lope de Vega, Thomas Middleton and others
addressed timeless, enduring themes such as courage and betrayal, love and
loss, honesty and trust, faith, power, conflict and leadership. Their words
resonate today in our personal situations, in the conflicts we might face with
our families or colleagues, in the challenges we face as a nation, and in the
choices we must make—individually and collectively—in this uncertain
world.
Our commitment to this legacy takes many forms. Most visibly,
it takes place on stage in Sidney Harman Hall and the Lansburgh Theatre each
season. This is a costly job. Producing the country’s best classical
theatre is quite expensive. We regularly commission new translations and adaptations.
We train directors and actors. And frankly there are not any three-actor, one-set
classical plays. Cutting costs is difficult: Hamlet will always require
a certain number of actors. Although we strive to run efficiently as a business,
artistic integrity is always our first priority.
Our dedication to the future of classical theatre extends to building
new audiences for it. We’ve pledged to make available 20,000
tickets at just $10 each for audience members under the age of 35. Each year,
more than 20,000 Washington-area theatre enthusiasts enjoy a complimentary
performance at our annual Free For All. And through high impact and innovative
education programs such as Text Alive!, ShakesPEERS and Shakespearience,
our educators touch the lives of almost 4,000 school children from D.C.,
Virginia and Maryland annually. |
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