Corporate Partners
Contributions from our corporate and business partners help us extend our excellent programming to more than 125,000 young people and families through our three programs: CCT Theatre Series produces 8 family-friendly productions each season performed in our very own Theatre, CCT Academy offers year-round classes taught by professional artists and instructors for children ages 3-18 as well as two summer performance companies for ages 10-15 and 16-22, CCT’s Professional Touring Company brings live theatre to schools throughout Ohio performing annually for over 100,000 school children. When you invest in Columbus Children’s Theatre you are investing in a fiscally responsible and financially stable arts organization that has been serving central Ohio for 49 years. Each year we continue to see exceptional growth. · This season our Professional Touring Company is experiencing its busiest touring schedule on record with over 300 performances between September 2011 and May 2012. · The CCT Academy’s enrollment has soared above anything we’ve seen before. We are partnering organizations such as BalletMet, the Kings Arts Complex, the Columbus Museum of Art and the YWCA to expand our class offerings. · Attendance for our shows continues to be high. Our average audience capacity for the last couple of years has been 82%. We sell out approximately 50% of our performances. In the past year two of our shows sold out completely before opening night (48 performances). CCT connects and engages the audience and sets high expectations for experiences with the arts. CCT has outstanding artists that serve as role models and mentors for our future artists. Engaging children in all aspects of the arts makes a difference in that child's life. CCT uses adult actors in adult roles and always uses youth actors in youth roles. When a child sees a young person in our professional productions, it becomes more accessible to that child--not only as a story they can relate to, but as an art form which they can consider themselves. Scores of children who have been on stage at CCT now are earning their living through the arts; thousands more have become regular fans and supporters of theatre. Great things are happening at Columbus Children's Theatre, however, we need your help to sustain our programs at their highest level of artistic and educational excellence and to maintain this growth. We understand that the dollars you spend have to bring the maximum benefit to your company. Corporate sponsors are offered exclusive benefits and services based on their level of contribution. These packages are carefully structured at each level to provide the maximum visibility and the greatest mutual benefit, but can be tailored to meet the needs of your organization. For more information on corporate partnerships please contact our Managing Director, Elizabeth Williamson, at 614-224-6673.
Columbus Children's Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our major contributors.
Season Sponsor ($35,000) Sponsor the entire 8-production season consisting of 157 performances for approximately 25,000 patrons · Press release about sponsorship · Name recognition on CCT’s webpage as Season Sponsor and logo and link from CCT's webpage to the sponsor’s website · Complimentary “House of Tickets” (170 total) to invite VIP guests, employees and customers · Signage recognizing sponsorship in the theatre lobby during all productions · Title page recognition as season sponsor and a full page ad in over 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Logo and name recognition on 30,000 season brochures, 120,000 postcards, 208,000 flyers, and all advertisements · Special pricing for sponsor employees for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series and CCT Academy · Opportunity to host a VIP reception at the Lincoln Theatre in conjunction with CCT’s performance of Willy Wonka* · Season Sponsor and CCT can mutually customize additional benefits to meet particular philanthropic or marketing objectives Producing Sponsor ($5,000 - $15,000) Sponsor 1 of our 8 productions playing to audiences ranging in size from 2,000-5,600 patrons Touring Company Season Sponsor ($15,000) · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Press release about sponsorship · Name recognition on CCT’s webpage as Touring Company Season Sponsor and logo and link from CCT's webpage to the sponsor’s website · Receive 3 free performances to donated to an Ohio school or venue of your choice · Signage recognizing sponsorship is prominently displayed at every performance · Logo and name recognition on approximately 64,000 study guides, 30,000 postcards, 52,000 flyers, 30,000 season brochures and all advertisements · Complimentary tickets for 10 guests to the opening night performance for each of the Touring Company’s two in-house productions (Snow White and Cinderella) as part of the CCT Theatre Series and identification as sponsor in every curtain speech for these in-house productions Fairytale Ball Sponsor ($15,000) Underwrite the annual CCT Gala, an annual family-friendly fundraising event for key supporters · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Press release about sponsorship · Name recognition on CCT’s webpage as Fairytale Ball Sponsor and logo and link from CCT's webpage to the sponsor’s website · Complimentary tickets for 10 guests to the opening night of Willy Wonka · Logo and name recognition on 500 invitations, 250 Fairytale Ball programs, and all advertisements · Logo and name recognition on approximately 100 signs at the Fairytale Ball · Complimentary table with 30 tickets for sponsor employees to attend the Fairytale Ball Child Writing Project Sponsor ($5,000) · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Press release about sponsorship · Name recognition on CCT’s webpage as Child Writing Project Sponsor and logo and link from CCT's webpage to the sponsor’s website · Receive 1 free performance donated to an Ohio school or venue of your choice · Identification as sponsor in every curtain speech · Logo and name recognition on approximately 10,000 study guides, 2,000 postcards, and 5,000 touring season brochures · Complimentary tickets for 10 guests to the Child Writing Project’s World Premiere for winning authors and their teachers and families Interpreter Sponsor ($2,500) · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Name recognition on CCT’s webpage as Interpreter Sponsor and logo and link from CCT's webpage to the sponsor’s website School Sponsor ($400 - $600) Sponsor 1 performance of one touring company production · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series · Receive a free performance to donate to an Ohio school or venue of your choice Angel Fund Sponsor ($80 - $400) Provide free tickets to low-income children and families and scholarships to the CCT Academy · Name recognition in more than 20,000 playbills for the 2012-2013 CCT Theatre Series *Subject to availability
Underwrite the entire touring season
Underwrite the child writing project, a writing contest open to students in grades K-6 resulting in a play performed by CCT’s Professional Touring Company
Sponsor the American Sign Language Interpreter and Audio Descriptor for the entire season