Be a company that supports technical theatre education!
​Become a Guild member!
To find out more about being a sponsor
click here to download the Sponsor Splash Sheet.
Click here to download a Sponsorship Agreement form.
 Contact Us to receive our full Sponsorship Proposal.
Please Contact Us if you are interested in Exclusive Sponsorship.

YOU PROVIDE THE SPONSORSHIP
WE DO ALL THE WORK!
SPONSOR MEMBER BENEFITS

High school technical theatre students are 
your next generation of:
Employees
Purchasers
Users
Advocates
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Not an industry-related company?
We welcome you too!
You never know who might be in a high school theatre audience! 
People from all walks of life have kids in high school theatre. 
Easily reach hundreds of people who may need your services and products.  

Whether you are an industry related company or a non-industry company...
become a sponsor member of
The S.T.A.G.E. Guild
and be recognized
​as a company, or individual, that is a
supporter of Technical Theatre education!

Being a sponsor will
increase your customer base,
promote company exposure and good will,
reinforce your brand image,
and is an opportunity to promote products and services.

Ways that school theatre programs may be able to recognize you (each school will vary in their ability to recognize you):

Merchandizing opportunities with theatres
Product demos with vocational students
Tours/meet & greets with vocational students
Complimentary tickets to many talented shows
 Company identification in play programs

Company logo exposure on play posters

Company logo visibility on cast and crew t-shirts

Company recognition on Facebook pages

Other - school theatres will be as innovative and generous as they can… 

For instance, one school provides their sponsors with a
video thank you recorded by students that you can share on any platform.
Another will provide
a special introduction on stage for any attending sponsoring company representative.
Let us know if you have more ideas that we can consider.

Plus, you'll be recognized on The S.T.A.G.E. website. 
 
Be a part of the change  on the horizon. 
Check out the Gold Standard Schools page on the RCD website.  These shouldn’t be Gold Standard Schools, these should be
​Typical Schools. 
You can help reform high school tech theatre and
​work towards this goal!

Imagine  the world hearing:
“Your Company/Name provided our school with a Theatre Technician, and that’s why I’m in the industry today!”

To find out more about being a sponsor
click here to download the Sponsor Splash Sheet.
Click here to download a Sponsorship Agreement form.
 Contact Us to receive our full Sponsorship Proposal.
Please Contact Us if you are interested in Exclusive Sponsorship.
YOU BENEFIT BY SPONSORING MEMBER STUDENTS
 
Too few high schools actually provide their students with the technical theatre education needed in order to use their theatre facility in order to learn a career.
 
Too many “one-person-show” Drama teachers struggle through as best they can when they aren't given the resources to provide them with an education in Technical Theatre, even putting students in hazardous situations,  In addition, because schools don’t provide their students with trained professionals to provide for their education, too many instead decide to ban students from using the tools-of-the-trade in their facilities at all.  Technical Theatre is vocational subject.  If it is the intent that Technical Theatre students may one day make a career in the entertainment business, what is the point of schools turning a blind eye to an unsupervised education, expecting untrained teachers to provide a skilled education, or banning students using the tools-of-the-trade from their education altogether?

​By participating in the S.T.A.G.E. Corporate Sponsorship Program  you will be identified as a company that supports tech theatre students, by making it possible for professional technicians and artists to provide a Technical Theatre education, supervision, and mentorship that students would not otherwise receive during their education.
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High school technical theatre students - our industry's future - need you to support this cause!
YOU BENEFIT BY SPONSORING MEMBER TEACHERS
 
Almost every school that has a theatre facility has a Drama teacher to provide students with an education in performance.  But, the majority of Drama teachers are acting, directing and literature specialists. Most have few technical qualifications beyond the requirements to take one or two introductory courses in order to earn their degrees.  Yet universities represent them as qualified to teach Technical Theatre.  And thinking that their Drama teachers are qualified to teach Technical Theatre, too often high schools require the “one-person-show” Drama teacher to provide an education in Technical Theatre for their students as a part of their duties.  Requiring an acting teacher to also teach Technical Theatre is akin to requiring the social studies teacher to also teach welding.  No school administrator would allow that to happen, yet they turn a blind eye when it comes to the school theatre.
 
There are of course some “one-person-show” Drama teachers who can teach some Technical Theatre, but then too often they are not compensated for this extra work.  The “one-person-show” Drama teachers need help, but they are provided with no or little funding to pay for professional technicians and artists.  For these reasons, many “one-person-show” Drama teachers  – through uncompensated time of their own, or through low-funded support – can only provide a low quality Technical Theatre education to their students.
 
High school Drama teachers - who teach our industry's future - need you to support this cause!
To find out more about being a sponsor
click here to download the Sponsor Splash Sheet.
Click here to download a Sponsorship Agreement form.
 Contact Us to receive our full Sponsorship Proposal.
Please Contact Us if you are interested in Exclusive Sponsorship.

​If you are a school
click here to download the Informational Flier
click here to download the Quick Facts Sheet
click here to download the Application Form