Sponsor Benefits
​YOU PROVIDE THE SPONSORSHIP • WE DO ALL THE WORK!
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Benefit by Sponsoring Member Students 
Too few high schools actually provide their students with the technical theatre education needed to use their theatre facility in order to learn a career.

Too many one-person-show Drama teachers struggle when they aren't given the resources to provide students with an education in Technical Theatre, even putting students in hazardous situations, In addition, because schools don’t provide trained professionals to assist student education, they instead decide to ban students from using the tools-of-the-trade in their theatre facilities. 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 the use of 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 technical 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!
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!
High school technical theatre students are your next generation of:
Employees          Users          Purchasers          Advocates
Not an industry-related company.  You are Welcome 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.  
You can 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 S•T•A•G•E 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
  • Provide you an opportunity to promote products and services.​
Ways that school theatre programs may be able to recognize you. (Schools will vary in ability to recognize contributions)
  • Merchandizing opportunities with the school theatre
  • Product demos with vocational students
  • Tours/meet & greets with vocational students 
  • Complimentary tickets to the shows
  • Company identification in the play program
  • Company logo exposure on the play poster
  • Company logo visibility on cast and crew t-shirts

  • Company recognition on Facebook pages​
School theatres will be as innovative and generous as they can. 
As an example, one school provided their sponsors with a video thank you recorded by students that they shared on their website.
Another provided a special introduction on stage for attending sponsor company representatives.
Let us know if you have more ideas that we can recommend to our school members, we are open to all suggestions.
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 Name) provided our school with a Theatre Technician, and that’s why I’m in the industry today!”
Find out more about being a S•T•A•G•E sponsor by downloading one of our information packets from the list below.
           Sponsorship - Entertainment Industry Companies
           Sponsorship - All Companies That Support Education
           Sponsorship Agreement

To discuss our Full Sponsorship Proposal Program click the link below.
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For more information about becoming a S•T•A•G•E Member
​School, download one of our packets from the list below.
          S•T•A•G•E Information Flier
          S•T•A•G•E Quick Facts Sheet
          S•T•A•G•E Membership Application
Diversity and Inclusiveness
The Stage Technicians and Artists Guild is open to all individuals.
The S•T•A•G•E  website is hosted by our Sponsor-In-Kind Rand Consulting and Design.