Support

Theater is a risky business. In 2002 the Theater Alliance took its biggest risk ever: we left the nurturing arms of the Capitol hill Arts Workshop and became the resident theater company of the new H Street Playhouse. Located at 1365 H street, NE, the H Street Playhouse is a newly renovated 150 seat blackbox theater -- the first to open for live theater in northeast in more than 50 years. The Theater Alliance has partnered with the H Street Playhouse to build an intimate, fully-equipped performance space helping fill the ongoing need Washington artists have for quality performance space. Opening in July of 2002, the Theater Alliance mounted productions of Tales from Ovid and Gospel of John, both of which were critical and box office successes. Additionally, the space hosted several visiting companies all of whom drew large crowds to a corner of the city which has desperately needed economic revival for decades.

Theater Alliance took another large step in 2002: we acquired our first full time artistic director. Jeremy Skidmore brings a fresh new perspective to our company, bringing to life exciting works many of which are Washington area premieres. He has a deep commitment to making Theater Alliance an artistic success but also to making it a successful part of the community where we live. To that end Theater Alliance is working hard to implement a free neighborhood ticketing program which will help ensure that everyone in the community will have the opportunity to experience Theater Alliance productions. 

All of this growth is risky but it’s also exciting. We want to share this excitement with you and offer opportunities for you to help. Come and get to know us. Your involvement now will help not only Theater Alliance but you will also be making a direct contribution to the economic health of our northeast neighborhood  as well as the Washington theater community at large as it spreads its talent base to include new venues to come together with audiences. 

Please take a moment to read about the many ways you can become involved.

Time and Talent

One of the greatest gifts is your time. The Theater Alliance exists to work with both artists and the community. We want to use all the resources and talents we are surrounded by: If you are an actor, send us your headshot and resume; if you are a designer, send us some pictures and a resume. If you just want to work on a show or introduce yourself to us, give us a call. We need volunteers on every aspect of every show that we do. Whatever your talent, we can put it to use.

Guest Artist Sponsors

A special way for members of the community to help the Theater Alliance is to help us bring Guest Artists from all over the world for productions and special projects. Collaborating with artists from different parts of the world is invaluable for the health and growth of our artists and for the enrichment of our audiences. When we bring artists to Washington, we often need to provide a place for them to stay. Housing an artist will be of immense help to the bottom line of our budgets and afford you the opportunity to be a large part of a special production. 

And we certainly want to recognize you for this contribution. In return for providing housing you will receive… 

• Recognition in the program for the entire season

• Four complimentary tickets to all four of our Opening Night Galas during the season

Financial Donations

It goes without saying that we will always need money. Your donation helps defer the costs of operations from building sets and buying lights, to paying rent, to supporting new work. Also, you will help underwrite the large part of our budget that goes to the compensation of our artists (while we believe in art for art’s sake, performers need to pay rent, too). And your dollars will help fund advertising our work so people know we are here. 

Additionally, you may earmark your contributions for specific purchases or expenses. 

Remember that we are grateful for any gift of any size. Here are some suggested ways you can help and what you’ll get in return. 

$50 - $99

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

$100-$199 

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

• Two complimentary tickets to any one production during the season

$200-$499

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

• Two complimentary tickets to all four productions during the season

$500-$999

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

• Two complimentary tickets to all four Opening Night Galas during the season

• Business contributors will receive a half-page ad in all four programs during the season

$1,000 & Up

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

• Permanent recognition on the wall of the H Street Playhouse Lobby

• Four complimentary tickets to all four Opening Night Galas during the season

• Two complimentary tickets to all Special Projects produced by the Theater Alliance

• Business contributors will receive a full-page ad in all four programs during the season

Production Sponsorship

This is an opportunity for a select number of people or organizations to be the major sponsor of a Theater Alliance production. Your name will be listed as a sponsor of the project on all posters, flyers, newspaper advertisements, and programs.

$2,000 – Production Sponsor (Maximum of Four Sponsors)

• Recognition in the program and on the website for the entire season

• Permanent recognition on the wall of the H Street Playhouse Lobby

• Ten complimentary tickets to Opening Night Gala of the production that you sponsored

• Four complimentary tickets to all three other Opening Night Galas during the season

• Two complimentary tickets to all Special Projects produced by the Theater Alliance

• Your name will appear on all advertising and programs for that production saying: “This production sponsored by [your name].”

• Business sponsors will receive a full-page ad in all four programs during the season

Naming Opportunities

Light Up Our Life Fund   $100

Your name (or one of your choosing) will appear on our permanent lighting donor plaque in the lobby and your gift will be earmarked for purchase of lighting instruments and other lighting equipment.

Seating Fund  $200 (Maximum of 150 Sponsors)

A name of your choosing will be engraved on a brass plaque mounted on the arm of one audience chair. Your gift will underwrite the purchase of seating.

Pillar of Support  $500

A name of your choosing will be engraved on a silver plaque mounted to one of the support columns of the theater. Your gift will help with general support of Theater Alliance operations

Green Room/Dressing Room $2,500.00

A  name of your choosing will be engraved on a plaque as the major underwriter of the furnishing of a comfortable green room for our artists

Sam Schwartz Memorial Fund

Named in honor of our late playwright-in-residence, a gift to this fund will help support emerging playwrights giving them a forum for the development of new work.

All donors will also be listed in all Theater Alliance programs.

Please consider making a donation today. You may send a check, payable to Theater Alliance and mail it to:

Theater Alliance
H Street Playhouse
1365 H Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Or you may make a donation on your credit card ... go the the home page of this web site.

If you would like to volunteer, provide housing, or for any other inquires, please contact Jeremy Skidmore at 202-396-2125.  

Theater Alliance is a 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Current Donors

Production Sponsors

Pardoe / Coldwell Banker
Tryst/The Diner

Seating Plaques

Donna Breslin
Chuck Burger & Nancy Broers
Thomas Chapman
Polly Clingerman
Paul Donnelly
Angi Eley
Peter & Jocelyne Finnegan
Linda Parke Gallagher
Betsy Kulamer
Michael Kahn
Dick Lucey*
Mag and Jimbear
Patrick Martin
Dallas Mathis
Judith Mathis
Paul & Ruth Michnewicz
Peggy O’Brien
Quetschie
Andrew Serfass
Carolyn Serfass
Jeff Serfass
Julia Serfass
Patrick Serfass
Paul Siegel
Tipper Shook-Bradley
Jeremy Skidmore
Richard Taylor
Caroline Stewart
Michael Tolaydo
Jane Warner
Stuart Waller
Yarmouth Management Co.

Pillar Plaques

Bruce & Louise Brennan
Larry Chartienitz
Nicky & Steve Cymrot
The National Capital Bank
Linda Moore (3)
Zach & Shelby Denton
Linda Baughan Norton
Charles & Susan Parsons
Scott Shumaker & Friends

Green Room Plaque 

Kevin and Anne McCormally 

Light Plaque 

David Barkley & Jeff Wingate
Chuck Burger & Nancy Broers
Dan Covey & Randy Richter
Kathleen Franzen
Jayson
Beth Hopkins and Tom Rodabaugh
Terry & Geoffrey Lewis
Chris Lewton
Richard Lindeborg
Amy C. Mauro
Martha Mountain & Gregory Goldsmith
The Redwing’s
Gene & Shirley Rosenfeld
Claire Southerlin
Vandalear Walker

Sam Schwartz Memorial Fund

Anonymous
Anonymous
John Anderson
K. Varty and Harriet Babikan
Leonard Berlanstein
Janet Borba
Eli and Frankie Bordowitz
Anne-Marie Bolton
Terrence W. Brady
Ernest and Helen Brown
Richard G. Brydges
Richard S. Bryson
Harry and Geraldine Bybee
Daniel and Karen Byrne
T. Judson and Janice Cairns
Judith Canning
Jeffrey Collins
Todd Degamo
Janice L. Edmiston
Daniel Elliott
Ian Fisk
Ward Fleissner and Paula Berard
Victor Folio
Thomas Gentry
Mrs. Charles W. Graves
Bucky Green
Nathaniel T. Green II
Ray Guzzetta
Ann Hagerty
Ruth and Theodore Haile
Joseph Hall
James C.T. Helminski
Rolbert and Anne Holum
Daniel N. Hylton
Kristian Kraai
Sandy Kyte
Dr. Lawrence Lerer
Fred Crane Lyon II
Paul S. MacWhorter
Anne McCormally
Frederick J. Napolitano
Ted Heath and Wayne Pawlowski
John and Anita O'Connell
William S. O¹Donnell
Jacqueline Pontifex
Barbara K. Rosenwald
Don and Patricia Roulstone
Paul and Sue Kelly Sayegh
Graham M. Segroves
Jeffrey and Carolyn Serfass
Patricia Sloman
Robert McLanahan Smith III
Jeanne Stahl
Stephanie
Felicity V. Swayze
Stewart B. Waller
Mary C.M. Wasko
Robert V. Witeck
 

General Fund  

Up To $100.00

Marilyn Adams
David & Martha Adler
Betsy Barnett
Robert Beseda
Karen & Peter Byrne
Gerald/Marian Connolly
Chris Denny
John & Amy Harbison
Rose Mary W. Flint
Gerald Freedman
Holly Hexter
Cathy & Steve Kadash
Jeff Lewis
Juanita Kipp
William & Valerie Lippe
Cyndie Loeper
Norman & Nancy Metzger
Niamh McCormally
Sean McCormally and Cindy Mills
John McGuire
Jennifer Mendenhall
Lisa M. Nickerson
Jane D. Nuland
Rindy & Frank O’Brien
Anthony Pontorno & Joseph Purdy
Bernard Raimo
Bernard Slosberg
Constantine Stavropoulos
Richard N. Wolf & Muriel D. Wolf
Yarmouth Management

$100.00 - $199.00

Donna Brown
Mario Camero
Joe Cartwright & Susan Punnett
Sharon E. Cochran
Deborah Edge, MD & Neal Mann
John Franzen
Eric Fuller
Elbert Hampton
Carol A. Hilliard
Alice L. Norris
Joel & Valerie Truitt
Thomas & Barbara Wells

$200.00 - $499.00

Anne McCormally
Ann Richards
Adele Robey

$500.00 - $999.00

Kathleen Coons
Peter Finnegan
Cleo Pizana
Randy Richter

 $1,000.00 - $4,999.00

Jeff and Carolyn Leonard
Shawn Helm & Tom Marchitto
Washington Post Foundation
CHAMPS Community Foundation

$5,000.00 - $9,999.00

The Sprenger Lang Foundation
Kiplinger Foundation
 

$10,000.00 and Up

DC Sports and Entertainment Commission
Fannie Mae Foundation