Community sponsorships

Increase your company’s brand visibility and spotlight your commitment to community by sponsoring key programs and flagship productions that open doors to professionally oriented theatre experiences for thousands of families and theatregoers each year.

Silicon Valley Shakespeare (SVS) is a nonprofit theatre company, based in the South Bay and founded in 1999 with the explicit mission to provide financially accessible theatre to those who would otherwise be shut out, widening access to classical and classics-inspired theatre for our entire community.

Joining the SVS Community Circle with a community sponsorship connects your company or organization with an innovative, award-winning, forward-thinking performing arts organization that centers arts access for all, combining bold accessibility programs with artistically rigorous, culturally relevant work.

What We Do

  • A FREE Shakespeare-in-the-Park production in San José’s Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park.

  • Two summer productions (one Shakespeare and one non-Shakespeare classic/classics-inspired), performed in rotating repertory in Saratoga’s Sanborn Park. Productions are ticketed for adults and free for kids 17 and under.

  • An immersive, site-specific production of A Christmas Carol, held at a historic South Bay venue.

  • A 48-hr Play Festival of 6 world-premiere new works that are written, rehearsed, and performed by Bay Area playwrights, directors, and actors.

  • Free staged readings (ShakesBEERience), ShakesPod podcast (with exclusive performances, deep-dive discussions, and more), and a far-reaching Education Program.

Our Impact

Since 1999, SVS has served:

  • 122K+ patrons, with 63% attending for free

  • $2M in free admission for those who would otherwise be shut out of the arts

  • 34,500+ kids and students, stewarding the next generation of theatremakers

Our Reach

  • 6,000 attendees each season

  • 5,700+ email subscribers

  • 5,500+ followers on social media

  • Patrons spanning the entire Bay Area

  • 45+ mainstage performance nights annually

  • Up to 20 additional events and performances (in person and online) for ancillary programs

Explore the various levels of support and corresponding benefits below.

To arrange your sponsorship, please contact Development Associate Rebecca Voss at rebecca.voss@svshakespeare.org.

  • Sponsor one of our many talented artists, from actors to designers, directors to technicians. Your sponsorship helps bring their artistry to life! 

    Receive:

    1. Recognition in production playbills (name listing), seen by nearly 6,000 attendees annually

    2. Two (2) complimentary tickets to Sanborn Park productions with reserved seating

    3. Reserved lawn seating at Willow Street Park production

    Invitation to three (3) exclusive VIP preshow receptions through the summer, including backstage tours at Sanborn Park and behind-the-scenes talks from artistic staff

  • Sponsor a program at the heart of our community.

    Choose from:

    • YOUTH PROGRAMS: For thousands of kids each year, SVS is their first exposure to theatre. Your sponsorship fosters the next generation of theatregoers and -makers, from our free admission to kids 17 and under, to our far-reaching Education Programs with in-school workshops, assemblies, theatre residencies, and more.

    • TRAINEE PROGRAM: Sponsor professional development for early-career artists in high school and college through our Trainee Program. The emerging professionals selected for the Program receive paid, hands-on work experience on a mainstage show (as an actor or in tech/design), a mentor in their chosen discipline, professional headshots, audition monologue coaching, and more.

    • ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS: Open doors for those who would otherwise be shut out of the arts—sponsor ASL-interpreted performances, nightly Accessibility Comps (free tickets to anyone with financial need, no questions asked), disability-access initiatives, and more.

    Receive:

    1. Recognition in production playbills (name listing), seen by nearly 6,000 attendees annually

    2. Four (4) complimentary tickets to Sanborn Park productions with reserved seating

    3. Reserved lawn seating at Willow Street Park production

    4. Invitation to three (3) exclusive VIP preshow receptions through the summer, including backstage tours at Sanborn Park and behind-the-scenes talks from artistic staff

    5. Ticket discount for company employees, organization members, or friends and family

    6. Backstage tour at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park

  • Sponsor a summer production of your choice.

    Receive:

    1. Recognition in production playbills (name listing), seen by 6,000+ attendees annually

    2. Eight (8) complimentary tickets to Sanborn Park productions with reserved seating

    3. Reserved lawn seating at Willow Street Park production

    4. Invitation to 3 exclusive VIP preshow receptions through the summer, including backstage tours at Sanborn Park and behind-the-scenes talks from artistic staff

    5. Ticket discount for friends, organization members, or company employees

    6. Backstage tour at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park

    7. Logo on SVS website

    8. Half-page ad in production playbill for one (1) summer production of your choice (full-page ad upgrade if ad-space is available)

  • Sponsor all 3 summer productions for the entire season.

    Receive:

    1. Recognition in production playbills (logo), seen by 6,000+ attendees annually

    2. Twelve (12) complimentary tickets to Sanborn Park productions with reserved seating

    3. Reserved lawn seating at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park production

    4. Invitation to 3 exclusive VIP preshow receptions through the summer, including backstage tours at Sanborn Park and behind-the-scenes talks from artistic staff

    5. Ticket discount for friends, organization members, or company employees

    6. Backstage tour at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park

    7. Logo on SVS website, with live hyperlinked URL to your company’s site

    8. Logo in all SVS e-newsletters for the season (5,700+ subscribers)

    9. Full-page ad in both summer production playbills (June– September)

    10. Invitation to attend first read-throughs of all three (3) summer productions and meet cast/creative production staff

  • Sponsor an entire season of four (4) mainstage productions, a 48-hour Play Festival of new works, free staged readings, podcast episodes, special-event nights, and more!

    Receive:

    1. Recognition in production playbills (logo), seen by nearly 6,000 attendees annually

    2. Sixteen (16) complimentary tickets to Sanborn Park productions with reserved seating

    3. Eight (8) complimentary tickets to the Invited Preview Night of our always sell-out December production of A Christmas Carol. Invited Preview Night is a private performance by invitation only and not open to the public

    4. Reserved lawn seating at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park production

    5. Invitation to four (4) exclusive VIP preshow receptions throughout the year, including backstage tours at Sanborn Park and behind-the-scenes talks from artistic staff

    6. Ticket discount for friends, organization members, or company employees

    7. Backstage tour at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park

    8. Logo on SVS website, with live hyperlinked URL

    9. Logo in all SVS e-newsletters for the season (5,700+ subscribers)

    10. Full-page ad in the full season of program playbills (June– December)

    11. Invitation to attend first read-throughs of all four (4) mainstage productions and meet cast/creative production staff

    12. Nightly live recognition in one of our curtain speeches (may be pre- or post-show or at intermission)

    13. Special VIP night for employees, organization members, or friends and family at a performance of your choice, with reserved seating, complimentary refreshments, and backstage tour

    14. A mention in our podcast

    15. Lunch or dinner for two (2) with SVS Executive Director