Why Your Support Makes A Difference

When you make a donation to the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and School of Theatre Arts, you are certainly responsible for helping to bridge the gap between our ticket sales and our actual costs of putting on a show - royalties, lumber, lighting, sound - everything that creates the magic you see on our stage. You also help us to operate our historic facility that is such an important part of downtown Grand Rapids. In fact, you literally help us keep the lights on! You also help us do so much more...

Building community one performance at a time

Making a performance come alive brings a diverse group of people together, from the professional staff of the Civic Theatre to the more than 800 volunteers who offer their time and talents each year. From pounding nails to operating the sound-board to singing in the footlights, the Civic Theatre simply would not exist without the dedicated individuals who are your neighbors, colleagues, friends and family.

Educating the next generation of performers...and patrons!

The Civic Theatre's imprint on the community goes deeper than the productions you see each season. Every year, more than 1,800 students from age four to adult participate in the School of Theatre Arts, which offers programs that are nationally recognized as a quality educational experience. Gaining skills from voice to dance to acting to stage managing, students learn about the process of the performing arts, while at the same time learning about themselves. The School also provides need-based scholarships in order to open this opportunity to as many people as possible.

Reaching out to children with the power and magic of the performing arts

For many people, performing arts have been a part of their lives for as long as they can remember. They may have had a relative or friend take their hand and lead them into the theatre for the first time when they were just able to toddle to their seats, letting the enchantment of the stage enfold them. Other children are not so fortunate. Perhaps due to financial constraints or to family situations that do not allow participation in the arts, many children do not have the opportunity to experience an art form that could enrich the rest of their lives - as well as the life of their communities - through their future involvement. In just the last five years alone, Civic Theatre's outreach programs like Traveling Troupe and Children's Matinees have brought the thrill of theatre into the lives of nearly 75,000 children throughout West Michigan.

The experiences we offer may be priceless, but providing them comes at a cost. Please help us continue our important work in West Michigan, by making a donation TODAY!

There are a number of ways you can make a gift to the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre:

• Include a gift when you purchase your season tickets
• Make a donation on-line through Network for Good
• Send your donation in by mail:
  Development Office

  Grand Rapids Civic Theatre

  30 N. Division Ave.

  Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3101
• If your business would like to help out, consider a corporate sponsorship

LaFontsee Galleries is turning 20 and Grand Rapids Civic Theatre is part of the celebration!

Take your framing orders in to LaFontsee Galleries October 26 - November 20. Be sure to choose Grand Rapids Civic Theatre as the organization that will receive 20% of your framing order and help bring the magic of the Civic stage to West Michigan!

www.lafontsee.us

Call Civic Theatre's Development Office
Tel: (616) 222-6020   Fax: (616) 222-6660