Business Support
Smart Business People Come to Play at Geva
Put Your Company in the Spotlight
Geva offers a variety of business sponsorships from
our Executive and Co-Producers who align their
brand with a specific production for maximum exposure to exciting opportunities to sponsor a performance, event or community program.
Business Support Benefits
Get the Star Treatment with a Geva Partnership
Promotion, Advertising & Visibility
Corporate Entertaining
Employee Benefits
Public Relations
Quality of Life
Tax-Deductibility:
Play Your Part in Supporting
A Creative Engine
A Community Leader
A Dynamic Facility
Production Sponsorships
Executive Producers enjoy the highest level of exposure, recognition and benefits specially tailored to meet the dynamic needs of their individual organizations. These companies enjoy premium visibility while greatly enhancing and enriching the high standards of Geva Theatre Center and the greater Rochester community.
Lead Co-Producers realize tremendous promotional visibility by helping to underwrite the production costs of a Geva Wilson Stage production. These companies have a direct impact on the quality and artistry of our performances as they position their businesses directly in the public spotlight! Benefits include name recognition, all co-producer benefits, plus prominent recognition in our marketing and advertising (up to 15 million media impressions).
Co-Producers enjoy promotional visibility by helping to underwrite the production costs of a Geva Wilson Stage production. Benefits include name recognition, complimentary tickets, entertaining options, and extensive advertising and marketing (up to 10 million media impressions).
Geva’s engaging second stage engages audiences with the most innovative and imaginative artists and productions on the scene today – fresh contemporary theatre featuring plays, music, improvisation and more. Co-Producers enjoy promotional visibility by helping to underwrite the production costs of a Geva Fielding Stage production. Benefits include name recognition, complimentary tickets, entertaining options and extensive advertising and marketing.
Performance Sponsors are in the spotlight for a night! Your business is featured in a starring role as you welcome your guests on this special evening. The ideal way to entertain clients or employees – a reception and theatre tickets to a Geva production!
Arts Education & Community
Engagement Sponsorships
Underwriting for this program is offered in up to 16 $5,000 shares to cover the cost of providing 1,600 Rochester City School District students with free tickets to student matinees, Teacher Workshops, Teacher Previews of Geva’s shows, Discovery Guides reinforcing the curriculum, Discovery Workshops in schools, Talkbacks after the student matinee performance, and In-School Actor Visits.
Geva Theatre Center offers up to 20 education and outreach programs with each production. Sponsors have the opportunity to support school matinees, student ticket underwriting, Discovery Guide printing and post-performance discussions.
Special Event Sponsorships
Special events surrounding a production or theme presented in a show, including a reading of a play or benefit performance with post-show community forum and/or discussion.
Opening night reception for each production. Benefits include recognition as host for the evening, complimentary tickets to the production and invitations to corporate events.
Geva’s annual fundraising gala features performances by local celebrities and business leaders in a production created by Artistic Director Mark Cuddy specifically for the event, live and silent auctions, and excellent food under a tent on Woodbury Boulevard and throughout the theatre. All proceeds benefit arts education at Geva Theatre Center.
Business Membership Levels
Become a Business Member at Geva
All Business Members Receive
- Season-long recognition in the Wilson Stage and Fielding Stage playbills
- Season-long recognition on donor signage in the theatre vestibule
- Discounts on tickets for performances during the first two weeks of Wilson Stage and Fielding Stage pro
ductions (up to 25%) - Invitation to the annual New Season Announcement in March
- Three ticket vouchers (each valid for 2 premium tickets; 6 tickets total)
- Backstage tour for four guests
- Six ticket vouchers (each valid for 2 premium tickets; 12 tickets total)
- Two VIP tickets to an Opening Night event for a Wilson Stage production
- Private backstage tour for six guests
- One-time space rental fee waiver (subject to availability; some fees and exclusions may apply)
- Twelve ticket vouchers (each valid for 2 premium tickets; 24 tickets total)
- Four VIP tickets to an Opening Night event for a Wilson Stage production
- Private backstage tour for six guests
- One-time space rental fee waiver (subject to availability; some costs and exclusions may apply)
- Recognition as an Associate Producer for a Wilson Stage production
- Recognition in select marketing for the production
- Recognition in all publicity for the production
- Half-page ad in the playbill for the production
- Fifteen ticket vouchers (each valid for 2 premium tickets; 30 tickets total)
- Eight VIP tickets to the Opening Night reception for the production
- Recognition on the cover of the playbill for the production
- Private backstage tour for eight guests
- Logo posted on Geva’s website with a link to the business website
- One-time space rental fee waiver (subject to availability; some fees and exclusions may apply)
