Business Support
Smart Business People Come to Play at Geva
For 50 years, Geva Theatre has been at the cultural heart of Rochester. Each year, Geva serves up to 160,000 people – including business and corporate leaders. families, children and youth, and potential customers for your business
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.
Benefits vary with gift level and opportunity. Sponsor Benefits can be tailored to suit your company’s needs and interests. To learn more about how you can form a strategic partnership with Geva Theatre to meet your organization’s specific marketing and philanthropic goals. please contact the Advancement Office at (585) 420-2041.
Business Support Benefits
Get the Star Treatment with a Geva Partnership
A partnership with Geva reinforces your brand excellence, offers unique marketing opportunities, provides opportunities for special business development events, gives employees and clients free and discounted tickets, and counts you among the businesses and community leaders who strive to uphold the vitality of the Rochester-area community.
Promotion, Advertising & Visibility
Logo and company prominently displayed in publications. programs. lobby displays. posters and banners.
Corporate Entertaining
Prime complimentary tickets and the opportunity to entertain in the Dawn & Jacques Lipson MD Lounge, our café or rehearsal hall.
Employee Benefits
Public Relations
Company image will be identified with the excellence, creativity, quality and community service that Geva Theatre represents.
Quality of Life
An investment in the community involves supporting its important institutions, which provide unique, high-quality programs for your employees, clients and customers.
Tax-Deductibility:
Geva Theatre is a non-profit 501(c)3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Play Your Part in Supporting
A Creative Engine
Exceptional theatrical art is created at Geva specifically for a community that appreciates quality, and recognizes its importance to our collective enrichment and entertainment. Over 75 new plays and musicals developed at Geva have gone on to productions across America and internationally over the past 15 years.
A Community Leader
Geva is a cultural anchor for downtown Rochester and a theatrical resource for the region, supporting more than 20 local theatre and dance companies since 2007. Each year 40.000 youth and adults are immersed in artistic expression, cultural understanding and the discipline of the performing arts through Geva’s educational and community programming. Geva’s full-time and part-time staff are an important part of the fabric of Rochesters community life.
A Dynamic Facility
At the gateway to the Center City, Geva Theatre is a central gathering place where the issues and stories of our time have been presented and explored for over 140 years, inspiring future generations to creative thought and cultural expression. Your support ensures that Rochester will continue to enjoy high quality theatrical programming. keeping the downtown area active every night of the week. This vibrant cultural life directly affects your ability to attract and retain employees in today’s competitive business environment.
Production Sponsorships
Lead Producer ($10,000)
Marketing/Publicity
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Recognition in select social media for production
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during production run (Sponsor Named)
- Logo on Geva website with link to sponsor website
- Logo on Geva digital sign in conjunction with production (30-foot high, 2-sided sign at corner of Clinton Avenue & Woodbury Blvd)
- Inclusion in production press materials
- Inclusion in production advertising as available
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production with access to Lipson Lounge (10)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event (4)
- Sponsor discount on purchased tickets for sponsored production (up to 35%) – discount/quantity TBD
- Complimentary tickets for other Geva season productions (20)
- Employee discount on tickets for first two weeks of run (up to 25%) – discount/quantity TBD
- Complimentary use of Geva Theatre space for an event, meeting or other gathering. (One of the following: Wilson Stage, Fielding Stage, Bruning Rehearsal Hall, lobby, café, or Lipson Lounge) Subject to availability; fees may apply. Food & beverage service not included.
Lead Co-Producer ($7,500)
Marketing/Publicity
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Recognition in select social media for production
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during production run (Sponsor Named)
- Logo on Geva website with link to sponsor website
- Logo on Geva digital sign in conjunction with production (30-foot high, 2-sided sign at corner of Clinton Avenue & Woodbury Blvd)
- Inclusion in production press materials
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production with access to Lipson Lounge (8)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event (4)
- Sponsor discount on purchased tickets for sponsored production (up to 35%) – discount/quantity TBD
- Complimentary tickets for other Geva season productions (14)
- Employee discount on tickets for first two weeks of run (up to 25%) – discount/quantity TBD
Executive Producer ($5,000)
Marketing/Publicity
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Recognition in select social media for production
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during production run (Sponsor Named)
- Logo on Geva website with link to sponsor website
- Logo on Geva digital sign in conjunction with production (30-foot high, 2-sided sign at corner of Clinton Avenue & Woodbury Blvd)
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production with access to Lipson Lounge (6)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event (2)
- Sponsor discount on purchased tickets for sponsored production (up to 35%) – discount/quantity TBD
- Complimentary tickets for other Geva season productions (10)
- Employee discount on tickets for first two weeks of run (up to 25%) – discount/quantity TBD
Co-Producer ($2,500)
Marketing/Publicity
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Recognition in select social media for production
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during production run (Category Named)
- Logo on Geva website with link to sponsor website
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production with access to Lipson Lounge (4)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event (2)
- Sponsor discount on purchased tickets for sponsored production (up to 35%) – discount/quantity TBD
Producer ($1,500)
Marketing/Publicity
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Recognition in select social media for production
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during production run (Category Named)
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production with access to Lipson Lounge (2)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event (2)
Special Event Sponsorships
Opening Night Sponsor ($1,500)
Marketing/Publicity
- Recognition as Opening Night Sponsor on Sponsor Page in selected Geva Production Playbills
- Season-long recognition on Geva website
- Season-long recognition in Geva Production Playbill listings
- Recognition in select social media for sponsored production Opening Night material
- Recognition on video wall in Geva lobby during production run
- Pre-performance recognition announcements during Opening Night performance
- Logo on Geva website with link to sponsor website
Goods/Services
- Complimentary tickets for sponsored production’s Opening Night reception and show (6)
- Invitation to New Season announcement event
- Sponsor discount on purchased tickets for sponsored production (up to 35%) – discount/quantity TBD
- Complimentary tickets for other Geva season productions (12)
Home for the Holidays Sponsor ($5,000 +)
- Geva’s annual fundraising gala features performances by local celebrities and business leaders in a production created by Artistic Director Emeritus 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.
