Michigan Shakespeare Festival

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Sponsors

Foundation grants and corporate sponsors form the financial underpinning of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival. Please consider joining this elite group at one of our business sponsors. Besides knowing that your company is supporting this increasingly popular event, you will be recognized as the sponsor for a portion of the Festival and will receive a variety of benefits.

The Festival counts on donations to keep its artistic vision alive and growing - and to keep ticket prices affordable to the public. Nearly half of our income comes from donations by individuals, foundations and businesses. Donations include monetary gifts, as well as in-kind contributions of everything from office space and legal services to wood chips at the Festival site.

For more information about becoming a corporate sponsor for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, please contact the Festival at (517) 788-5032 or by e-mail at thebard@michshakefest.org.

Sponsors to Date

  • Weatherwax Foundation
  • S.H.Camp Foundation
  • Blakeley Foundation
  • Consumers Energy Foundation
  • MCACA - Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs
  • Dawn Food Products
  • Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc.
  • Hurst Foundation
  • Jackson Literary and Art Association
  • Mabel Harris Trust
  • Arts & Industry Council, Battle Creek
  • County National Bank, Hillsdale
  • Elm Plating
  • Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust
  • Willis & Jurasek, P.C.
  • Allied Chucker & Engineering Co.
  • Melling Tool Company
  • Cunningham Construction
  • Great Lakes Industry, Inc.
  • Jack V. Butterfield Investment Co.
  • Seymour Ford
  • Bella Notte

Corporate Sponsor Levels

LevelPriceBenefits
Brotherhood of the Bard$100-$999
  • Company name on group banner at Festival site
  • Special recognition in our souvenir program
  • The "Bard's Banner" newsletter
Order of the Blackfriars$1,000-$2,499 Everything above, plus:
  • Company name on stand-alone banner in the audience-seating area
Order of the Swan$2,500-$4,999 Everything above, plus:
  • Company name on a program title page, showing you as a production sponsor
  • Employees are eligible for a 25 percent discount to Shakespeare productions
  • 2 free priority-seating tickets to one of our performances
Order of the Globe$5,000-$9,999 Everything above, plus:
  • Company name listed on Festival stationary
  • Banner advertisement on the MSF Web site
  • 2 more tickets (total of 4 tickets)
  • Festival press release announcing your generous contribution (optional)
Royal Order$10,000-$24,999 Everything above, plus:
  • 4 tickets to Shakespeare's Tea
  • 4 tickets to the Festival Feast
Imperial Order$25,000 and up Everything above, plus:
  • 4 more tickets to Shakespeare's Tea (8 tickets total)
  • 4 more tickets to the Festival Feast (corporate table for 8)

How to Sign Up

To become a corporate sponsor for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, contact the Festival at (517) 788-5032
or by e-mail: bard@michshakefest.org.

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