Sponsorship Opportunities

Current Sponsorship Opportunities

The Arts

• Folger Theatre's 2011/12 season features Shakespeare's Othello and The Taming of the Shrew, and 18th-century playwright Susan Centlivre's The Gaming Table.
• Folger Consort's 2011/12 season, Revelations: Music of Visions and Visionaries, includes five chamber concerts of music celebrating revolutionary moments and visionary achievements in early music.  
• The 2011/12 O.B. Hardison Poetry Series features  readings by contemporary poetry's most eloquent voices.
• The Folger's popular family festival, Shakespeare's Birthday Open House, is the one day of the year when all of the Folger, including the magnificent Reading Rooms, are open to all!

Exhibitions

• Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible  (September 23, 2011-January 14, 2012)
• Shakespeare’s Sisters: Voices of English and European Women Writers, 1500-1700  (February 2-May 19, 2012)

K-12 Education

• Shakespeare Steps Out introduces D.C. public school students in third to sixth grade to the life, times, and works of William Shakespeare, while developing academic, teamwork, and leadership skills using the Folger's acclaimed performance-based, multi-disciplinary approach.
• Student Shakespeare Festivals engage students and teachers from the greater Washington area in developing their ownership of the language used in Shakespeare's plays, while giving students an opportunity to perform on the Folger's Elizabethan stage in front of an audience of their peers, families, and fans. 

Special Events

• The Folger Gala raises critical unrestricted dollars in support of the Folger's cultural and educational programs.
• Acquisitions Night supports the Library's Acquisitions and Conservation Programs.

Benefit packages vary depending on the program and are tailored to meet the sponsors' needs. Some benefits may include:

• Recognition in marketing collateral for events
• Name and/or logo recognition on the Folger website
• Name recognition in the Folger's Annual Report
• Name and/or logo recognition in playbills
• Membership for one year in the Renaissance Circles
• Invitations to exhibition openings and Folger Theatre opening night performances and receptions

For more information on these sponsorship opportunities and benefits, please contact:

Meaghan Phelan
Senior Development Officer for Institutional Relations
(202) 675-0371