Your Support Means The World To Us!

Thank you for supporting Short North Stage this season!

This past year we brought joy to our patrons with White Christmas and Beautiful, challenged audiences by becoming the first regional theater to produce Slave Play and Which Way to the Stage, and executed productions of the highest quality and standards as evidence by Into the Woods and The Wild Party. Recently audiences enjoyed Kinky Boots and The Color Purple! The importance of your continued role as a Short North Stage investor cannot be overstated because ticket and subscription sales alone cannot keep us whole. Each year our fundraising campaign lays the groundwork for the coming year, and your donations make it all possible!

Your generous donation will positively impact our efforts to:

  • Support Local Talent. Last year we hired more than 150 local artists, actors, and creative professionals who depend on the arts for their livelihood. We intend to match if not exceed that number in 2024.

  • Enhance the Theater Experience for All. We made a number of improvements to seating, staging, lighting, and sound production – including the use of adaptive aural and visual technologies – because we believe in live theatre for ALL. Every post-show “talkback” now includes ASL interpreters, a practice we will be continuing next year.

  • Educate the Next Generation of Outstanding Performers and Technical Artists. Your support allowed us to offer 30 students a place in our High School Internship Program – focused specifically on students grades 9 through 12 – ensuring that young people have a pathway to a professional arts career.

    Ticket sales alone do not cover the costs of producing and running this dynamic theater company. It takes donors, local sponsors and corporate sponsors like you that help us continues to create innovative and exciting theater while implementing inclusive initiatives. As you consider the organizations you will be supporting, we hope we can count on you to put Short North Stage on your list.

Thank you for your love of Short North Stage, and for the life-changing experiences you help make possible for everyone who walks though the doors of the Garden Theatre. Together, we can ensure this company continues to thrive as our region’s premier live theatre organization. Thank you for your generosity this season!