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Thank You!

Your support is vital and appreciated. Your gift sustains one of the world’s preeminent Musical Theatre Companies, allowing us to:

  • produce the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan (and other works of comparable wit, literacy and musical merit);

  • keep ticket prices competitive (so people throughout the Bay Area can enjoy high quality classic musical theatre);

  • provide performance opportunities to local theatre artists;

  • promote appreciation for the arts through youth programs, school performances and community outreach.

Click the button above to make a tax-deductible gift to the Lamplighters through Google, Paypal or with your credit card.

You can also make your donation by phoning us at 415-227-4797.


The Benefits of Supporting the Lamplighters!

In grateful appreciation for your generous support and encouragement, we are pleased to offer gifts, treats and special opportunities to enhance your appreciation for and enjoyment of the wonderful comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan and other classic musical theatre. Our membership clubs and the ways we want to thank you are described here.


Early success for our ambitious, Multi-year CD Recording Project -
Step into the Spotlight and Sponsor a Track!

As one of the world’s preeminent producers of Gilbert & Sullivan, Lamplighters Music Theatre sets the bar for outstanding performances. The witty dialogue and intricate music in a G&S operetta require a great deal of professionalism and talent, which the Lamplighters bring to the stage for audience members like you.

As part of our mission to celebrate and preserve the history of G&S, we are undertaking a new project - to record live performances of each G&S operetta, beginning with our 2013 productions of Princess Ida, The Sorcerer and Iolanthe. Our goal is to capture, for posterity, the definitive recording of these well-loved gems.

I know that many of you have already donated to our annual fund drive, and I thank you sincerely. I hope you will take an extra step now and join us in this exciting venture by sponsoring a track. A gift of $500 to our CD Recording Project will secure your position as sponsor for one song (gifts of $250 receive co-sponsorship credit). Your name, or that of your business, will be listed in the liner notes, and you will receive a complimentary copy of the CD when it is released.

All sponsorship opportunities for Princess Ida have already been claimed and our disc is in production (see below for a sneak preview). Sponsorship for The Sorcerer and Iolanthe is still available. Would you like to help us “Ring Forth, Ye Bells” and invoke the “Sprites of Earth and Air?” Click here for a list of available tracks. Sponsors will be matched with their preferred songs on a first-come, first-served basis, or we can make the match for you, if you like.

Whether you want to promote your business in print, celebrate a beloved song, or simply help the Lamplighters achieve our goals, your sponsorship gift will be greatly appreciated, and is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. For more information, please contact Development Director Amy Himes at 415-227-4797 or ahimes@lamplighters.org. You can also donate online and specify the CD Project and your preferred track.

Lamplighters CD - Princess Ida, 2013

Princess Ida CD now available for Pre-purchase

Our Princess Ida CD is now available for advance purchase from our online store. We expect to have them available for purchase at our performances starting with Iolanthe this summer.

This double CD features the full performance, including dialog and an extension to the overture written by our Resident Music Director, Baker Peeples, and was recorded on February 2, 2013 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Preview track 4, "Now hearken to my strict command", by clicking the play button at the bottom of the CD cover art to the left.


Provide Lasting Support with a Planned Gift!

The Illuminators are those individuals and families who have demonstrated their belief in the value of the Lamplighters for future generations by including the Lamplighters in their estate plans. For information on how to make a tax-deductible gift to the Lamplighters in your will or through stocks, annuities, insurance policies or other forms of planned giving, please contact Amy Himes at ahimes(at)lamplighters.org or 415-227-4797.

Employer Matching Gifts Program

Ask your personnel or public affairs office if your company has a matching gifts program, and find out how you can double your own contribution by participating.

We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Tax ID number: 94-6109095

For more information, please email us at info(at)lamplighters.org or call our administrative office at 415-227-4797.


Wish List

Support to The Lamplighters can be given in many ways. The following is a short list of items and services that would greatly assist our staff in their work. If you are interested in donating any items on this list please contact us at the production office at info@lamplighters.org or 415-227-4797.

A recent PC in good working order (with 2.0-GHz (or higher) processor), a good quality digital camera, dress forms (particularly women’s size 14 or 16), masonite sheets for our rehearsal floor, local warehouse space, a Mac G5 or newer, auction prizes for our Gala/Hidden Treasures events.



Lamplighters Music Theatre is sponsored in part by generous grants from:

GFTA


Shop online to donate at no extra cost!

The Lamplighters have partnered with the Internet Shopping Mall iGive.com as a way to raise critical funds to support the work of our organization. After you register as a supporter of the Lamplighters, everytime you make a purchase through any of iGive.com’s 700+ stores, the Lamplighters will receive up to 26.25% of your purchase. iGive.com is totally free, and you'll never pay more by shopping through their mall. In fact you can often take advantage of free shipping and exclusive coupons.

Participating stores include Amazon, Drugstore.com, Pottery Barn, Best Buy, Staples, eBay, Walgreens, and many more. Your contributions may even be tax deductible. For a limited time iGive is offering a $5 bonus with your first purchase if you make your first purchase within 45 days of joining. Click here to sign up or go to the site for more details.

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Donate Your Old Car to the Lamplighters

Would you like to be rid of an automobile quickly and painlessly while supporting our mission? Do you have a car you no longer want or use but you don't want to go through the trouble of selling it? You can make a real contribution to us with a donation of your old banger of a car! When you donate your automobile to Lamplighters Music Theatre everything is taken care of with no cost to you and with no papework hassle. Support us, make an automobile donation to us. Automobile donation information.


Light the Lamp Campaign

We have launched a company member campaign in honor of Lamplighters 60th Anniversary. We’re calling it “Light the Lamp”. Once we’ve reached our goal, the Lamp will be Lit!

As we all know, many arts organizations are struggling, and even failing completely in this economy. But the Lamplighters keep sharing the joy and brilliance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s music with audiences throughout the Bay Area and beyond. We realize that everyone who is a Lamplighter Company Member already spends lots of time, effort, and skill to bring our productions to audiences. Believe me, I don’t think there’s a single member who isn’t grateful for the efforts of everyone else. We’re asking for just a bit more from you, to allow us to continue to do what we all love.

We are asking every single Company Member to pledge a donation to the Lamplighters between now and October 21 (the date of the 60th Anniversary Gala). Our goal is to raise $30,000, and just as importantly, to gain 100% participation from the Members. That’s just $60.00 per person, if 500 Company Members participate. That participation is a key for major donors looking to give to an arts organization. It shows how much we believe in what we’re doing and how our community benefits from our work and talent. Once we’ve achieved our goal of $30,000 and 100% participation, we will ask major donors to match that $30,000, which will make a goal of $60,000 – just in time for the 60th Anniversary celebration in October. At last night’s meeting all of the 51 company members present pledged to the campaign! One company member even pledged to match all donations made by the recent Mikado cast and orchestra!

You have many options for pledging funds: you can make a one-time payment, via cash, check, credit or debit card, Paypal, money order, cashier’s check, you name it. You may also pledge to donate incrementally: monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, annually. There is also a “donate” button on our Facebook page. Anything and everything you donate will be a huge help, never think a donation is too small (or too large!). And, know – you are appreciated by everyone in the organization.

Here’s to all Lamplighters, and to another 60 years, with our help! LET’S LIGHT THE LAMP!

Thank you all,

Lawrence Ewing,
Vice President

 

Kelcey Poe,
Company Representative 2011-2013



KoKo’s Little List

GIFTS

PLEDGES

Henry Anderson
Willa Anderson
George Arana
George Ashworth
Jennifer Ashworth
Katie Bauman
Steve Bauman
Jeffrey Beaudoin
Nancy Benson
Adam Bier
Laura Blakely
Mark Blattel
Steve Bower
Anna Sophia Boyd
David & Colleen Boyd
Kathi & David Brotemarkle
Maureen & Terry Cain
James & Margaret Callahan
Pamela Carey
RJ Castaneda
Dennis Chase
Kathleen Conner
Jan Crago
Diane D'Angelo
Gavan Dagnese & Poppea Dorsam
Nicholas Dahlman
Katy Daniel - In Memory of Sally H. Daniel
Peter de Vries
Shelly de Vries
Sophia de Vries
Kathleen Dederian
Meghan Dibble
Keith Doerge
Diana Dorman
Robert Dorsett
Richard Drossler
Elizabeth Durst
Laura Ehrlich
Jordan Eldredge
Judith Epstein
F. Lawrence Ewing
Josepha Fath
Laurie Feldman
Katherine Feller
Lois Feller
Chris Focht
Titus France
Elspeth Franks
Rose Frazier
Michele Garside
Joe Giammarco
Emily Gladstone Cole & David Cole
Denise Gutierrez
Jane Erwin Hammett
Peter & Harriet Hanauer
Barbara Heroux
Bruce Hoard
Chelsea Hollow
Tom Hundt
Sean Irwin
Kathleen Johannessen
Shelley Lynn & Gerald Johnson
Kristen Jones
Clint Joste
Katy Juneau
Douglas Kadlecek
Steven Kahlich
Monroe Kanouse
Joanne Kay - In Honor of Barbara Heroux
Susan Kelley
Claire Kelm
Ellen Kerrigan

Erin Kiernan
Kenneth Kiernan
David Kirby
David Knudson
Talia Levitan
Miriam Lewis & Douglas Mandell
William Loney
Philip Lowery
Ann & Adrian Mac Nab
Jim and Judy MacIlvaine
Molly Mahoney
Ron Masker
Lisa May
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong
Patricia Minger
Sabella Moreno
Bill Neely
William Neil
Jeff Noll
Judith Norberg
Lynn & Roy Oakley
Norman Peck
Baker A. Peeples
Baker S. Peeples
Susanna Peeples
Kelcey Jay Poe
Kelly Powers
Linden Press
Hallie Randel-Schreieber
Aviva Raskin
Eric Ratner
Patrick & Marti Ritto
Mara Robinson
Cary Ann Rosko & Matthew Hancher
John Rouse
Ted & Adrienne Savetnick
Jon Schmidt
David Schoenbrun
Lucy Schoening
Robert Seidel
Chris Shuford
Sally Shunsky-Hernandez
Paul Sinasohn
Lily Smyth
David Spencer/Sing for America
Jonathan Spencer
Robby Stafford
Carl Stanley
Robin Steeves
Arthur Sullivan
Walter & Beverly Sykes
Karen Tesitor
Argo Thompson
Jill Thompson
Lindsay Thompson Roush
Paul Toulmin
Carmello Tringali
Chris Uzelac
Robert Vann
Sarah Vardigans
John & Martha Vlahos
Christopher Walkey
Rick Williams
Daniel Wood
Melissa Wortman
Daniel Yelen
Lisa Zadek
Paul Zawilski
Al Zemsky
Mike Zimmerman
Anonymous

Dwayne Best
Rebecca Brown
Melissa Butcher
Bob Corrick
Cathy Cutler
Gwyneth Davis
Marina Ma
Zach & Kathryn Ma
Charles Martin
Nanette McGuinness
Liz Pasha
Bill Ralph
Alan Roberts
Kate Sendegeya


$33,974
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Light the Lamp!

KoKo’s List Song

"As some day it may happen that some funding must be found,
We've got a major list, We've got a MAJOR list.........
of company participants whose work has been profound,
on thanks we will insist
on thanks we MUST insist......
there's the guy who started acting only several months ago
the conservatory student yet with still a year to go
the veteran old-guard singers who have stories from the past
and amazing sets and costumes that are always built to last
let's not forget the orchestra and tech crew and the staff
We've got YOU on our list
Giving Back's the campaign's gist"




© Lamplighters Music Theatre, 2012