Message from
Sherri Young

Dear Champion,

Shakespeare famously wrote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” for his play HAMLET. The bard’s financial advice may be still be sound all these years later, but what has he to say about being a donor? Thankfully for us, nothing.

With that in mind, we at the African-American Shakespeare Company would like to humbly ask for your help and support this year as we kick off our 25th Anniversary season! We have a very exciting season planned, with a full run of shows spanning the full range of the classics to the new classics, plus raffles, giveaways, and more!

We have also started a new youth outreach program, called PEER, aimed at engaging with the young people in our community to foster a love of theatre and performance arts. In this spirit, we are introducing our brand-new Youth Pass this season, which will offer season passes to young people at a highly discounted rate. We hope this will open our mission of “Envisioning the classics with color,” to a generation which lacks exposure to theatre, perhaps instilling in them a love of performance and storytelling, maybe even inspiring them to continue our mission into the future.

Your support of our performances is the most essential ingredient in the continuation of our mission, and we are deeply grateful for your support.

Sherri Young
Founder and Executive Director

Donor Benefits

Foundation $10,001+
• All of the following benefits and much more!

Angel $2,501–$10,000
• All Producer benefits
• Dinner with Artistic Director L. Peter Callender

Producer $1,001–$2,500
• All Platinum benefits
• Invitation to Technical Rehearsal

Platinum $501–$1,000
• All Gold benefits
• Invitation to a Backstage Tour

Gold $251–$500
• All Silver benefits
• Invitation to First Rehearsal

Silver $101–$250
• All Patron of the Arts benefits
• Invitation to Pre-Event to Announce Season before the Media

Patron of the Arts $51–$100
• All Friends benefits
• Participation in Artistic Council Meeting
• Personal Thank You call for your support

Friends up to $50
• Subscription to From the Desk of… a personal quarterly email from L. Peter Callender and Sherri Young
• Invitation to Annual Season Launch Event
• Your name listed on production programs and website

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, donations given to us are 100% tax-deductible. After we process your donation in our system, we will mail you a Thank You letter with your donation details that you can use for tax purposes. Thank you for saying YES!