Ship’s Company Theatre will feature three riveting Canadian plays on our Mainstage in the 2008 Season. Your generous sponsorship will help to bring these significant works to the Ship’s Company Theatre stage.

BUMP, by Richard Merrill, a powerful recollection of the days following the ‘bump’ in the Number Four shaft of the Dominion Coal Company in Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in October of 1958, will launch Ship’s Company Theatre’s 25th performance season. Directing this production will be Ship’s Company alumnus Michael Chiasson. Previews will be held July 2nd and 3rd; the play will open on July 4, closing on July 27th.

Snow Dance, by Daniel Lillford, tells the story of a group of long-time friends, and a stranger, who find themselves in a café in a small town on a winter’s night in New Brunswick. Lillford’s The Mystery of Maddy Heisler made its World Premiere on the Ship’s Company Stage in 2006, and is currently playing to rapt audiences at Montreal’s Centaur Theatre. Pamela Halstead, Ship’s Company Theatre Artistic Producer, will direct this World Premiere, previewing August 6th and 7th, opening on August 8th, closing on August 24th.

A Ship Portrait, adapted from author Harry Thurston’s novella-in-verse, brings together the voices of a modern day poet and the renowned nineteenth-century painter of tall ships, John O’Brien, as it explores the value of art in society and in the life of the artist. Ship’s Company will present the World Premiere, under the direction of Pamela Halstead. The production is then scheduled to tour in conjunction with the Tall Ships Festival in 2009, with the support of the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage. A preview will take place on August 28th, with performances on August 29th, 30th, and 31st.

Mainstage Show Sponsor Benefits:

Corporate Recognition

• Your Corporate logo prominently displayed in over 25,000 full color 2008 Season brochures
• Your Corporate logo prominently displayed on the Sponsor page in 5,000 Season Programmes
• Your Corporate logo prominently displayed on the Mainstage page in 5,000 Season Programmes
• Your Corporate logo prominently displayed on 2008 Season promotional posters
• Your Corporate logo on Ship’s Company Theatre’s official website, www.shipscompany.com
• A full-page advertisement in our 2008 Season Programme
• Acknowledgement in our major advertising and publicity materials
• Recognition at Ship’s Company Theatre press conferences
• Recognition at a gala performance and reception for the opening of the sponsored show
• Prominent display of your Corporate banner outside the Theatre facility for the entire 2008 season

Sponsor Benefits

• Invitations to Ship’s Company Theatre gala opening performances and receptions
• Sixteen complimentary tickets which can be used individually for corporate giveaways, client appreciation, or on one occasion, to host your employees for a night out at Ship’s Company
• A reception in your honour after the performance, with artists and staff in attendance, should you chooses a night to attend the Theatre with your employees or guests.
• Reserved seating
• Invitations to Ship’s Company Theatre press conferences
• Charitable tax receipt for the maximum amount allowable by law
• Knowledge that you have aided in the development and production of new Canadian work