St. John's Shorts is one of the fastest growing arts events in our region. The two week festival welcomes over 2,000 theatre goers from all walks of life including our arts, business, social enterprise and consumer sectors. 

St. John's Shorts is a not-for-profit initiative with the mandate to welcome and encourage local theatre artists to create, perform and explore. We provide a platform for over 100 established and emerging theatre artists. 

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As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on community and business organizations who believe in the importance of our arts community.

​Your sponsorship - at various levels provides a number of ROI benefits:
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• Positioning your organization as a high profile true advocate of our arts community
• Numerous opportunities to share and promote your organization's brand and messaging to our audiences, social network followers, media mentions and our promotional materials
• Supporting over 100 local artists
• Assisting in ensuring our ticket costs remain affordable for all members of our community
• Receiving number of opportunities for you and your organization's members/employees to attend and participate in the festival

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We offer a number of sponsorship levels with a variety of benefits to fit any organization's level of investment. Please have a look at our current levels - or contact us directly if you have other ideas on how you would like to support this year's festival. 

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St. John's Short Play Festival 2019 Sponsorship Packages

PLATINUM ​($750+)

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• Showcase your signage and promotional material at front of house throughout festival. 
• A verbal thank you from the stage on opening night, as well as a short description of your organization. 
• Full page ad in our program.
• 2 tickets to each night at the festival
• Your name/logo listed on all our print material and web site.
• Ongoing promotions on our social media platforms leading up to and throughout the festival.

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SILVER ($250)

Sponsor either our opening or closing reception and receive:

• Reception “sponsored by” your company on all promotional materials.
• 1/2 page ad in our program.
• Verbal thank you at reception. 
• Two tickets to opening and closing night of the festival.
• Invitation to the reception.
• A thank you and highlight post on our social media.

GOLD ($500)

• Showcase your signage or promotional materials at an assigned night you will be celebrated for sponsoring.
• A verbal thank you from the stage on your sponsorship night. 
• Full page ad in our program.
• Two tickets to opening and closing night of the festival.
• Your name/logo listed in our program.
• A featured post on our social media with a link to your website or social media page.​​​

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BRONZE ($100)

• 1/4 page ad in our program.
• Two tickets on any night of the festival.
• A thank you post on our social media​.
• A thank you listing on our web site.

FESTIVAL FRIEND ($50)

• Two tickets to any show in the festival.
• A thank you mention in our program.
• A thank you listing on our web site.