Limelight Theatre opens the 25th season in September 2016! We have 7 new shows on the calendar for 2016-17. Each show is available for sponsorship, with EXCLUSIVE advertising, marketing, and other business perks! Call 904-825-1164, or email [email protected] to reserve YOUR show!
SPONSORSHIP COST
$2,500 per production — Pick the show, subject to availability — see list below.
SPONSORSHIP PERKS
- Business logo on show poster (which hangs in the lobby), on outdoor sign and lobby marquee, on postcards (1,200 mailed each show), in press releases, and on Limelight website
- Multiple posts on social media — Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- 10 tickets to opening night performance — opening night includes champagne toast pre-show, meet-the-cast and party following the show
- On-stage introduction at all show performances
- Framed show poster, signed by cast
- Full page ad in playbill for show sponsored; ¼ page ad in all other playbills for this season
2016-17 — 25th Season
Oklahoma!
Musical
Sponsored by THE RAINTREE RESTAURANT
- September 23-October 23, 2016
- 25TH SEASON PARTY: September 21 at Raintree Restaurant ($60 for dinner and the show. Not included in subscription.)
- Preview: September 22
- Terrific Tuesday: September 27
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the 20th century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
Cotton Patch Gospel
Musical
Sponsored by DESIGN EXTENSIONS
- December 2-31, 2016
- Student/Teacher Night: November 30
- Preview: December 1
- Terrific Tuesday: December 6
Presented in a setting of rural Georgia with country music songs by Harry Chapin. Herod is the mayor of Atlanta and, inevitably, Christ is lynched by local thugs only to rise again.
Hedda Gabler
Drama
- January 27-February 19, 2017
- Student/Teacher Night: January 25
- Preview: January 26
- Terrific Tuesday: January 31
Henrik Ibsen’s great social drama of a caged woman in the late 19th century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom.
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Comedy
- March 10-April 2, 2017
- Student/Teacher Night: March 8
- Preview: March 9
- Terrific Tuesday: March 14
A sympathetic werewolf, a vampire and an Egyptian princess brought to life when her tomb is opened make this a comedy that has everything! Two actors play all the roles!
I Ought To Be In Pictures
Comedy
- April 21-May 14, 2017
- Student/Teacher Night: April 19
- Preview: April 20
- Terrific Tuesday: April 25
This was Limelight Theatre’s FIRST show, on stage 25 years ago! The Neil Simon play tells the story of a 19-year-old New Yorker who moves to Hollywood to become an actress and find her father, a screenwriter.
The Nance
Drama/Comedy/with music
- June 2-25, 2017
- Student/Teacher Night: May 31
- Preview: June 1
- Terrific Tuesday: June 6
The Nance recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque’s heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Musical
- July 21-August 20, 2017
- Student/Teacher Night: July 19
- Preview: July 20
- Terrific Tuesday: July 25
An eclectic group of six students vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime.