A CAMPAIGN FOR THE INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE

When you make a gift to the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Front and Center Campaign, you are supporting the immediate needs of the Theatre while also ensuring its long-term sustainability.

Watch the video below to learn more about our exciting plans for the IRT!

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WHY SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN?

THE IRT EXPANDS OUR COMMUNITY’S PERSPECTIVES
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to unite in a common space and experience stories that explore the primary issues of humanity. Together as audience members, people connect, discuss, and reflect.

THE IRT ENTERTAINS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
Through a compelling array of classic, contemporary, and world premiere plays, we captivate audiences with stories rendered on our stages expertly by professional artists and artisans.

THE IRT ENLIGHTENS YOUNG MINDS
By providing quality, interactive arts experiences to over 40,000 Indiana school children each season, we play a vital role in developing empathy and critical thinking skills in the future generation of Hoosiers.

THE IRT ENHANCES OUR REGION’S ECONOMY
As a locally operating small business, we create jobs, attract patrons to shop and dine Downtown, and provide an essential cultural amenity that helps other local businesses attract and retain top-flight talent to Central Indiana.

 

The Impact of the Campaign

Support artistic innovation, onstage and behind the scenes

Campaign funds will:

  • Expand our ability to produce and commission new plays
  • Allow flexibility for selecting shows with large cast sizes
  • Update artisan shops and performance spaces with state-of-the-art technologies that the field’s top designers and technicians demand

Ensure the sustainability of the Theatre for generations to come

Campaign funds will:

  • Grow our endowment to protect our annual operations against economic instability
  • Provide earmarked monies for maintenance and improvements to our historic building

Expand our artistic programming

Campaign funds will:

  • Allow us to expand the number of educationally-focused productions each season
  • Provide greater flexibility to program our Signature Six Series with new, modern, and classic plays that are better suited to our adult audiences

Develop our audience to reach more of the community

Campaign funds will:

  • Support deeper outreach into our community to bring new audiences to the Theatre
  • Allow for the implementation of new technologies and systems to better serve our patrons

Renovate the Upperstage Lobby

  • Refresh and modernize this space, and improve the flow to better accommodate audiences
  • Update and expand restroom facilities that serve the Upperstage and Cabaret Theatres

Check out the Campaign Brochure to learn more about the Front and Center Campaign.

ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Contact us using the information below, or click to learn about the ways to make a gift!

Janet Allen, Executive Artistic Director
jallen@irtlive.com | 317.916.4800

Suzanne Sweeney | Managing Director
ssweeney@irtlive.com | 317.916.4820

Jennifer Turner | Director of Development
jturner@irtlive.com | 317.916.4835

 

The IRT will be accepting pledges to the Campaign through March 2020. Pledge payments will be accepted for an additional five years, through March 2025.

You can make your gift via credit card, personal check, stocks or mutual funds, or through the IRA Required Minimum Distribution. We will also be accepting legacy gifts as a part of the Campaign. Visit our Legacy Giving webpage to learn more about making an estate gift to the Theatre.

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[NEWS BLOCK with press releases]

  • IRT announces $18.5 Million campaign
  • Lechleiters Name the Playwright-in-Residence Position at the IRT
  • Campaign Funds Make IRT Building & Technology Upgrades Possible