invest in the Washington Savoyards

Please make your investment in music, laughter,
and the Washington Savoyards

Thank you for your expressed interest and support in the Washington Savoyards, musical theatre, and light opera. As we prepare for “Another op’nin, another show,” we promise you excellent returns on the much needed and very generous tax-deductible gift you make to the Washington Savoyards. You can make a donation when you buy your tickets, donate online through Network for Good, or download our donation response form and mail it in.

We are now in our second full season in our new home at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. We know that the Atlas is serving our patrons well and that we are helping it be a strong anchor for all the Atlas District development. Together we are helping to revitalize H Street as one of Washington’s great main streets. Last season, the Washington Savoyards brought over 10,000 people into the Atlas District and this season our goal is to exceed that number by at least fifty percent!

Your gift will also help us break ground on a new and exciting program: Emerging Art and Artists: New Musical Works for the Stage. This creative program offers composers, lyricists, directors, designers, and performers an opportunity to present their new work through readings and workshops. These presentations could lead to full productions. We are finalizing this program. There will be more news about Emerging Arts and Artists in the coming months.

Inca sun from the scenic design of the 2004 production of LA PERICHOLE (designed by Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden

The Washington Savoyards meets a large portion of its financial obligations through its ticket sales and other earned income. It could not survive, however, without the financial support of its friends.

You make a difference!

Ticket sales bring in less than sixty percent of the total cost of each production.

What parts of a Savoyards production do you care about the most?
your donation of $100 to $249 (Yeomen) helps print the program
your gift of $250 to $499 (Baronet) helps support the sound and light systems
a contribution of $500 to $999 (Peer) supports a singer
$1,000-$2,499 (Grand Duke) provides support for the orchestra
your contribution of $2,500 to $4,999 (Paramount) helps support the directors
by investing over $5,000 (Queen's Navee) you help to provide costumes
If you would like to sponsor a production, please contact the Washington Savoyards at 202.399.7993 to learn how you can help.

all donations over $25 are listed in the programs for a year after they are given

There are many ways you can make your contribution.

you can make a credit card contribution by clicking on the secure Network for Good website
you can download our donation response form, fill it in, and mail it to the Washington Savoyards at 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
*you* can mail a check to the Savoyards' office at 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
you can add a donation to your online ticket purchase
if you bank electronically, *you* can set up an electronic payment to the Washington Savoyards
if you bank electronically, *you* can set up a recurring payment with your bank to the Washington Savoyards—sending $10 each month might be a lot easier that making one $120 contribution and sending $100 each month might be much easier than making one $1,200 donation
you can make a donation of stock to the Washington Savoyards

The Washington Savoyards appreciates your support. We present fine productions of light opera, operetta, and musical theatre. We provide employment, training, and performance experience to the fine artists of the Washington area. We are a lean organization and depend on our patrons and friends to invest in the Company's work.

The Washington Savoyards is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations to the Savoyards are tax deductible to the limit of the law. For more information about the Savoyards, please see the IRS determination letter (pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat reader) and the IRS 990s the Company filed for fiscal years 1997-2004. The 990s are available from GuideStar (put "Washington Savoyards" into GuideStar's search engine. If you are not registered with GuideStar, you will need to do so. It is a free registration).

The GuideStar report on the Company is also available through Network for Good.