An American Center for New Plays
Recipient of the Regional Theater Tony Award

Chicago Stories

 

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20th Annual Chicago Stories Benefit

Friday, April 16, 2010 6:00PM
at the Fairmount Chicago, Millennium Park

Evening includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, live and silent auctions filled with wonderful merchandise donated by many of Chicago's finest retailers and a full-course gourmet dinner in the elegant International Ballroom. After a delectable dessert service, the room will transform to a stylish salon where the celebrity playwrights' new plays will be performed.

The Chicago Stories 2010 Playwrights are:

Candace Collins Jordan- Former model/actress, society scribe

Peter Sagal- Host of NPR and WBEZ's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me

Bernie Sahlins- Co-founder, producer and director of The Second City Chicago

Also, Richard Christiansen will be the Special Guest Critic for the evening!!

 

Table levels: $10,000, $7,500, $5,000, $3,500

Single tickets: $300

See below for full donor benefit details.

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DIAMOND RAFFLE a 1 in 100 chance of winning!!!

You could win your choice of:

A Stunning Diamond Necklace

Hoop Diamond Earrings or a

Diamond Tennis Bracelet

compliments of Edward Ford Jewelers

Tickets are $100 each and ONLY 100 will be sold, for a 1 in 100 chance in winning!

To purchase tickets please call Kaye Oberhausen, Development Manager at 773-328-2146

(winner need not be present to win)

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Playwright’s Level Sponsorship – $10,000

  • One table for ten guests in a preferred seating location
  • Opportunity to host, at your table, a VGT playwright, actor, director, or designer
  • Sponsor credit for a portion of the evening’s festivities on Chicago Stories event invitation (i.e. “Silent Auction Presented by” or “Cocktail Hour Presented by”) (distribution 3,000 VIP households)
  • Sponsor credit for a portion of the evening’s festivities in Chicago Stories event program (i.e. “Silent Auction Presented by” or “Cocktail Hour Presented by”) (distribution 500 VIP guests
  • Name or corporate logo displayed on screen during dinner
  • Half-page advertisement in Chicago Stories event program (distribution 500 VIP guests)
  • Sponsor credit for a portion of the evening’s festivities in Chicagoplays, VGT’s Mainstage program–three editions (distribution 21,000 theater patrons
  • Name or corporate logo (with link to corporate Web site) displayed on VGT’s Web site, VictoryGardens.org
  • Sponsorship recognition in Victory News (distribution 6,000 subscribers and donors)

Directors’ Level Sponsorship – $7,500

  • One table for ten guests in a preferred seating location
  • Opportunity to host, at your table, a VGT playwright, actor, director, or designer
  • Sponsor credit on Chicago Stories event invitation (distribution 3,000 VIP households)
  • Name or corporate logo displayed on screen during dinner
  • Quarter-page advertisement in Chicago Stories event program (distribution 500 VIP guests)
  • Listing in Chicagoplays, VGT’s Mainstage program–three editions (distribution 21,000 theater patrons)
  • Name or corporate logo (with link to corporate Web site) displayed on VGT’s Web site, VictoryGardens.org
  • Sponsorship recognition in Victory News (distribution 6,000 subscribers and donors)

Designers’ Circle Table – $5,000

  • One table for ten guests in a preferred seating location
  • Opportunity to host, at your table, a VGT playwright, actor, director, or designer
  • Listing in Chicago Stories event program (distribution 500 VIP guests)
  • Listing in Chicagoplays, VGT’s Mainstage program–three editions (distribution 21,000 theater patrons)
  • Listing in Victory News (distribution 6,000 subscribers and donors)

Benefactor Table – $3,500

  • One table for ten guests
  • Listing in Chicago Stories event program (distribution 500 VIP guests)
  • Listing in Chicagoplays, VGT’s Mainstage program – three editions (distribution 21,000 theater patrons)
  • Listing in Victory News (distribution 6,000 subscribers and donors)

Single Tickets – $300


For information about Chicago Stories 2010, please contact Kaye Oberhausen, Development Manager, at 773.549.5788 ext. 2146 or koberhausen@victorygardens.org