Every great production starts with the people you never see.

A gift at this level helps cover the small but essential costs that make a show possible — gels for the lights, gaff tape, sheet music, rehearsal supplies, the hundred invisible things that disappear into the magic of opening night.

No story is told alone.

This gift helps support the working artists who fill our stages — covering a portion of an actor’s stipend, a designer’s materials, or a musician’s rehearsal fee. It is a direct investment in the people whose talent you applaud.

The part that holds the whole show together.

A donation at this level helps underwrite a single performance — the lights, the sound, the front-of-house staff, the technicians backstage. One night of theatre, made possible by you.

The name above the title.

A gift at this level helps bring an entire production element to life — a set build, a costume package, a lighting design — and supports the working professionals who make it happen at a quality our audiences have come to expect.

The vision behind the curtain.

A donation at this level helps shape a full production from page to stage. It funds the creative leadership, the rehearsal weeks, and the design teams that turn a script into the experience you remember.

The reason the show exists.

This level of support helps make an entire production possible — from the first read-through to closing night. It is the difference between a season we want to program and a season we can program.

Your name in lights — and your impact felt across the season.

A gift at this level sustains an entire program area: an education initiative like KidsWorks or ArtsWorks, a full month of operations at IPAC, or a signature artistic project that defines our season.

Theatre that outlives a single season.

Gifts at this level do something extraordinary: they secure the future. They allow Desert TheatreWorks to plan beyond the next show, the next quarter, the next year — to build the kind of institutional stability that lets community theatre thrive for generations.

For those who close the gap, year after year.

Patrons who make a sustaining annual gift at any of the above levels are recognized as members of The Other Half Society — a community of donors who understand that theatre survives only when its audience becomes its foundation.