Capital Campaign
The Spirit of the Future: Gateway to Excellence
The North Carolina Shakespeare
Festival has a new vision - to become a premier
gateway for the performing
arts in North Carolina.
The first step in reaching this vision is through the development of Spirit Center, a 51,000 sq. ft., two-building performing arts campus located at the corner of W. Ward Avenue and Green Street in downtown High Point. The 32,000 sq. ft., Production Place includes the Renaissance Learning Center, two rehearsal halls, and scene, costume and properties shops. The 15,000 sq. ft., Outreach Place includes administrative offices for staff, directors, designers and outreach program leaders.
Spirit Center will allow NCSF to consolidate its operations, increase efficiencies and decrease operating costs. Spirit Center will also give The Festival the resources and infrastructure needed to reach larger and more diverse populations.
Gateway to Excellence
To make Spirit Center a reality, NCSF launched, Gateway to Excellence -- a $3 million capital campaign to support Spirit Center development, and to provide operational and emergency funding for the Festival and its programs. Funds raised through the capital campaign will be used to:
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Develop Spirit Center's two-building campus; |
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Provide statewide access to NCSF Outreach Education Programs; |
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Hire a Professional Development Director; |
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Invest in branding and marketing activities to increase statewide support, participation and attendance; |
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Enhance NCSF production quality, and provide "seed" money for new Outreach Programs; |
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Create a Stabilization Fund to provide emergency operating expenses. |
A Contribution to Excellence
Your generous gift will enliven the Festival’s spirit of creative excellence for future generations and expand the Festival’s outreach to students and theatergoers across the state.
Major naming opportunities and commemorative plaques will memorialize your contribution to Spirit Center.
Named Giving Opportunities
Below is a glossary of Named Giving Opportunities, including those which have been already committed.
Please contact Pedro Silva, NCSF's Managing & Artistic Director, at 336-841-2273, ext. 224 to learn more about the Gateway to Excellence campaign and how you can support its success.
Named Giving Opportunities Glossary
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Spirit Center Campus
Committed: Anonymous Family Gift Given in "The Spirit of the Arts" Shakespeare observed, "What a piece of work is man!" The Festival's new home, Spirit Center , was built to honor the potential of the human spirit. The 51,000 sq. ft., two-building campus is located at the corner of W. Ward Ave. and Green Street in downtown High Point, and includes The Globe Production Place and Outreach Place.
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The Globe Production Place
Committed: The Slane Family and Slane Foundation
Named after history's most famous theatre, The Globe Production Place is a 31,000 sq. ft operational facility which includes the Renaissance Learning Center, two rehearsal halls, and scene, costume and properties shops. |
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Stratford on Avon Outreach Place
Committed: David R. Hayworth
Like the home of the world's foremost playwright, Outreach Place is a 15,000 sq. ft administrative facility with offices for staff, directors, designers and outreach program leaders. |
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Festival Square
Committed: Charles E. & Pauline L. Hayworth Foundation
Spirit Center's two-building campus will be unified and distinguished by Festival Square, a beautiful interior courtyard with a lush ambience to invite all to ‘linger a while'. |
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$125,000 - Production Place The Heavens Canopy Entrance
More than just a mere doorway, each entrance serves as a common area for artists, students and visitors to gather together between breaks. Decorative columns held up the canopy of the Elizabethan stage. One could stand between the two columns and look up to see a rendering of The Heavens. |
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$50,000 - Outreach Place The Heavens Canopy Entrance
More than just a mere doorway, each entrance serves as a common area for artists, students and visitors to gather together between breaks. Decorative columns held up the canopy of the Elizabethan stage. One could stand between the two columns and look up to see a rendering of The Heavens. |
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$125,000 - Production Place William Shakespeare Hall
The main rehearsal hall honors The Bard's genius. It accommodates the floor plans of productions that perform on the expansive High Point Theatre stage and is suitable for workshops, classes, seminars, meetings and presentations. |
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$100,000 - Production Place Queen Elizabeth Hall
Shakespeare's company rehearsed tirelessly when preparing to entertain the Queen. This rehearsal hall makes simultaneous rehearsals possible and is also suitable for workshops, classes and meetings. |
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$100,000 - Production Place Renaissance Learning Center
Discovery, achievement, growth and understanding: there is rebirth in each. This center is dedicated to classes, workshops and seminars for students, teachers and adults. |
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$50,000 - Spirit Center Arden Forest Landscaping
Like the forest's hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, landscaping makes the campus, surrounded by industry, an oasis. |
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$50,000 - Production Place The Players Green Room
Committed: The Nixon C. Henley Fund
Of 'all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players', then we all could use a Green Room which gives actors and students a place to relax and prepare for their upcoming performance, rehearsal or class. |
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$50,000 - Production Place Prospero Foyer
Commited - Dixon Hughes, PLLC
Those who arrived at Prospero's island marveled at his arts. The same happens here. This foyer's colorful design sets the tone for creativity, achievement and respect. |
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$50,000 - Production Place Tiring House Costume Shop
Committed - The Nancy and George Lyles Family
Like the busiest room backstage at the famous Globe Theatre, this shop's charge is to accurately create and carefully store costumes, and to serve the costume and storage needs of diverse arts groups locally and statewide. |
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$50,000 - Production Place The Rude Mechanicals' Scene Shop
Bottom, Snug, Snout, Flute and Starveling were all mechanics who worked magic with their hands. Our carpenters and technicians work this way too - transforming mere wood and metal into lifelike scenery seen on stage. The shop also serves the needs of community arts groups and provides adequate storage as well. |
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$50,000 - Spirit Center Puck's Gate & Girdle Fence
In minutes the magical spirit, Puck, girdled the globe. We'll settle for girdling our new home. This distinctive brick and wrought iron gate provides practical and aesthetic access to the campus. Landscaped fencing completes the campus' secured perimeter. |
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Production Place Much Ado Properties Shop
Committed: Doug Wright in Honor of Bill Wright and his service to NCSF
Tables, chairs, lamps and stools - the director's prop list goes on and on. This shop designs, repairs and stores an array of hand and floor properties from various historical periods. |
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$25,000 - Spirit Center Juliet Lighting
For Juliet, the moon was fickle and inconstant; who could swear by its light? NCSF agrees, and must secure its own source. Lighting provides aesthetic appeal to the campus and supports its critical need for safety and security. |
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$25,000 - Spirit Center Dogberry Security System
Though all Messina thought the constable 'an ass', they all slept safely at night. In order to preserve this community resource, a security system is a necessary precaution to help protect against vandalism and theft. |
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$25,000 - Production Place Hamlet Conference Room
Deep, complex thought happens here. This conference room allows directors, shop managers and technicians to meet conveniently during each production period. |
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Outreach Place Lear Conference Room
Committed: Ken and Sally Hughes
Lear scorned good counsel. NCSF relishes it. Board, committee and staff meetings are held here. |
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$15,000 - Production Place The Quill Paint Deck
While Shakespeare painted the world of his plays with a quill, we paint the world of our plays - their settings and props - on the paint deck. |
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$15,000 - Production Place Mistress Quickly Kitchen
Mistress Quickly kept Sir John Falstaff fed. And we'd like to keep our artists and technicians fed. This kitchen makes light catering possible for seminars, camps and special events. |
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$15,000 - Production Place The Tower Locker Room
If it was in the tower, under lock and key, it was safe - always safe. Actors and Outreach Education participants appreciate a safe place to keep their personal belongings. |
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$15,000 - Outreach Place The Bower Reception Area
Like at Titania's midsummer bower, visitors, artists and clients will always receive a warm welcome at NCSF and a pleasant place to wait until their appointment. |
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$15,000 - Spirit Center Rialto Garden
Like Venice's Rialto, this is the place to meet and discuss business and the world. |
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$10,000 - Outreach Place Heritage Offices (six gifts)
Each office honors key figures in NCSF's history. The offices accommodate NCSF's staff, including an office for visiting Outreach Education teachers and scholars. The offices are: Mark Woods, NCSF Co-Founder; Stuart Brooks, NCSF Co-Founder; Malcolm Morrison, NCSF Artistic Director through (1978-1986); Lou Rackoff, NCSF Artistic Director through (1987-2001); Tom Gaffney, NCSF Managing Director (1993-2001); The Board of Trustees. |
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Outreach Place Falstaff's Break Room
Committed: Jim & Ann Morgan
Sir John was always on break...what a life! The NCSF staff appreciates the opportunity to take a break from the challenges of the workday. |
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$10,000 - Production Place Agincourt Armory
This battle may record the most lopsided victory in history. Henry V knew the enemy and armed his men accordingly. Valuable swords, rapiers and other weaponry are stored in this armory. |
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$10,000 - Production Place Peter Quince Stage Management Office
Stage Managers, like Peter Quince, ensure that tireless rehearsals run smoothly. Computer-equipped offices provide an efficient environment for scheduling and communication. |
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$10,000 - Production Place The Splinter Technical Director Office
It's a privilege to honor High Point's furniture manufacturing heritage. The Technical Director translates the Scene Designer's vision and concept into three-dimensional scenery. This office is the hub of the shop. |
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$10,000 - Production Place The String Costume Shop Manager Office
It's a privilege to honor High Point's hosiery heritage. Most costuming for the theatre is custom tailored, an intricate and challenging process that begins here. |
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$10,000 - Spirit Center Old Glory, Flags & Masts
Committed: Fran and Joe Craycroft
Spirit Center seeks God's blessing on our nation,
state, community and The Festival. |
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$5,000 - Production Place Patrons Hallway (Unlimited Number of Gifts)
Committed: The Foster Foundation, The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Beth Koonce, Joseph P. Logan, Pedro & Linda Silva
The busy hallway leading from the Green Room to the Renaissance Learning Center and Rehearsal Halls features an attractive engraved plaque for each of these gracious contributors. |
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$1,000 - Production Place Learning Center Benefactors
(Unlimited Number of Gifts)
Committed: Fran & Joe Craycroft, Ralph E. and Lois L. Logan, Dusty & Kay Maynard Family Fund, Karen Odom, The Sharpe Foundation, Erna & Bill Womble, Jr., Judie & Kieth Wright
These large wooden engraved nameplates remind students, educators and the public of those whose generosity has helped make their learning adventure possible. |
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$500 - Production Place Student/Actor Lockers
Committed: Pauline D. Siceloff
While rehearsing or studying, students and actors can have peace of mind knowing that their personal belongings are safely stored. |
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$250 - Production Place Learning Center Sponsors
(Unlimited Number of Gifts)
Committed: The Saenger Family Foundation, Lalenja Harrington, Judie & Kieth Wright
These commemorative plaques honor contributors whose gifts help sponsor low and middle income students participating in the Center's programs. |
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