Capital Campaign
To date, we have raised $12.5 million in Phase 1 of our Capital Campaign. We now launch into Act 2 - Securing Excellence, Ensuring the Future.
How you can help
Please make a donation! Big or small, every little bit helps.
For more information on donating to the Capital Campaign contact Michael Detroit at (901) 937-6464.
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Transformational...
"'What we do on stage far exceeds the facility we do it in.' We heard that from many of you who came to our plays. So, we embarked on a major capital campaign to build a first-class, state-of-the-art facility for our community, and with your generous support, we raised $12.5 million.
Now we embark on our new campaign Act 2 - Securing Excellence, Ensuring the Future - an enhancement campaign designed to ensure the continuing excellence we provide on stage and through our educational and outreach programming.
Executive Producer Jackie Nichols
Please help us by donating to our Act 2 campaign now.
Fantastic Gifts!
A Seat Dedication or a Star of Tomorrow; either item will make a wonderfully thoughtful gift that will continue to give back to the arts in our community for years to come.
Reserve Your Seat
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to name a seat in the new theatre!
A plaque will be placed prominently on the seat commemorating your love of theatre or honoring/memorializing a loved one.
It is also an excellent way to promote your business, and makes for the perfect gift!
Stars of Tomorrow
Your name or the name of a "light in your life" will be prominently
displayed on a star in the main rehearsal hall of the new facility. Fantastic gift opportunity!
Breaking New Ground
What's Inside?
- The theatre has 347 seats on two levels: an orchestra and balcony with boxes.
- It is designed for maximum audience engagement with no seat further than 10 rows from the stage.
- The stage and its housing includes a complete “fly gallery” for sets, wing space for stage wagons, elevators and traps in the floor, and space for an orchestra.
The theatre has 347 seats on two levels
- The stage machinery includes a professional system for flying actors for such shows as Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, and others.
- Audience amenities include a Theatre Café for light meals and a roof garden for receptions, parties, and weddings.
- The theatre is available to arts groups such as Ballet Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Opera Memphis, and Concerts International to use for their more intimate chamber performances.
- Adjacent to and incorporated into the new theatre, is the five-story office building presently on the site. The bottom three floors house administrative offices, dressing rooms, rehearsal space, and a costume shop. The top two floors provide low-cost office space to other nonprofit arts groups creating a “Center for the Arts” in the “Heart of the Arts” district at Union and Cooper in Midtown.
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman, one of America's leading actors, is Honorary Chairman of our "Breaking New Ground" Capital Campaign.
Whitney Jo, Jackie Nichols,
Morgan Freeman, & Michael Detroit
"I believe that Playhouse on the Square is a vital part of our Memphis community. Memphis has an exceptional opportunity now to raise Playhouse to a national level by helping them build a state of the art facility. I encourage the entire Mid-South community to support Playhouse on the Square's drive..." See and here Mr Freeman's full endorsement of Playhouse's campaign in the video below.
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Gary Sinise
Founding member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Gary Sinise comments on how Playhouse on the Square’s new theatre can transform its neighborhood as Steppenwolf did in Chicago.
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Morris Architects/Planners
John Morris of Morris Planners/Architects is Chicago’s premier theatre architect. He has designed more theatre spaces in Chicago than any other architect has since the 1920s. He designed Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre, and has designed the new Playhouse on the Square. A former theatrical set-designer, John Morris knows how to work with limited budgets, and he has keen instincts for the nature of theatre as both an art and a craft.
