You’re invited to become a Jasper Project Play Right Series Community Producer or Sponsor

As a Play Right Series Community Producer you will be a part of an elite team of art supporters who invest a modest amount of money in the production of a brand-new play (Lonetta Thompson’s Therapy) to the staged reading phase of development.

How does this work?

Every Sunday afternoon in July, starting July 9, you are invited to join with the cast, crew, and fellow Community Producers of Therapy for an enlightening and entertaining session that pulls back the curtains of theatre development and illuminates how a stageplay goes from page to stage. Your first session will offer you a private viewing of the first step in play production, the Table Reading – the first time the cast of Therapy reads their parts together for their director, Elena Martinez-Vidal.

Subsequent sessions will focus on essential ingredients in the production of a successful staged reading, such as the stage manager’s job; props, lighting, blocking, and sound; unique insights from the director; how the actors prepare for their parts; playwright perceptions from this year and past projects; and an invitation to the dress rehearsal. In addition to your invitation to gather with the cast and crew every Sunday in July, each session will also feature exciting snacks and beverages. And many more surprises each week!

Finally, you’ll take your reserved, best-in-the-house seats to a ticketed staged reading of Lonetta Thompson’s Therapy on Sunday, August 6th.

But there’s more.

Your name will be included as a Community Producer on programs, posters, press releases, and other promotional materials as well as in the perfect bound book, Therapy by Lonetta Thompson, published by Muddy Ford Press and registered with the Library of Congress, and you will take home your own copies of Therapy as a souvenir of your experience.

What is expected of Community Producers?

We hope you can make it to every exciting Sunday afternoon meeting, but we understand if you have to miss some. Each session will last from 90 – 120 minutes.

The financial commitment for a Community Producer is a minimum of $250 per person, but institutional sponsorships are also available and appreciated. You can also sponsor a student for $250 if you are unable to participate yourself.

Our hope is that you will be so enlightened and inspired by this experience that you will become a diplomat of live theatre, fresh playwrights, and the Jasper Project and encourage your friends and colleagues to participate in live theatre themselves!

Past Community Producers Include James & Kirkland Smith, Ed Madden, Bert Easter, Paul Leo, Eric Tucker, Bill Schmidt, Wade Sellers & more

Play Right Series Levels of Engagement

Community Producer $250

Invitation to attend all five PRS CP sessions on Sunday afternoons, July 2023; reserved seats for you and up to 3 additional guests to attend the premier staged reading of Therapy on

August 6, 2023; your name in the book Therapy by Lonetta Thompson (Muddy Ford Press, 2023), as well as in the program, and all promotional materials; Jasper Project gift bag

Other Sponsorship Levels

Scholarship Sponsor $250

Covers the cost of a local college student attending all Community Producer functions plus you can attend the ticketed Staged Reading on August 6th and meet your beneficiary. Your generosity will be recorded along with the Community Producers in the published play as well as in all other promotional materials and you will receive one copy of Therapy by Lonetta Thompson

Actor Sponsor $500

This level sponsors one actor and supports the Play Right Series. Your generosity will be recorded along with the Community Producers in the published play as well as in all other promotional materials and you will receive one copy of Therapy by Lonetta Thompson and an invitation for you and up to 4 additional guests to attend the premier staged reading of Therapy on August 6, 2023

Corporate Sponsors

Playwright $1000

This level sponsors the playwright and supports the Play Right Series. Your generosity will be recorded along with the Community Producers in the published play as well as in all other promotional materials and you will receive three copies of Therapy by Lonetta Thompson and an invitation for you and up to 5 additional guests to attend the premier staged reading of Therapy on August 6, 2023

Director $2500

This level sponsors the director and supports the Play Right Series. Your generosity will be recorded along with the Community Producers in the published play as well as in all other promotional materials and you will receive six copies of Therapy by Lonetta Thompson and an invitation for you and up to 6 additional guests to attend the premier staged reading of Therapy on August 6, 2023