Special Events

Annual Benefit Gala

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Breaking Ground

2024 Sponsorship Levels

For questions on sponsorship, contact Denton Williams at (816) 997-1126 or denton.williams@kcstarlight.com.

  • Individual Ticket

    $375+

    Increases arts accessibility by helping to cover the cost of a sign language interpreter at a live event

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  • Patron

    $1,500+

    Supports the fabrication of 1 stage backdrop for an in-house Broadway production

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  • Actor

    $3,750+

    Funds a 3-week technical theatre training program for 12 high school students

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  • Playwright

    $6,000+

    Supports arts access for up to 364 local youth, individuals with disabilities, unhoused residents, and more at every Broadway performance with free Community Tickets

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  • Star

    $10,000+

    Funds the scholarships provided each year at the Blue Star Awards to local high students in recognition of their contributions to their musical theatre program

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  • Director

    $15,000+

    Covers expenses for 3 Bob Rohlf Internships, which offers paid and immersive arts industry training opportunities for college students each summer

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  • Investor

    $25,000

    Enables 6 middle-school students from ethnic minorities to advance their performing arts training with scholarships, training, and mentorship opportunities through the Vincent Legacy Scholarship program

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  • Presenter

    $50,000

    Funds a full season of interactive Just Imagine theatre performances that bring the arts to foster care facilities, hospitals, shelters, and other vulnerable youth

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Photos from Past Galas

Tow men in suits posing as someone takes a picture on their phone
People on the dance floor at the Gala
People smiling and posing
People posing for the camera at the Gala
People on the dance floor at the Gala
A couple posing in front of a back drop
The stage set with tables and flowers

Thank you to our generous benefactors for 2024!

$50,000+

Presenter


$15,000

Director


$10,000+

Star


$6,000+

Playwright

ECCO Select Corporation
Burns & McDonnell
Commerce Bank
Country Club Bank
The Elsberry Family Foundation
Enterprise Bank & Trust
GastingerWalker&
Donald & Diantha Hagann
Kim Jones & Shelly Freeman
Kansas City Parks & Recreation
KPMG
Kevin & Dianne Kelly
McCownGordon Construction
ReeceNichols Real Estate
Stepp & Rothwell


$3,750+

Actor

AL Huber – General Contractor
Robert & Dr. Phyliss Bernstein
Becky Blades & Cary Phillips
City of Kansas City, MO – Office of the City Manager
Colliers | Kansas City
Creative Planning
Deloitte
Steve & Sue Dietze
Steve & Cathy Doyal
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
EY
Sherry & Gary Forsee
Mark & Sarah Fortino
Haverty Family Foundation
Joan Horan
Marilyn Kulmus & John Shoenhair
Mark One Electric Co., Inc.
Northland Sonic Drive-Ins
Greg & Rebecca Reid
Strickland Construction
Trekk Design Group, LLC


$1,500+

Patron

Aviva Ajmera & Wayne Strickland
Alan & Mary Atterbury Fund
Audrie Seeley Landscape
Rich & Peggy Baker
Bank of America
Rob Bratcher & Michelle Davison Bratcher
Wendy & Troy Burgess
CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services of Kansas City
CBRE
Lindsey Rood-Clifford & Chris Clifford
Howard E. & Debra L. Cohen Family Donor Advised Fund
Michael & Carrie Condon
Kevin & Anne Connor
Curry Investment Company
Jill & Marshall Dean
Peggy & Terry Dunn
Brett & Nikki Emison
Anthony & Hayley Ferris
Enterprise Mobility Foundation
Edward & Sandi Fried
Kristen & Daniel Fromm
Hoefer Welker
Howard & Ro Jacobson
Stacey L. Janssen
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Kinetic
Lathrop GPM
Michael & Kristy Lorenz
John & Daisy MacDonald
Andy & Mariah Meyer
Lee & Jan Morevitska
Bill & Jeri Murphy
Musselman & Hall Contractors
New Theatre & Restaurant
Olsson
Terry & Barbie O’Toole
Parris Communications
Pepsi Beverages Company
Bill & Vicky Reisler
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
Jim & Ann Tinsman
Donna Thomason
Trozzolo Communications Group
Mark & LeeAnn Van Dyne
Veracity Consulting Inc.
Brian & Jennifer Weiford
Tom & Carey Wilkins
Aaron & Connie Zack


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