We few, We happy few, We BAND OF FUNDERS* Won't You Join Our Happy Band? TOGETHER WE SHALL BE TRIUMPHANT! Last month’s presentation of the Globe Theatre of London's King Lear - with its free school show for 1100 students and teachers -- and last week's sold-out screening of Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry in Twelfth Night, provide just a taste of what’s to come. We are currently planning a star-studded play inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong love of Shakespeare, a staged reading helmed by one of Broadway’s most acclaimed directors, a symphonic performance of music inspired by Shakespeare conducted by a legendary Maestro and narrated by a film legend, a thrilling presentation for students performed by one of the country’s most prestigious theatre conservatories, a lively speaking engagement by a foremost authority on the language of Shakespeare, and solo shows by the world’s greatest interpreters of Shakespeare to be held on quintessential Napa Valley stages, including the courtyard of the Castello di Amorosa. Plus more from London’s Shakespeare's Globe Theatre! BUT WE MUST BAND TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN! Please consider investing in the future of world-class theater in the Napa Valley by supporting our programs with a financial contribution. Join our Band of Funders, make a contribution, or encourage your business or employer to become a Sponsor. We need your help to continue the momentum of this, our inaugural season, and we look forward to enjoying more amazing Shakespeare together! JOIN OUR HAPPY BAND OF FUNDERS! We need 100 Napa Valley businesses, groups and individuals to donate $500 each to reach our goal! Members of the BAND OF FUNDERS receive prominent recognition in our show programs and on our website, receive early or exclusive access to our exciting sure-tobe-sold-out presentations, and gain favourable treatment from the Gods of Theatre. BE A GENEROUS GROUNDLING Make An Individual Donation Today! Every contributor makes a difference, helps to support our shows, and endows our educational and community programming. And you needn't be a Groundling... Largess from Royalty Welcome! BECOME A NAPASHAKES SPONSOR We Will Work for Wine! In-Kind donations of food, wine, product and services are invaluable for our Fundraisers and Events. SUPPORT NAPASHAKES! Bringing world-class professional Shakespeare and classical theatre to the Napa Valley. We can create a package of sponsorship and a donor relationship that meets your unique goals and requirements. To Donate, email us at [email protected] Mail to: NAPASHAKES, 1299 Pine Street, Suite A Saint Helena CA 94574 Visit us at: NAPASHAKES.ORG *For He Today That Writes a Check to Us Shall be Our Funder, Brother, Sister and Champion! From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be rememberedWe few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. -- William Shakespeare, Henry V This Blessed Plot, This Earth, This Realm, This... Napa Valley NAPASHAKES Napa Valley Shakespeare is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, currently seeking 501c3 status. For more information, contact [email protected] or visit our website napashakes.org.