Support the 2024/25 Season!
Help us fill the quill
Help us bring this season to the stage (and the bar)!
In order to make this ambitious season the best it can be, we need your help!
We are working to fundraise $5,000 to help us cover some of the costs of this season.
Read on for more details on how your contribution will help and donor levels and perks.
Or click here to skip straight to making your donation!
In order to make this ambitious season the best it can be, we need your help!
We are working to fundraise $5,000 to help us cover some of the costs of this season.
Read on for more details on how your contribution will help and donor levels and perks.
Or click here to skip straight to making your donation!
Who we are:
Shakespeare BASH'd is an award-winning, Toronto-based theatre company, presenting Shakespeare’s plays in a bare bones style, with a chief focus on the text and clarity of storytelling.
This season focuses on the theme of cruelty, presenting a season of three classic plays, all exploring a version of cruelty and its repercussions, we’ll delve into the impacts and results of malice, oppression, and persecution in a variety of forms.
Click here for the full season announcement, including casting.
How You Can Help:
The truth of the matter is that theatre requires a great deal of money and each season costs grow and require an increased budget. We at Shakespeare BASH’d are committed to giving increasing support to our artists, who will receive the entirety of our box office revenue.
Our goal is to raise money to pay for preliminary costs for the productions this season. We aim to keep costs low, work hard to make our shows simple, and try to allow no waste of time or money in our work.
We are dedicated to bringing you a hard-working company, great text, and an accessible, fantastic night for all at a great Toronto venue! Every dollar donated goes a long way to helping make this possible.
The Impact:
Any amount of money donated to this fundraising campaign will go to a number of very important aspects of our work. For any given production we need to pay for our venue, rehearsal space, costumes, props, printing of scripts, transportation, photography, and promotion/marketing.
We are thrilled with the incredible talent involved in our programming this season, including artists direct from the country’s largest festivals. Every dollar contributed helps us offer more compensation to these amazing artists.
Over the past few years we have worked to develop our impact within the community through our education department, which also has some small administrative costs, which we strive not to pass along to the participants, keeping all participation costs affordable. Additionally, your donation will help provide subsidized participation and resources for people in marginalized communities, and continue to help us make our work accessible to all.
Though we work to keep these costs low, they are integral to helping us do what we do. Any amount of money helps us to properly budget our season in a way that prioritizes the experience of our audience and artists.
We are so fortunate to have the privilege to produce theatre in Toronto. We hope that you will support us in any way you can to continue our wonderful company’s tradition of performing amazing Shakespeare in great atmospheres across the city.
Shakespeare BASH'd is an award-winning, Toronto-based theatre company, presenting Shakespeare’s plays in a bare bones style, with a chief focus on the text and clarity of storytelling.
This season focuses on the theme of cruelty, presenting a season of three classic plays, all exploring a version of cruelty and its repercussions, we’ll delve into the impacts and results of malice, oppression, and persecution in a variety of forms.
Click here for the full season announcement, including casting.
How You Can Help:
The truth of the matter is that theatre requires a great deal of money and each season costs grow and require an increased budget. We at Shakespeare BASH’d are committed to giving increasing support to our artists, who will receive the entirety of our box office revenue.
Our goal is to raise money to pay for preliminary costs for the productions this season. We aim to keep costs low, work hard to make our shows simple, and try to allow no waste of time or money in our work.
We are dedicated to bringing you a hard-working company, great text, and an accessible, fantastic night for all at a great Toronto venue! Every dollar donated goes a long way to helping make this possible.
The Impact:
Any amount of money donated to this fundraising campaign will go to a number of very important aspects of our work. For any given production we need to pay for our venue, rehearsal space, costumes, props, printing of scripts, transportation, photography, and promotion/marketing.
We are thrilled with the incredible talent involved in our programming this season, including artists direct from the country’s largest festivals. Every dollar contributed helps us offer more compensation to these amazing artists.
Over the past few years we have worked to develop our impact within the community through our education department, which also has some small administrative costs, which we strive not to pass along to the participants, keeping all participation costs affordable. Additionally, your donation will help provide subsidized participation and resources for people in marginalized communities, and continue to help us make our work accessible to all.
Though we work to keep these costs low, they are integral to helping us do what we do. Any amount of money helps us to properly budget our season in a way that prioritizes the experience of our audience and artists.
We are so fortunate to have the privilege to produce theatre in Toronto. We hope that you will support us in any way you can to continue our wonderful company’s tradition of performing amazing Shakespeare in great atmospheres across the city.
Donor Levels and Perks:
$99 and Under:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
$100 to $249:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
$250 to $499:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A pair of complimentary VIP tickets to one of this season's staged readings (including reserved seating).
$500 to $749:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A pair of complimentary VIP tickets to this season's production of The Merchant of Venice (including reserved seating).
$750 and Up:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A VIP Season Subscription: a pair of complimentary VIP tickets to each of this season's productions (including reserved seating).
For donations of $2,000 or more, additional perks are available, including show and season sponsorships. Please contact us for any questions.
$99 and Under:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
$100 to $249:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
$250 to $499:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A pair of complimentary VIP tickets to one of this season's staged readings (including reserved seating).
$500 to $749:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A pair of complimentary VIP tickets to this season's production of The Merchant of Venice (including reserved seating).
$750 and Up:
Thanks on our website and in all show programs, as well as in our hearts forever.
A Shakespeare BASH'd Tote Bag!
A VIP Season Subscription: a pair of complimentary VIP tickets to each of this season's productions (including reserved seating).
For donations of $2,000 or more, additional perks are available, including show and season sponsorships. Please contact us for any questions.
If you'd like to make a contribution to Shakespeare BASH'd offline, please mail a cheque (payable to Julia Nish-Lapidus, the company and financial director) to 20 Ashbury Ave, Toronto ON, M6E 1V7.
If you have any questions about making a donation or other ways to support the company, send us an email
([email protected])!
If you have any questions about making a donation or other ways to support the company, send us an email
([email protected])!