I'm a playwright. How can I look for organizations/people to sponsor my play? What can I expect from sponsors?

Question

I'm just organizations or people who may be willing to make a financial contribution towards the production cost. I'm not necessarily looking for someone to produce the play, I want to produce my own play. "For instance Justin Timberlake coming to concert sponsored by General Motors."

Answer 1

1. Have you got any kind of track record?
2. Have you entered any Play contest and had a staged reading or performance of your play?
3. Have you had a live reading of your play with neutrals to critique it?
4. How many years and plays have you produced or directed?
5. Have you gone to a college course on writing, formatting, synopsizing and selling a play?

If you can't honestly say yes to four out of the five and back it up if asked. You need some basics not "sponsors."

Answer 2

Try looking for local grants to at least get money to help you. Through that it'll lead or should lead to companies interested in sponsoring a night or the whole run of the play for you. You have to keep putting your name out there somehow. Perhaps sponsor a small local event(s). PUT YOUR NAME OUT THERE. Once people see your name out there they'll know about YOU. Good luck.

Answer 3

I have never heard of "sponsoring a play." Do you want an organization to to produce the play for you?

Answer 4

The first thing you should do is find yourself a reputable literary agent. Most producers will not accept unsolicited scripts that are submitted directly from the author. We actually send most of them back unopened.