Founded in 1986, Theater Works has been providing performing arts experiences to the West Valley of Arizona for 36 years. Thanks to your support, Theater Works runs a multitude of programs to ensure that community members of all ages can experience theater as an audience member, performer, designer, or participant in one of our renowned education programs. TheaterWorks is truly a theater of the community, from our designers and actors, to our patrons and supporters, we are uplifted by each person who participates in our programs at all levels. 

Theater Works is excited to return to traditional programming for the 2022-23 season after two years of untraditional pandemic performances. Theater Works returns to MainStage performances with large family-friendly musicals this season, all based on popular books. Additionally, a new After Dark Series will feature more avant garde plays for grown up audiences in the McMillin black box theater. Theater Works has also resumed its renowned youth education programming including TheaterAlive musical theater training for kids and teens, summer and spring break camps, and YouthWorks performances. 

All gifts made will support our wide-range of programming and assist us as we return to the stage after years of uncertainty. It is through our community of supporters like you that we are able to make this return this year. We couldn’t do it without you!

Gifts may be made online via the link below or mailed to:

TheaterWorks
Attn: Development Department
10580 N. 83rd Drive
Peoria, AZ 85345

Additional Ways to Support

TheaterWorks is proud to be part of the Fry’s Community Rewards program and now you can help support TheaterWorks every time you shop at Fry’s Food Stores at no cost to you! Theater Works has the opportunity to earn Rewards from every dollar spent on groceries through the Fry’s Community Rewards Program.

You will first need to create your online Fry’s account and then link your card to Theater Works. Then any transaction using your shopper’s card will be applied to the program. You can find out how it all works at Fry’s Community Rewards.

Show how TheaterWorks has touched a life by giving a gift in honor or memory of a loved one. We will inform them about your gift and how it helps TheaterWorks accomplish its mission of “providing opportunities for children, patrons and artists to experience theater that inspires, enriches and enlightens through the experience of the performing arts.”

Double your donation to TheaterWorks! Many companies offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations, and some even provide matching funds to support employee volunteer hours. Many of these programs match contributions dollar for dollar and some will even double or triple the amount of your gift!

To find out if your company matches gifts and/or volunteer hours, contact your human resources department to ask about charitable match programs. You can also try a ‘search’ of your company website using keywords such as: gift matching, corporate match or volunteer match.
If your employer requires TheaterWorks’ Employer Identification Number (EIN)/Federal Tax Identification Number, please use 86-0563315.

Matching gift forms can be mailed to:

TheaterWorks
Attn: Development Department
10580 N. 83rd Drive
Peoria, AZ 85345

Bequests, Charitable Trusts, and Other Planned Gift Techniques

Gifts to TheaterWorks may be made through a will, charitable trust, life insurance policy, or beneficiary designation in a retirement plan. Estate commitments such as these provide you the opportunity to make significant charitable contributions to TheaterWorks while taking advantage of current tax incentives and meeting future needs of their families.

For decades TheaterWorks has benefited from the generosity of people who remembered this important organization in their estate planning. Such support is extremely important to us and is greatly appreciated. Here are four ways you might consider including a gift in your plans.

1. Ask your heirs to give a gift to us in your memory.

A few good reasons to make use of this unusual charitable planned giving strategy:

• You already have your plans the way you want them and you don’t want to revise your will.
• Your estate will not be able to take advantage of a tax deduction for bequests to charity.
• You trust your heirs to carry out your wishes even if they are not legally required to do so.

If you are leaving most of your assets to your children, grandchildren, a few close friends, etc., you could arrange with one or more of them to donate a small portion of their inheritance to us in your memory. They would get an income tax deduction for the gift when they make it, reducing the cost to them.

2. Name our organization as one of the beneficiaries of whatever remains in your IRA or retirement plan.

Most people won’t need all the money in their IRA or other retirement plan. If you leave the remainder to your heirs, there will be income tax to pay, and maybe state or federal estate taxes. If you leave the remainder to us, there will be no taxes due. Changing the beneficiary of an IRA is not difficult to do. Simply request a change of beneficiary form from the company managing the plan and follow the instructions.

3. Arrange for the remainder in a savings or stock account to go to our organization.

It is possible to rename a bank savings account in such a way that at your death whatever remains in the account passes automatically to us. While you are living, only you can put money in or take anything out of the account. This is a revocable arrangement, meaning you can always become the sole owner again. It is easy to do.  Simply tell the bank officer than you want to rename the account as “(Your name) in trust for (organization’s name)”.

The terminology for a stock account future gift is a TDO, or transfer on death account. Speak with your broker and say you want to rename the account in such a way that anything in the account at your death automatically becomes the property of our organization.

4. Make our organization a beneficiary of a life insurance policy you already own.

If you have life insurance you have probably named your spouse, children or other relative as the beneficiary. We are not suggesting that you change that, just that you include us as well.  We’re happy for whatever you choose to leave us! As with the gift from an IRA, it is a fairly simple matter to request a change of beneficiary form from the insurance company and follow the instructions.

For More Information Contact:

Paige Hyde
Development Manager
623-815-1791 x 2021
10580 N. 83rd Drive
Peoria, AZ 85345