There are many ways you can engage with the School of Theater. With rich programs like PART, through our theater support fund, by becoming a Friend of Theater, and by attending our shows. Please consider giving; we so appreciate your support and presence in our community. Thank you!
Header photo: Graduating class of Spring 2025, by Lauren Rigby
Theater students perform a scene from the 2024 production of fallen, in TheaterSpace.
Join the Friends of Theater at Mason
The Friends of Theater at Mason raise awareness in the community, encourage attendance at our performances, fund scholarships and support the School of Theater’s engagement of professional guest artists. We invite you to become a Friend; your support makes a dramatic difference in the lives of young artists and helps foster our distinctive Theater program at George Mason University.
Your contributions to the Friends of Theater make it possible to expand opportunities and offer scholarships to great students.
We appreciate all gifts; even the small ones can have a big impact.
All friends enjoy:
- Recognition in School of Theater playbills
- Inclusion in Master Classes by guest artists
- Invitations to receptions and events
- Participation in select educational opportunities
- The School of Theater newsletters
Levels of giving are listed in playbills as:
- Friend (up to $199)
- Performer ($200-$499)
- Producer ($500-$999)
- Patron ($1,000-$4,999)
- Angel ($5000+)
Gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent the law allows.
Thanks to the generosity of Howard Kurtz, I am able to continue doing what I love, pursue theater, and finish my degree.
Jaime Ericson, Howard Vincent Kurtz Endowed Scholarship Recipient, 2021
...This award will help me to continue my studies here at George Mason University where I’m pursuing a BFA in theater. This award will allow my family to breathe a sigh of relief, that some financial burdens are lifted off of our shoulders. Thank you so much!
Asia Cooper, Friends of Theater scholarship recipient, 2023
Contact
For more information, or to become a Friend of Theater, please email Friends of Theater or call 703-993-1087.