Sponsor | Advertise | Partner

Why the Red Barn? It’s because of Who’s In Our Seats

Red Barn Theatre has been a Key West institution for 47 years. Each season, more than 5,900 guests join us in the historic 88-seat playhouse on Duval Street — a discerning, locally engaged audience with real disposable income.


Who's in our seats

  • 5,953 paid attendees across 86 performances in the 2025-2026 season

  • 41% full-time Keys residents · 30% seasonal · 29% visitors — a balance most Key West venues don’t reach

  • 47% attended one or fewer Red Barn shows before — Red Barn continually introduces new audiences to Key West

  • 34% are long-time loyalists with six or more seasons of attendance

  • Most are couples and small groups making an evening of it — dinner before, drinks after, a real night out

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These guests spend on restaurants, retailers, attractions, and lodging before and after shows. Eight months a year, multiple productions, any night the theatre is lit — this is one of the most direct ways to reach the customers you want walking into your own business.

Three Ways To Participate

SPONSOR: Season Sponsor ($5,000) or Individual Show Sponsor ($2,500 / $1,500) Named recognition across posters, playbill, marquee, curtain speech, eblasts, social, and web

ADVERTISE: Playbill ads from $475 (quarter page) to $1,500 (Opening Night Party Sponsor) 3,500 Playbills distributed to every guest, every performance.

PARTNER: “Spotlight Night” partnership. Your business is the featured presence on a designated performance night. Coupons or branded giveaways go home with every guest. No fee.

sponsor

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Season Sponsor

47th Season (2026-2027) — $5,000

Be the named sponsor of the entire 47th season. Includes:

What you receive:

  • Name/logo on all show posters across the season

  • Name/logo in individual show inserts in the Playbill

  • Full-page ad in the season Playbill (artwork deadline October 24)

  • Name/logo on a banner at the theatre

  • Name announced before every performance, all season

  • Recognition in eblasts (3,000+ subscribers), Facebook, Instagram, and website

  • Four tickets to every mainstage show and special event

Show Sponsor

$2,500 Mainstage Show | $1,500 Special Event

Five opportunities. Sponsor one production for its full run.

What you receive:

  • Name/logo on the show poster and playbill insert

  • Half Page Ad in the Season Playbill

  • Name announced from the stage before every performance of your show

  • Recognition in eblasts (3,000+ subscribers), Facebook, Instagram, and website

  • Four tickets to your personal show (two for the special event choice)

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Contact Roberta DePiero at Key West Playbills to Get Started

robertadepiero@gmail.com / keywestplaybills.com

Advertise

Advertise in the Playbill

3,500 Playbills printed, one handed to every guest at every performance. Artwork deadline: October 24.

  • Opening Night Party Sponsor (¼ page + opening night thank-you + social recognition) — $1,500

  • Outside Back Cover or Inside Cover, full page — $1,300

  • Page 1 / Facing Insert, full page — $1,300

  • Inside Cover, half page — $900

  • Full page — $1,000 (included with Season Sponsorship)

  • Half page — $700 (included with Show Sponsorship)

  • Quarter page — $475

Two older women and a man are in a wooden room. The woman in the foreground is elderly, wearing glasses and a floral dress, with a surprised expression. The man behind her is wearing a hat decorated with flowers, glasses, and a blue checkered outfit, making a dramatic gesture. The background consists of wooden panels.

Contact Roberta DePiero at Key West Playbills to Get Started

robertadepiero@gmail.com / keywestplaybills.com

Partner

BE A “SPOTLIGHT NIGHT” PARTNER

Be the featured “Spotlight” business on your own designated performance night. Every guest walks out with a coupon or branded item from you. Think of it like a ballpark promotion — Bucket Hat Night for the theatre.

No fee. Reciprocal promotion: you display your “Spotlight Night Partner” poster (which we supply) in your business and mention the night on your social; we’ll “Spotlight” you in front of a full house.

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What You Get

  • A full house of engaged local customers reached at their most receptive

  • Your coupon or branded item in every guest’s hand

  • Curtain-speech mention on your night

  • Listing on the Spotlight Night season poster, in the Playbill, on our website, and in eblasts

  • Signage recognition at the theatre

  • Social media mentions on Red Barn’s channels

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How It Works

It’s just like the special promotional nights at any major league ball park.

We’ll pick a night (or multiple nights across the season, if you’d like ). We design a coupon featuring your offer — free glass of wine with dinner, appetizer with entrée, buy one-get-one, whatever you want, whatever fits your business. Every guest attending that performance receives one on the way out. They can use it that night or any other.

Or go bigger — provide a branded takeaway item (tote bag, beach towel, hand fan, cooling towel). We’ll work with you to design and order whatever you desire. Guests carry your brand home and use it long after the show.

Contact Roberta DePiero at Key West Playbills to Get Started

robertadepiero@gmail.com / keywestplaybills.com

Partnership benefits

  • No Direct Cost To You – We create and print your specific “Spotlight Night” Coupon (special merchandise excluded)

  • Reach A Theatre Full of Potential New Customers – An audience that already enjoys going out

  • Targeted Local Marketing – Direct access to our loyal, community-minded patrons

  • Affordable Customer Acquisition – Nothing hit or miss…your business is handed directly to an interested audience

  • Helps Build Long-Term Relationships – An incentive to turn first-time visitors into long-term customers

  • A Load of Exposure Across All Red Barn Promotional Avenues – Visibility across our website, social media, email lists, and signage

Contact Roberta DePiero at Key West Playbills to Get Started

robertadepiero@gmail.com / keywestplaybills.com