2007-08 Family Series Sponsors

Season Sponsors



The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is donating ad space for performances throughout the 2007-08 Season.

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Delta Air Lines is providing complimentary flights for guest artists traveling to the Center and for Center staff members traveling to puppetry festivals and conferences.

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The AT&T Real Yellow Pages® is donating ad space in a number of Metro Atlanta directories. They are a returning supporter of the Center.

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The WSB-TV Family 2 Family Project is supporting the Center with PSAs and other promotions.

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Show Sponsors



AT&T has a long record of friendship and support for the Center. This season, the company continues its support of the Family Series by co-sponsoring the Mainstage production of Cinderella Della Circus.

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Atlanta Kids Directory supports the Center with print ads. They are co-sponsoring There's a Dinosaur in the Closet, The Lion, the Mouse & Other Aesop's Fables, and The Encounter of Juan Bobo & Pedro Animal.

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Georgia Power has long been a friend of the Center. This season, the Georgia Power Foundation is co-sponsoring the Mainstage production Duke Ellington's Cat.

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The Jim Henson Foundation has supported the development of many of the Center's new productions during its history. This season the Foundation has contributed a Children's Show grant in support of Duke Ellington's Cat.

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Leapfrog Services, Inc. is the Center's official IT service provider. They are a co-sponsor of Winnie-the-Pooh and The Shoemaker & the Elves.

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The Macy's Foundation renews its long-time generosity toward the Center this season by supporting The Shoemaker & the Elves.

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Duke Ellington's Cat is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The Center received an Endowment Fund grant from Puppeteers of America to support Duke Ellington's Cat.

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Publix and Publix Super Markets Charities have been friends of the Center for many years. They continue their support this season with financial support for Cinderella Della Circus and in-kind support for the Center's Education Program and Patrons Appreciation Parties.

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Rolling Out Urban Style Weekly continues their support of the Center by providing free ad space. They are co-sponsoring The Big Bad, Little Red, Pig Show and La Cucarachita Martina.

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La Cucarachita Martina, The Lion, the Mouse & Other Aesop's Fables, and The Encounter of Juan Bobo & Pedro Animal are funded in part by grants from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

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Support of the Center's presentation of La Cucarachita Martina and The Encounter of Juan Bobo & Pedro Animal comes in part from the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre.

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2007-08 New Directions Series Sponsors

Season Sponsors



Creative Loafing has been an NDS sponsor since 1997, providing advertising space and cross promotions.

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Delta Air Lines is providing complimentary flights for guest artists traveling to the Center and for Center staff members traveling to puppetry festivals and conferences.

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Show Sponsors


Arts&expressions Magazine is sponsoring the New Directions Series production of XPT. They provide ad space.

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AT&T has a long record of friendship and support for the Center. This season, the company continues its support of the New Directions Series for teens and adults by co-sponsoring the Mainstage production of Anne Frank: Within & Without.

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The Coca-Cola Company is supporting several of the Center's programs this season, including its productions for teens and adults.

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Anne Frank: Within & Without is presented in cooperation with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945 exhibit under the auspices of the Anne Frank Center USA. Photos and text courtesy of the Anne Frank Center, USA-New York; the Anne Frank House-Amsterdam; and the Anne Frank - Fonds, Basel.

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Leapfrog Services, Inc. is the Center's official IT service provider. They are a co-sponsor of The Ghastly Dreadfuls' Compendium of Graveyard Tales & Other Curiosities.

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UPS is a new supporter of String Fling. The Company is a Benefactor's level sponsor of the 2007 event.

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Coxe Curry & Associates has been a long-time supporter of this event. This year the company is a Sustainer's level sponsor.

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Datamatx, Inc. is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer’s level sponsor of this year's event.

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Equifax Inc. has supported String Fling and the Center for many years. The company is a Sustainer’s level sponsor of the 2007 event.

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Powell Goldstein LLP is a returning supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer's level sponsor of this year's event.

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Silverman Construction Program Management is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer's level sponsor of String Fling 2007.

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URS Corporation is a second-year supporter of String Fling. The company is a Sustainer's level sponsor of String Fling 2007.

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Mac's Beer & Wine is a new supporter of String Fling. The company is a Supporter's level sponsor of String Fling 2007.

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A long-time supporter of the Center, the Rich Foundation renewed its support of the Center's educational arts programming this season.

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For the past several years, local Travelers employees have recommended the Center for funding from Travelers Foundation to help subsidize tickets to educational programming for low-income school children.

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The Herman Miller Foundation has supported the Education Program for the past few years. Employees at the Atlanta office of Geiger International, a Herman Miller subsidiary, recommended the Center for this funding.



TANDBERG is generously providing a complimentary loan of state-of-the-art visual communication equipment for the Center's Distance Learning Program.

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Other Center Contributors



The Center has received a generous grant from the Asian Cultural Council to send a member of its curatorial team to China and Taiwan to do research for the Center's museum..

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For the past two years the Center has received grants for general support from Experian, thanks to local Experian employees.

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The Center recently received a generous in-kind grant from Google Inc. of free Google AdWords.

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The Center recently received a Conservation Project Support Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is allowing the Center's Museum to evaluate the preservation needs of its collection of more than 650 Asian puppets.

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The Center recently received a Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities which is enabling the Center to assess the conservation needs of puppets to be included in a new long-term exhibition of the Center's permanent museum collection.

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Regency Suites Hotel is the Center's official hotel partner.

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For the past three years, the Center has received funding from the Shubert Foundation in New York for support of the Center's theater season.

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The Center received a generous three-year grant from the SunTrust Funds - Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund, Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund, and Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Fund. This grant helped the Center purchase a new ticketing system and in assisting with other capital needs.

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The Center is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American theatre. Support from this program is helping to support the Center's outreach to new audiences from Latino communities.

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