Patrons' Circle

Patrons' Circle

One of the most important roles at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is the one you can play as a member of the Patrons’ Circle.

With a minimum tax-deductible gift of $50,000 (payable over a five-year period) you can help us maintain world-class, multicultural programming for all ages and stages of life, enhance one of the largest arts-in-education programs in the country, and develop local talent and organizations that reflect the mosaic of cultures represented in our community today.

Membership entitles you to: 

• Personal ticket concierge service
• Ticket processing and exchange fees waived
• Opportunity to purchase extra tickets to performances, as available, through your personal ticket concierge prior to other membership levels
• Guaranteed purchase of two lower orchestra seats (time limits apply)
• Complimentary access to the Josephine S. Leiser Room, our private benefactors’ lounge at the Broward Center, for members one hour before and through the intermission of evening performances in the Au-Rene Theater. (On occasion, members may invite guests to accompany them when space is available)
• Complimentary access to The Place To Be: A Gift from the Wendts, our private donors’ lounge at The Parker, for members one hour before and through the intermission of evening performances at The Parker. (On occasion, members may invite guests to accompany them when space is available)
• Recognition on the Broward Center website, in CenterStage magazine and Playbill listings, and Patrons’ Circle Honor Roll in the Lower Orchestra Level Lobby of the Au-Rene Theater
• Recognition with brass plaques, engraved with the names of your choice, on two seats in the lower orchestra of the Au-Rene Theater. (Other naming opportunities available at all levels.)
• Six complimentary valet parking passes annually
• Priority access to Marti’s New River Bistro
• Opportunity to reserve the Josephine S. Leiser Room for private parties and special events such as luncheons or evening receptions when the theater is not in use
• Subscription to Broward Center’s quarterly magazine CenterStage

After completing an initial $50,000 benefactor gift, membership in the Patrons’ Circle may be maintained by annual gifts at the following levels:

• GOLD: $5,000
• PLATINUM: $10,000

Recognition and benefits are commensurate with the Patrons’ Circle gift level.

“Buddy’s Club” - The Robert B. Lochrie, Jr. Founders’ Club

Named for the founding chairman of the Broward Performing Arts Foundation, “Buddy’s Club” is the premier membership level at the Broward Center and offers more rewards for benefactors. The Club is reserved for those Patrons’ Circle benefactors who have reached a cumulative giving level of $100,000. Membership in “Buddy’s Club” may be maintained with annual gifts of $10,000 and above, and provides all the benefits of membership in the Patrons’ Circle, plus:

• Highest level of recognition
• Invitation for two to the annual “Founders' Club” event, a private celebration for Founders of the Broward Center

The Leiser Room is available for the following performances