Why Support Hattiloo

Your support helps Hattiloo produce bold work, care for artists, welcome audiences, and keep a vital Black cultural institution growing. Every gift supports the experience people feel when they walk through our doors and the work that brings them back.

Give, Sponsor, and Invest in Black Theatre

There are many ways to support Hattiloo. Each one helps sustain a theatre built to produce plays and programs that support the advancement of Black culture.

Make a Direct Gift

A direct gift is one of the clearest ways to support Hattiloo’s work. It helps bring productions to life onstage, and support events, education, and community experiences that extend beyond the stage.

SMALL & MIGHTY DONOR

‘Small & Mighty’ signifies the strength of collective impact – many hands make for light work.

Small & Mighty Donors contribute $10 each month ($120/year). Monthly support helps Hattiloo care for the work, the people, and the space with consistency. While it’s a modest amount, the impact is vital for Hattiloo’s day-to-day operations.

While some donors see their contributions in the form of sponsorships and direct support, Small & Mighty donors have the benefit of sitting in the audience and saying to themselves “these lights are on because of me; there’s soap in the bathroom because of me.”

Put on your cape and become a Small & Mighty donor today!

For more information, email give@hattilootheatre.org.

20th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign

A Stage for Whats Next

A Stage for What’s Next is Hattiloo’s capital campaign to transform underused space into vibrant cultural hubs that expand artistic opportunity, strengthen community engagement, and secure Hattiloo’s independence for generations.

Your support helps sustain productions, artist experiences, audience hospitality, and the spaces that make Hattiloo more than a theatre. It helps power Culture Box, Second Stage, Café Loo, and the year-round work that keeps people connected to this institution.

The Whitman Sisters

Are you a woman who appreciates culture and the impact it can have on our city? Are you a woman who loves having fun? If you’re this kind of woman, then you’re a Whitman Sister.

Named after four Sisters who ran one of the highest paid and longest running Black vaudeville acts in history, each Hattiloo Whitman Sister donates $1,000 a year (which can be contributed through installments) and participates in an annual FUN-RAISER called “The Sisters Take Stage” – an evening when a few Sisters let their hair down and perform in a staged reading.

Along with receiving two tickets to each show within the year of their donation, each Sister gets a glitzy Whitman Sister shirt, an invite to a Hattiloo-sponsored get-together, and the opportunity to support another local non-profit, one that supports Black women or Black families.

TN License Plate Program

Hattiloo is supported by the TN license plate program. We encourage you to participate.

Get more info on the TN License Plate Program