GIVING

Blair Thomas & Company is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, IL.
As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on contributed support from foundations, corporations, and especially individuals like you.

Your Tax-Deductible Donation Helps Us:

Create a new form of Chamber Puppet Theater
• Your gift supports the creation of original works of high-quality visual theater, including adaptations of lesser-known works of music and literature integrated with ground-breaking puppetry.

Continue and traditions and advance the art of puppetry
• We train a local cadre of performers and designers in the various expressive capabilities of hand, shadow, marionette, and bunraku-style puppetry; artists who keep alive and advance the crafts of puppetry.

Enrich the cultural life of Chicago and beyond
• Blair Thomas & Company is one of the few companies in Chicago dedicated to the art of the puppet and its relationship to live music as an expressive form. Your gift supports our ability to perform and collaborate locally. In addition, we are one of the few Chicago theater companies that regularly tours nationally and enjoys an international reputation, serving as cultural ambassadors for both the city of Chicago and the global art of puppetry.

With your financial support, we will continue to present innovative and though-provoking puppetry and visual theater for adults and children.

To donate online: Click Here

Blair Thomas & Company
3200 W. Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60624

For other ways to give, including gifts of stock, multi-year gifts, and planned giving,
please contact us at 773/722-3248 or info@blairthomas.org 

IN-KIND GIVING

We have an ongoing need for in-kind donations of office equipment and computer memory. Throughout the year we also seek in-kind donations of event space, food, and printing for our special events. On occasion, we may have need for volunteer clerical assistance or professional expertise. If you are interested in in-kind giving, contact us at 773/722-3248 or info@blairthomas.org.

INTERNSHIPS

Production Internships

This studio-based internship is an opportunity informal training and work experience in puppet theater production. Blair Thomas & Company employs 2-3 production interns each summer, and spring and fall terms may be available. Interns learn a variety of skills in theater design and construction. Production interns are paid a stipend.

Applicants to this position are expected to bring to the job some technical skills in one or more of the following areas:

• Basic wood working construction (miterbox saw, table saw, band saw)
   
• Rendering and Painting
   
• Sewing
   
• Machine Fabrications
   
• Welding (oxyacetylene)
   
• Clay Sculpting
   
• Wood Carving
   
• Various Sculpture Fabrications

Administrative Internships

Part-time administrative internships are offered on a rolling basis, and are tailored to the individual intern's schedule and interests. Administrative interns have the opportunity to gain valuable in-depth experience in the areas of fundraising or general management in a professional environment for a small non-profit company. Applicants should have excellent communication, organizational, and computer skills, and an interest in arts management.

To apply for an internship (production or administrative), please send:

1. A current resume
    
2. A one-page letter describing your interest in puppet theater and its relevance to your work
    
3. Three references
    
4. A work sample (optional)
    

Applications should be mailed to Blair Thomas & Company, 3200 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624.

GIVING

Blair Thomas & Company is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, IL.
As a not-for-profit organization, we rely on contributed support from foundations, corporations, and especially individuals like you.

Your Tax-Deductible Donation Helps Us:

Create a new form of Chamber Puppet Theater
• Your gift supports the creation of original works of high-quality visual theater, including adaptations of lesser-known works of music and literature integrated with ground-breaking puppetry.

Continue and traditions and advance the art of puppetry
• We train a local cadre of performers and designers in the various expressive capabilities of hand, shadow, marionette, and bunraku-style puppetry; artists who keep alive and advance the crafts of puppetry.

Enrich the cultural life of Chicago and beyond
• Blair Thomas & Company is one of the few companies in Chicago dedicated to the art of the puppet and its relationship to live music as an expressive form. Your gift supports our ability to perform and collaborate locally. In addition, we are one of the few Chicago theater companies that regularly tours nationally and enjoys an international reputation, serving as cultural ambassadors for both the city of Chicago and the global art of puppetry.

With your financial support, we will continue to present innovative and though-provoking puppetry and visual theater for adults and children.

To donate online: Click Here

Blair Thomas & Company
3200 W. Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60624

For other ways to give, including gifts of stock, multi-year gifts, and planned giving,
please contact us at 773/722-3248 or info@blairthomas.org 

IN-KIND GIVING

We have an ongoing need for in-kind donations of office equipment and computer memory. Throughout the year we also seek in-kind donations of event space, food, and printing for our special events. On occasion, we may have need for volunteer clerical assistance or professional expertise. If you are interested in in-kind giving, contact us at 773/722-3248 or info@blairthomas.org.

INTERNSHIPS

Production Internships

This studio-based internship is an opportunity informal training and work experience in puppet theater production. Blair Thomas & Company employs 2-3 production interns each summer, and spring and fall terms may be available. Interns learn a variety of skills in theater design and construction. Production interns are paid a stipend.

Applicants to this position are expected to bring to the job some technical skills in one or more of the following areas:

• Basic wood working construction (miterbox saw, table saw, band saw)
   
• Rendering and Painting
   
• Sewing
   
• Machine Fabrications
   
• Welding (oxyacetylene)
   
• Clay Sculpting
   
• Wood Carving
   
• Various Sculpture Fabrications

Administrative Internships

Part-time administrative internships are offered on a rolling basis, and are tailored to the individual intern's schedule and interests. Administrative interns have the opportunity to gain valuable in-depth experience in the areas of fundraising or general management in a professional environment for a small non-profit company. Applicants should have excellent communication, organizational, and computer skills, and an interest in arts management.

To apply for an internship (production or administrative), please send:

1. A current resume
    
2. A one-page letter describing your interest in puppet theater and its relevance to your work
    
3. Three references
    
4. A work sample (optional)
    

Applications should be mailed to Blair Thomas & Company, 3200 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624.