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Discounted custom multi-platform packages are available! If you are interested in creating a campaign using two or more of our marketing opportunities, please call or email Clay Lord at (415) 430-1140 x22 or clay-at-theatrebayarea-dot-org.
Display Advertising
Reach your target audience more effectively with a display ad in Theatre Bay Area magazine!
Theatre Bay Area magazine is the premiere arts industry and insider publication in the Bay Area, with a circulation of 4,300 targeted arts makers and consumers. Our readers are looking for the next great thing to further their careers as artists, designers, directors, playwrights, and other arts professionals, and seek out vendors who advertise in the magazine. Compared to the national average for similar magazines, Theatre Bay Area's rates are affordable and offer a great bang for your buck!
To download a PDF of our display advertising rates, sizes, and mechanical requirements, please click here.
To download an ad agreement and insertion order form, please click here.
To contact Clay Lord, Theatre Bay Area marketing and advertising manager, please click here or call 415.430.1140 x22.
- Reservation deadline: first working day of the month for the next month's issue.
- Ad deadline: no later than the 6th of the month.
- We prefer that advertisers purchase ads using credit cards, but will also invoice if you prefer. To download the entire advertising packet, including display information, web advertising, e-mail advertising, and advertising agreement, please click here.
Classified Advertising
Theatre Bay Area offers magazine classified ads at a rate of $.75 per word for members and $1.00 per word for non-members. Classifieds are a great way to reach out to our targeted audience cheaply and effectively.
Here is an example of (an altered) classified ad:
- Classified ad categories include: acting, voice, film/video, multidisciplinary, playwriting, improv, youth, services, spaces and for sale.
- Deadline: first working day of the month for the next month's issue.
- Phone numbers and e-mail addresses count as one word. All ads have a 15-word minimum. Classified advertisements must be paid for in advance via Paypal.
- You may e-mail your ad and payment info to cara-at-theatrebayarea-dot-org. Or you can fax them to (415) 430-1145.
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