Video Documentary Project

Did you know that the Dreamland did not begin as a theater on South Water Street? It was originally built in the 1830s as a Hicksite Meeting House situated on Main Street, and also was used in that location as a straw hat factory and roller-rink. It was moved to Brant Point in the late 1800s to serve as the main structure of the Nantucket Hotel, and then floated back to town to its current location on South Water in 1905.

Protecting the historic fabric of the old building continues to be a priority for the Dreamland Board of Directors, evidenced by their taking great care and expense in making sure important features are refurbished and reinstated into the new theater. Public funds totalling $750,000 secured from the Community Preservation Committee have helped in this effort, and these monies also have assisted the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation's (NDF) careful photo and video documentation of the deconstruction and reconstruction of the theater. All of this material is now being put together as an archive on film, thereby producing a unique video series which will be shown on our website today and in the theater at the project's completion.

Business Booster sponsorships of $1,500 or more will underwrite each month's video. Participating businesses will receive the benefits listed below, all designed to bring quality exposure to their businesess and their support of the Dreamland.

Sign up online! Or print out the Business Boosters (pdf), fill out the form, and mail it to our office with your choice of payment.

Your Business Booster sponsorship of $1,500 or more will provide:

• Access to a 10-15 second advertisement spot at the opening of each month's video update.
• Placement of your logo at the end of the video.
• Notice of your sponsorship on our website, along with a link to your business. (We have over 1,000 views a month on our site.)
• Placement of the video, or links to it, on our Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages. (We currently have over 2,800 friends that follow our progress and programs through social media.)
• Inclusion of your business and the video in our monthly e-newsletters, reaching over 500 donors and supporters.
• A permanent place in the history of our theater, celebrated in the short video productions available on our web site, and in the longer documentary produced from these short segments at the end of production.