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See your business take center stage when you advertise in Showcase!

Showcase is the eye-catching, full-color, must-have program book for Kimmel Center Presents and Broadway Series performances.

Performing arts lovers attend performances in our venues to experience some of the best, most diverse offerings in the Philadelphia region. From cool jazz to Broadway's hottest hits, from cutting-edge compositions to classical favorites, from family fare to world beats, Kimmel Center Presents and the Broadway Series and the Opera Company of Philadelphia offer something for everyone.

Ads in Kimmel Center Presents, Broadway Series and the Opera Company of Philadelphia Showcase books are available in a variety of sizes, in color and in black and white. (See below for specifications.) And no matter what the size, shape or color, your ad will have impact as it reaches the thousands of people who read Showcase each month.

Call Joe Ciresi at 215-790-5884 or send us a message online.

Summer in the City Gala Showcase
Every year, Kimmel Center, Inc. thanks its high-level donors and corporate partners with a special celebration and concert. The Gala Showcase is given to every guest at this exclusive social event, and it contains important information about the evening’s itinerary, performers and honorees. Hundreds of attendees will see your ad and remember that your business shares a common passion for supporting the arts.

Call Joe Ciresi at 215-790-5884 or send us a message online.

Ad Sizes and Specifications
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Sizes

Full Page:

4.624 x 7.75 live area*
5.375 x 8.5 trim size
5.625 x 8.75 bleed size

*Text cannot appear outside the live area.

Half Page Horizontal :

4.625 x 3.75 ad size
5.375 x 8.5 page

Half Page Vertical :

2.25 x 7.75 ad size
5.375 x 8.5 page

Quarter Page Vertical:

2.25 x 3.75 ad size
5.375 x 8.5 page

Quarter Page Horizontal:

4.625 x 1.825 ad size
5.375 x 8.5 page

Specifications:

Software
Ads can be submitted as EPS, TIFF or PDF files.

Macintosh format:

Photoshop: Saved as a high-resolution (300 dpi or higher at 100%) TIFF or EPS
Illustrator: Convert type to outlines and export as an EPS or TIFF files. Include all linked images and fonts.
Adobe Acrobat: Embed all fonts and images and save as a high-resolution, uncompressed PDF at 100%.

IBM/PC format:

We are not IBM/PC compatible. If you must submit IBM/PC files for publication, please call to discuss file conversion.

Fonts
Postscript fonts are preferred. Truetype fonts may pose technical problems. IBM/PC fonts may be substituted. Be sure to include all of your Postscript Printer and Screen fonts or Truetype fonts with your ad. PC Postscript fonts require both the screen font and the printer font.

Scans
High-resolution scans must be made at 300 dpi and 100% of the final print size. Images taken from a Web site are not satisfactory. Images scanned from printed materials are not satisfactory. Images embedded in a Word file are not satisfactory. Images running in color must be saved as CMYK, not RGB. Images running in black and white must be saved as grayscale. All images must be saved as a TIFF or EPS file.

Colors
All colors appearing in your ad must be built from CMYK. If you must print a spot color, please call to discuss PMS ink charges, otherwise any spot colors will be converted to CMYK.

Compatible Media
CDs, ZIPs, email to showcase@kimmelcenter.org

What to include with submission:

Insertion order outlining: contact information, publication, run date(s), ad size and color.
All ad files must include the name of your organization in the title of the electronic file.
All fonts and linked files used in creating the ad.

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