Guides
The week of the show.
How a house sells tickets, what that costs, then the ticket page, the volunteer at the table, and the money between sale and curtain. Not a vendor scorecard.
- How a community theatre sells tickets for a productionName the show, date the first night, put seats on a page, and share the link. That is the whole ticket job for a volunteer house.
- Reserved or open seating at a community theatreA volunteer house picks the seating it can actually run on opening night. Assigned seats if you know the rows. Open seating if you do not.
- What it costs a community theatre to sell a ticketVolunteer houses ask what tickets cost to sell, and whether cheap means a monthly fee or a cut of the door. Places charges nothing until a reserved seat sells, then one dollar.
- When the ticket page dies the week of the showThe ticket link goes down, or sales close, right when the house needs it. The door becomes a laptop and a spreadsheet.
- Who holds the ticket money until curtainSome platforms pay you after closing night. Some hold the money. Some never touch it. Before you argue about fees, ask who has your ticket money and what day it reaches your bank.
- Who is actually selling tickets the night ofA parent, a laptop, and a will-call list on someone’s personal computer. That is still the box office at a lot of volunteer houses.