Raleigh Little Theatre

What Raleigh Little Theatre does

Raleigh Little Theatre (RLT) is a nonprofit community theatre organization founded in 1936 and headquartered at 301 Pogue Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. It operates three venues — the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, and the outdoor Louise "Scottie" Stephenson Amphitheatre — and produces a season of mainstage musicals and plays, family programming, holiday productions, Theatre for the Very Young shows (ages 0-5), and staged readings, alongside summer camp and community-center-based education activities. Its primary technology asset is a Salesforce-based online ticketing portal; there is no proprietary technology stack described beyond this standard SaaS deployment.

RLT serves a broad community audience with four primary customer segments: general community members (ticket buyers and subscribers), youth and students (classes, camps, Teens on Stage/Backstage), schools and educators (student matinees, field trips, in-school residencies), and underrepresented creatives (BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities via the Creative Team Workshop Series). Revenue is earned through subscription packages (Signature, Family, Choose Your Own at a 10% discount), single ticket sales at $5-$23+ price points, student matinee fees ($15 plus tax, 30% deposit for school reservations), and education program fees, supplemented by corporate sponsorships (e.g., North State Bank for The Hobbit) and foundation/grant funding (e.g., Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina for the Volunteer Access Fund pilot, Maurer Family Foundation for the Creative Team Workshop Series). Distribution runs through phone/in-person box office, online ticket sales, school group reservations, and email/marketing channels.

Name

Raleigh Little Theatre

Legal name

Raleigh Little Theatre

Website

https://raleighlittletheatre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Raleigh Little Theatre is a 1936-founded nonprofit community theatre in Raleigh, NC, producing mainstage, family, and youth programming across three venues, generating earned revenue from subscriptions, single tickets, and education programs supplemented by sponsorships and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Single tickets and subscription packages for theatrical productions
2. Education Programs: Revenue from classes, camps, and workshops for youth and adults including summer camps and theatre education programs for schools

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Raleigh Little Theatre produces and presents theatrical performances across multiple series (Signature, Family, Holiday, and Theatre for the Very Young) in its Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, and the outdoor Louise "Scottie" Stephenson Amphitheatre. It also delivers year-round theatre education programming including youth and adult classes, summer camps, school field trips and student matinees, the Teens on Stage/Teens Backstage program, the New Voices playwriting initiative, and the Creative Team Workshop Series. Revenue is generated through ticket sales, subscriptions, class/camp fees, donations, and sponsorships.

Product overview

Raleigh Little Theatre is a community theatre organization offering a diverse portfolio of theatrical productions and educational programs. The core offerings include main-stage productions performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre and Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, as well as outdoor performances at the Louise "Scottie" Stephenson Amphitheatre. Educational programs span youth and adult classes, summer camps, Theatre for the Very Young (TVY) for ages 0-5, Teens on Stage/Teens Backstage, school programs including field trips and student matinees, the New Voices playwriting program, and the Creative Team Workshop Series for aspiring directors, stage managers, and designers. The theatre also operates support programs including the Volunteer Access Fund for transportation stipends.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Theatrical Production Season Annual multi-series theatrical season including Signature Series (e.g., Hairspray, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Come From Away), Family Series (Clue High School Edition, Finding Nemo, Charlotte's Web), Holiday Production (Cinderella), and Theatre for the Very Young programming, performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre and Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre.
• Season Subscription Packages

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• North State BankminorOthersSponsor for The Hobbit production at RLT's outdoor amphitheatre.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RLT1936
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/raleighlittletheatre
• Facebookfacebook.com/RLT1936
• Instagraminstagram.com/RLT1936

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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