Cheyenne Little Theatre Players

What Cheyenne Little Theatre Players does

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players (CLTP) is a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre organization founded in 1930 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, currently in its 97th season. The organization operates two owned venues: the Mary Godfrey Playhouse (2706 E. Pershing Blvd., primary Main Stage performance space and box office) and the historic Atlas Theatre (211 W. Lincolnway, a 550-seat 1908 venue on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973, acquired by CLTP in 1971). CLTP produces a year-round season of full-scale musicals, comedies, and dramatic productions, plus its signature 70th annual Old-Fashioned Melodrama, a Youth Summer Stock program (ages 8-18), and dinner theatre add-ons.

The organization's revenue model combines three streams: (1) one-time ticket sales through the Ludus.com ticketing platform and the on-site box office, (2) recurring Pick 6 Season Memberships priced at $109-$159 across adult, senior/military, student, and child tiers, and (3) tax-deductible donations including the structured 100 for 100 endowment campaign targeting a combined $1 million by the 2030 centenary. CLTP supplements this with grants from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, GFWC Women's Civic League of Cheyenne, and Visit Cheyenne, plus venue rental income from weddings and special events at the Atlas Theatre. All creative and technical roles — acting, directing, backstage, front-of-house — are performed by volunteers; there are no proprietary technology platforms, no AI/ML systems, and no digital product beyond the Squarespace website and Ludus.com ticketing integration.

CLTP serves a regional audience across Wyoming, northern Colorado, and western Nebraska, with more than 16,000 participants annually and over 2,500 active volunteers. The customer base is horizontal and highly diversified across general community members, families, youth, and volunteer participants, with no enterprise anchor customers. Distribution runs through a community-led GTM motion: physical box office, online ticketing, Facebook organic social, an email volunteer mailing list, community event presence (pancake breakfasts, parades, Cheyenne Frontier Days), and word-of-mouth through the volunteer network. CLTP is governed by a volunteer board of directors with no parent company and no institutional investment, and is currently executing a multi-Act Atlas Theatre restoration campaign (FOTA, est. 2017) including façade preservation (2019), adjacent building acquisition (2021), and ongoing ADA and structural improvements.

Name

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players

Legal name

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players

Website

https://cheyennelittletheatre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players is a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre founded in 1930 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, operating two historic venues and serving more than 16,000 participants annually across Wyoming, northern Colorado, and western Nebraska through year-round productions, season memberships, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Theatre / Performing Arts

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Amateur Theatre (MPAGABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Repertory Theatre Companies (MPAGABAB), Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM), Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Venue Management & Booking Services (Third-Party Operators) (MPAGALAJ)

Keywords

• Community theatre productions
• Live theatrical performances
• Historic theatre venue
• Theatre education programs
• Volunteer performing arts

Headquarters

HQ city

Cheyenne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from individual ticket purchases for productions at both the Atlas Theatre and Mary Godfrey Playhouse. Tickets sold through Ludus.com ticketing platform.
2. Season Memberships: Pick 6 membership packages allowing members to attend six Main Stage shows per season, with benefits including pre-booking seats and flexible ticket exchanges.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Tax-deductible donations as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The 100 for 100 Campaign seeks to grow endowments to $1 million combined by 2030. Accepts donations toward General Endowment, Atlas Theatre Endowment, or wherever needed most.
4. Volunteer Contributions (Non-monetized): All acting, directing, and backstage roles are volunteer-based. Participants donate their time for the sake of providing theatrical entertainment to the community.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players (CLTP) is a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre that produces a year-round season of full-scale musicals, comedies, and dramatic productions across two historic Cheyenne, Wyoming venues—the Mary Godfrey Playhouse and the 1908 Atlas Theatre (National Register of Historic Places). It sells individual tickets, season memberships, dinner theatre add-ons, youth summer stock performances, and rents its historic venues for special events and weddings.

Product overview

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players (CLTP) operates as a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre organization operating two historic venues: the Mary Godfrey Playhouse and the Atlas Theatre. The organization offers a portfolio of theatrical products and services including Main Stage productions (plays and musicals), the signature Old-Fashioned Melodrama at the Atlas Theatre, Youth Summer Stock programs, Season Membership Packages, volunteer opportunities, and fundraising initiatives including the 100 for 100 Campaign and Friends of the Atlas restoration efforts. The organization serves over 16,000 participants annually including 2,500+ volunteers, offering audition opportunities for all ages and experience levels, along with dinner theatre options and workshops for volunteer training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Main Stage Productions

Quantifiable outcome

• 16,000+ annual participants
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Friends of the Atlas (FOTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017FOTA is an ad-hoc committee formed in 2017 reporting to the CLTP board of directors. Focused on restoring, preserving, and sustaining a state-of-the-art performance venue at the Historic Atlas Theatre. FOTA has organized restoration in 'Acts': Act 1 (AC, flooring, railings, windows), Act 2 (façade renovation, fire curtain restoration, endowment), Act 3 (expansion to 215 West Lincolnway, ADA improvements), and Act 4 (structural repairs in grand lobby).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Omaha Community Playhouse: One of the largest community theatres in the U.S., also volunteer-inclusive and presenting a season of plays and musicals from a single Nebraska market. Highly comparable to CLTP's volunteer-powered, multi-stream nonprofit model in an adjacent Great Plains geography.
• Grandstreet Theatre: Community theatre in Helena, Montana presenting mainstage productions and education programs in a small western city. Comparable geographic and demographic positioning to CLTP's Cheyenne footprint.
• Little Theatre of Alexandria: Long-running (since 1934) community theatre producing a Main Stage season of plays and musicals from a single owned venue. Closely matches CLTP's nonprofit, single-market, season-subscription community theatre model.
• Creede Repertory Theatre: Regional repertory theatre in a small Colorado mountain town running a summer season with repertory scheduling. Comparable to CLTP as a small-market, repertory-style community theatre in the interior West.
• Sierra Repertory Theatre: Regional repertory theatre in California's Central Valley/Sierra foothills presenting a season of plays and musicals in a small-market setting. Comparable repertory/community scale to CLTP.
• Flat Rock Playhouse: Long-running regional/community theatre (founded 1940) producing a multi-show season with subscription models. Mirrors CLTP's nearly century-long continuous operation and season-membership structure.

Broad incumbents

• Arizona Theatre Company: Statewide regional theatre presenting a subscription-based season of plays and musicals across venues in Phoenix and Tucson. Comparable subscription/community-theatre model at a broader geographic scale.
• Kansas City Repertory Theatre: Regional repertory theatre presenting a subscription season of plays and musicals from an owned venue. Shares CLTP's repertory/community theatre structure and subscription revenue model, though at substantially larger scale.
• Denver Center for the Performing Arts: One of the largest nonprofit performing arts complexes in the U.S., with multiple resident theatre companies and a season-based subscription model. Overlaps CLTP's subscription-driven theatre programming but at far greater scale and operating geography.
• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park: Established regional theatre with a multi-stage season and subscription base, operating from a single park venue. Comparable to CLTP's owned-venue, season-subscription model but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CLTPCheyenne
• Xx.com/cltpcheyenne
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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