CURTAIN CALL COMMUNITY THEATRE

What CURTAIN CALL COMMUNITY THEATRE does

Curtain Call Community Theatre (legal entity: Curtain Call Theatre, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre founded in June 1962 in Braintree, Massachusetts, and one of the longest continuously operating community theatres in the area. The organization produces a seasonal slate of plays, musicals, and concerts at its single venue at 182 Commercial Street, Braintree, and serves a primarily local audience of residents, theatre patrons, and aspiring performers drawn from Braintree and surrounding Massachusetts communities. Its 2026-2027 'Hear Her Roar!' season features five mainstage productions and an Ayla Brown concert, with programming curated around a women's-stories theme.

Core products and services include mainstage plays and musicals, live concerts, individual performance tickets ($30 plays, $35 musicals), season subscriptions (15% discount), donation programs (General Fund and Cathy Venti Scholarship Fund), and theatre workshops for ages 7 through adult delivered by Triad Theatre Company, which is in residence. The underlying technology is conventional: traditional stage, lighting, and sound equipment, a website built by JRGArt, online ticketing via the On The Stage vendor, and donations processed through Every.org across multiple payment rails (credit card, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, crypto, stocks).

Revenue is generated through two primary streams: ticket sales (individual and subscription) and tax-deductible donations. Distribution is omnichannel within a small radius, including online ticketing, mail-order with check, and pay-at-door, marketed largely through Facebook, email, and word-of-mouth in a tight-knit community network. Headcount is reported at 1-10, reflecting a largely volunteer-operated model under Producing Artistic Director Toni Ruscio and a board of directors led by President Sharon Parisi, with no paid employees visible in the source data beyond a small core team.

Name

CURTAIN CALL COMMUNITY THEATRE

Legal name

Curtain Call Theatre, Inc.

Website

https://curtaincallbraintree.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Curtain Call Community Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre founded in 1962 in Braintree, Massachusetts, producing seasonal plays, musicals, concerts, and youth workshops for local residents, patrons, and aspiring performers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Theatre

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Amateur Theatre (MPAGABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Classical & Contemporary Theatre (Plays/Drama) (MPAGABAH), Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB)

Keywords

• Community theatre productions
• Live theatrical performances
• Performing arts education
• Season subscriptions
• Arts and culture programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Braintree

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from individual performance tickets ($30 for plays, $35 for musicals) and season subscriptions with 15% discount. Additional service charges apply for credit card purchases. Pay-at-door option available pending availability.
2. Donations: Tax-deductible donations accepted via credit card, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, cryptocurrency, stocks, and mail. Two funds available: General Fund and Cathy Venti Scholarship Fund for Braintree High School seniors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Curtain Call Community Theatre is a nonprofit community theatre established in 1962 in Braintree, Massachusetts that produces and presents live plays, musicals, and concerts at its own theatre venue. It sells individual performance tickets and season subscriptions, offers theatre workshops through a resident partner, and accepts tax-deductible donations to support operations and a named scholarship fund for local high school seniors.

Product overview

Curtain Call Theatre is a community theatre organization offering live theatrical productions (plays and musicals) and concert events at their Braintree, MA venue. The 2026-2027 season 'Hear Her Roar!' features five productions spotlighting women's stories. Core offerings include individual tickets and season subscriptions for productions, live concerts, and theatre workshops for ages 7 to adult through resident partner Triad Theatre Company. The organization also accepts tax-deductible donations through its General Fund and Cathy Venti Scholarship Fund.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Main Stage Plays & Musicals
• Concerts
• Individual Tickets
• Season Subscriptions
• Theatre Workshops (via Triad Theatre Company)
• Donation Programs

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Triad Theatre CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTriad Theatre Company is in residence at Curtain Call Theatre, offering workshops for ages 7 to adult. Provides educational theatre programming that supports CCT's mission of engaging the next generation of theatre artists.
• Every.orgminorOthersDigital donation portal partner allowing contributions via PayPal, Apple Pay, Venmo, cryptocurrency, or stocks. All funds through Every.org are tax-deductible for 501(c)(3) public charities.
• On The StagecoreTechnology or IntegrationSecure online ticketing vendor for credit card ticket purchases and season subscriptions. Provides the digital infrastructure for online ticket sales and donations.
• JRGArtminorOthersWebsite design vendor responsible for the Curtain Call Theatre website.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• North Shore Music Theatre: Beverly, MA-based professional regional music theatre producing a subscription season of musicals. Comparable in musical-theatre programming and New England audience base but at a substantially larger and professionalized scale.
• New Repertory Theatre: Professional regional theatre in Watertown, MA producing a multi-show season of contemporary and classic works. A broader incumbent in the same Massachusetts theatre market with overlapping audience but larger scale and paid professional company.
• Cape Playhouse: Historic professional regional theatre in Dennis, MA producing a summer season of plays and musicals. Comparable in regional New England live-theatre offering but operates at a larger, professional scale than Curtain Call's community model.
• Huntington Theatre Company: Boston-based LORT professional theatre and one of the largest regional theatres in New England. Broad incumbent in the same Massachusetts live-theatre category with overlapping audience but a much larger, professionally staffed operation.

Direct peers

• The Company Theatre: Community theatre in Norwell, MA producing plays and musicals at a similar small-venue, volunteer-driven scale to Curtain Call. Directly comparable in mission, regional footprint (South Shore / Greater Boston), and ticketed live-theatre business model.
• Greater Boston Stage Company: Stoneham, MA-based community/professional regional theatre producing a season of plays and musicals for Greater Boston audiences. Closely comparable in programming breadth and regional community-theatre positioning.
• South Shore Players: Long-running community theatre on the Massachusetts South Shore, producing staged plays and musicals on a volunteer-supported model. Closely comparable to Curtain Call in size, geography, and nonprofit ticketed-theatre offering.
• Marblehead Little Theatre: Small Massachusetts community theatre with a decades-long history of volunteer-produced plays and musicals. Comparable in scale, audience base, and amateur/community production model to Curtain Call.
• Reagle Music Theatre: Greater Boston-area community theatre producing musicals and family programming. Comparable to Curtain Call's musical productions, ticketed subscription model, and nonprofit volunteer-supported operation.

Emerging players

• Wheelock Family Theatre: Boston-based family and community theatre (affiliated with Boston University) producing shows and education programming. Comparable in community-theatre mission and education-tied programming to Curtain Call's Triad partnership and Cathy Venti Scholarship.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/curtaincallbraintree
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/curtain-call-theatre

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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