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Demonstration · not a real organization · Demo tour → Old Ferry Playhouse — call board

The house

Watercolour illustration of the 1911 grain warehouse at the ferry landing, the playhouse sign over the loading door
1911Built as a grain warehouse at the ferry landing
1961Eleven neighbours stage Our Town on the loading floor; the Playhouse is incorporated the next spring
1988The county sells the building to the Playhouse for a dollar; 180 seats go in
2019New roof, paid for by 412 people and one hardware store
2026Season sixty-five
The 180-seat house from the back row: rows of red cinema seats, brick walls and timber beams, one work light on the bare stage

180 seats, bought from a cinema that closed in 1988.

People

Watercolour illustration of volunteers painting a set flat on the loading floor, a ladder and paint cans around them
StaffManaging director · full time · a former stage manager
StaffBox office · two mornings a week
BoardNine directors, elected by the members each spring; three seats open in 2027
VolunteersAbout 140 a season, on stage and off

A real site names its people, with their permission. This one is invented, so it names only their jobs.

Where the money goes · FY2025

Year ended 30 June 2026. These are the figures in the 990 below; if a number here ever disagrees with the filing, the filing is right.

$196KTicket sales47%
$58KSeason passes14%
$46KSponsors and program ads11%
$88KGifts21%
$30KConcessions, rentals, other7%
$418KRevenue
$221KProductions — rights, sets, costumes, orchestra55%
$96KThe building — heat, roof, insurance24%
$52KAdministration — 1.5 staff, bookkeeping13%
$33KFundraising8%
$402KExpenses · $16K to reserves

Give

A gift keeps the roof on and the tickets at $18. Pick an amount; the button writes the email. The theatre’s own payment page would take it from there — this demo has none.

Give $50 once →

Old Ferry Playhouse is a 501(c)(3); gifts are tax-deductible as the law allows. A written acknowledgment follows every gift of any size.

Sponsors and program ads

SeasonLanding Street Hardware · since 2014$5,000
ShowThe Riverbank Café · The Music Man$1,500
ShowFerry Road Dental · Earnest$1,500
Ads14 program advertisers · this season$4,200

Sponsor a show, $1,500: your name on the show sheet, the program cover and the lobby board, and eight tickets. Program ads $120 quarter page, $220 half, $400 full, for the run.

Every sponsor is a sheet staff fill in; the home board’s thank-you note reads this list.

Ask about sponsoring

Financials

The last three annual returns, the audit and the IRS letter. Sample documents, each labelled as such on every page.

Audited financial statements — fiscal 2025, FY2025An outside accountant’s opinion and the statements behind the 990.PDF · 166 KB
Form 990 — fiscal 2025, FY2025Filed November 2026. Part I summary, Part IX expenses by function, Part III what the money did.PDF · 188 KB
Form 990 — fiscal 2024, FY2024PDF · 188 KB
Form 990 — fiscal 2023, FY2023PDF · 189 KB
IRS determination letterWhat the letter states; deliberately not laid out like one.PDF · 122 KB

Every document is a sheet staff upload; the list and the sizes come from the files. Public copies of the 990 are also on the IRS site.

Contact

4 Landing Street, at the old ferry. [email protected]. Box office Tuesday and Wednesday 10–1, and from 6:30 on show nights. A person answers email within a few days; there is no one at the door otherwise.