Free for the venue · 6% booking fee
Box office software that costs the theatre nothing.
Stage is a complete ticketing, subscription, donation, and CRM platform for the performing arts — free for theatres, concert halls, and arts organizations. A flat 6% booking fee is charged to the customer at checkout. That’s the whole pricing page.
Venue cost
$0
No monthly. No setup. No hosting charge.
Booking fee
6%
Charged to the patron, itemised at checkout.
Ticket revenue
100%
Straight to your own processor account — Stripe (recommended), Square, or another. We don’t custody funds.
Our track record
9 years
Running live box offices
500,000+
Tickets processed
$15M+
Revenue to our venues
Since 2017
Powering Barter Theatre
Stage is the booking engine behind Barter Theatre — the State Theatre of Virginia — since 2017, and Music Academy of the West since their 2022 season. Nine years of real box-office data shape every default we ship — nothing in Stage was designed at a whiteboard.
See it in action
The platform, not a screenshot.
Below are the real interactions a patron hits on a Stage site — picking seats, hovering a show card, reading an artist profile. Nothing rendered here is a mockup: it’s the same code that runs the Barter box office.
Make it yours
These demos are a glimpse of what your site could be. To see it in action see us on bartertheatre.com or musicacademy.org.
Reserved seating + donor + sponsor revenue
Pick a seat — watch the cart fill in
1 · The house
Thu · Apr 30 · 7:30 PM
Always… Patsy Cline
Gilliam Stage
Sponsored seat · $10 off
Underwritten by Smyth Valley Savings
Patron pays $22. Venue still receives the full $32 face value.
3 seats in your cart →
2 · Your cart
Thu · Apr 30
Always… Patsy Cline
7:30 PM · Gilliam Stage
Seat B3
Orchestra Center
$32.00
Dedicated seat
In memory of Mary Louise Gilliam
Founding patron, 1933–2012
The plaque ships with your seat assignment
Seat B4
Orchestra Center
$32.00
Seat B5
Orchestra Center
$32.00
$22.00
Sponsored — you save $10
Underwritten by Smyth Valley Savings
Their logo appears on your confirmation email.
Taxes & fees$9.72
Click a rose seat to see the memorial dedication drop into the cart (one-time $1k–$5k+ donor gifts unlock the plaque). Click a gold seat to see a sponsor’s logo and the discount math — patron pays less, venue still receives the full face value. Two live revenue streams, not a pitch deck.
Show cards + Season Pass
One card, guest and member views
Now PlayingApr 17 – May 10
From $22
A one-night musical ride through Patsy Cline’s greatest hits.
Always… Patsy Cline
Cassie McGough as Patsy Cline
Hover / tap to open the program note
Flip the toggle to see what a signed-in Season Pass holder sees: a violet ring, a 'Your pass' chip, 'Pick a night · Included' in place of the price, and a member-aware CTA — all from the same card, no separate member storefront.
Performer profiles
Profiles that cross-sell every show
Principal Company
Cassie McGough
Actor · Resident artist, 2019–present
Appalachian singer-songwriter turned stage actor. Critic’s pick for two regional theatre awards; returns this season as Patsy.
Catch her this season
Cross-sell built in
A performer's page lists every show they're cast in this season with real key art and a Get-tickets pill per credit. Fans of Cassie land on Patsy — and leave with tickets to Savannah and Guys & Dolls too.
Inside the dashboard
Reports that speak every role’s language.
The box-office manager, the development director, and the marketing lead all open Stage on opening night and each one sees the number that matters to them — pulled from the same transactional data, no spreadsheet stitching.
Revenue pulse
Tonight, by role
Gross today
$4,480
↑ 18% vs yesterday
Hover the curve for any hour
Tickets
140
Avg seat $
$32
Holds
6 live
Week over week · gross
↑ 13% vs last
Flip between Box Office, Development, and Marketing to see the same day through different eyes. Every chart refreshes the instant a ticket clears, a donation posts, or a campaign sends.
Performance calendar
The month, with every show on it
April 2026
14 shows · 3 filling fast · 1 sold out
Saturday, April 18
Always… Patsy Cline
2:00 PM · Gilliam Stage
Always… Patsy Cline
7:30 PM · Gilliam Stage
12 seats left
Days with matinees + evenings show both underlines. Sold-out shows open a waitlist so the venue captures intent the second the last seat goes.
Every role on the floor
One platform. Four doorways into it.
Walk through the experience the box-office manager, the lobby kiosk, the door volunteer, and the usher all get — pick a role below and try it.
Window 2 · Gilliam Stage
Helping now
Angela Barnes
angela.b@example.com · Lifetime value $1,240 · Last seen Savannah Sipping Society
Sell — tonight, Gilliam Stage
Always… Patsy Cline
7:30 PM · 47 seats open · 12 limited
Everything included
One platform. No feature gates.
Stop juggling a box office, a donor CRM, a streaming host, and a marketing tool. Stage ships the full stack a performing arts organisation actually uses — and every feature is on for every venue from day one.
Shows & Events
Multi-performance shows, season calendars, and flexible schedules from a single event definition.
Reserved Seating
SVG seat maps with real-time holds, pinch-zoom, and a one-tap best-seat picker for the 80% of shoppers who just want two together.
Season Subscriptions
Season passes, flex passes, and mix-and-match bundles that keep your most valuable patrons renewing year after year.
Donations & Memorials
Donation funds, pledges, donor tiers, and memorial seat recognition — all wired into the same patron record as their ticket purchases.
On-Demand Streaming
Sell access to recorded performances alongside live tickets. Low storage-based pass-through cost — billed at cloud-provider cost, never marked up.
Patron CRM
Unified patron records with purchase history, donation tiers, segments, and email + SMS messaging in one place.
Start with the problem
The situation you’re actually in.
Most organisations don’t need “ticketing software in general.” They need a specific pressure point solved. Pick yours.
Theatre ticketing software
Ticketing software built for theatres, not events in general.
Reserved seating, season subscriptions, donations, memorial seats, and a patron CRM — all free for the theatre. Customers pay a 6% booking fee at checkout.
Read moreLegacy box-office alternative
The alternative to $1,000/month box-office software.
Tired of paying thousands a month for software that still charges your patrons a fee on top? Stage is $0 to the venue and 6% to the customer. That's it.
Read moreVenue management software
One dashboard for every stage under your name.
Run every stage from one dashboard. Seat maps, performance calendars, staff schedules, patron records, and fundraising — free for the venue, funded by a 6% booking fee.
Read moreResources
Short reads for the switch.
Guide
Getting Started with Stage
A step-by-step guide to setting up your venue, configuring your first show, and selling your first ticket — in one afternoon.
Guide
Seat Map Best Practices
How to design a seat map that’s easy for the 80% of shoppers who just want two seats together and still powerful for the power users.
Guide
Migrating from Another Ticketing Platform
A comprehensive checklist for moving off Tessitura, Spektrix, AudienceView, Patronmanager, or OvationTix — without losing patron data, open subscriptions, or season momentum.
Free for the venue. Always.
Import your season, wire your Stripe account, and open the box office. You pay nothing to us. We only earn when a patron chooses to book.