2026 Goals
For 2024/2025, Good Theater’s goals focus on solidifying its transition to Stevens Square Theater, expanding audience reach, and strengthening its role as Maine’s largest employer of local theater artists. The season will feature five Main Stage productions: It Shoulda Been You, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Something Wonderful, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Soprano, and Grand Horizons alongside four intimate New York Cabaret concerts with Broadway stars including Tony Award-winner Lillias White, Julie Benko, and Debbie Gravitte.
We will deepen community engagement through actors’ workshops, backstage tours, and educational programs, including a partnership with USM, fostering access to the arts across the state. Fundraising goals include closing final naming rights opportunities, executing our year-end cabaret, and cultivating sustainable relationships with donors, businesses, and sponsors. Additionally, we will enhance the theater’s facilities, ensuring Stevens Square remains a state-of-the-art cultural hub for artists and audiences alike.
Fundraising Events/Opportunities
Good Theater will host a major year-end fundraising event, an annual cabaret created and directed by Artistic Director Brian P. Allen, featuring holiday hits across six performances. We also welcome sponsors or production champions for any of our five Main Stage shows and four New York Cabaret Series concerts, showcasing exceptional performers and innovative productions. Companies can host exclusive nights, pre- or post-show receptions, talkbacks, backstage tours, or support actors’ workshops, which provide free hands-on training and mentorship for emerging local artists while engaging the broader community. These events allow businesses and donors to directly support Maine’s largest employer of local theater artists, foster meaningful connections with audiences, and sustain high-quality, inspiring theatrical experiences throughout the year.
Giving Opportunities
Good Theater offers multiple giving opportunities throughout the year. Our annual appeal supports general operations, while targeted campaign appeals coincide with Main Stage shows and New York Cabaret Series concerts. Businesses and donors may sponsor productions or concerts, underwrite events, provide in-kind goods or services for receptions or backstage experiences, or support final naming rights for key Stevens Square Theater improvements, including sound, curtaining systems, the inner lobby, grand piano, and rehearsal hall. We also welcome contributions to special projects or programs that expand access to performances statewide. These opportunities allow donors and businesses to gain meaningful visibility while directly sustaining Maine’s largest employer of local theater artists and fostering high-quality, inspiring theatrical experiences across the state.
Volunteer Opportunities
Good Theater offers a variety of volunteer opportunities for businesses and individuals. Front of House roles include ushering at performances, assisting with pre- or post-show receptions, and distributing promotional materials throughout the community. Backstage support includes moving platforms, flats, costumes, and props; carpentry from basic building to advanced structural work; sewing and costume construction; painting, from basic walls to scenic or ladder-based painting; prop sourcing and creation; and welding or metal fabrication. Volunteers with other specialized skills are also welcome. These hands-on opportunities allow community members to contribute directly to the theater’s operations, support productions, and engage meaningfully with Maine’s vibrant local arts scene.