HouseLights

Theater-first ticketing for school productions & community theaters

Run the house.
Not the workarounds.

Reserved seating, donor-aware checkout, mobile box office, and patron memory — one system that stays calm from on-sale through opening night.

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Best fit: 150–1,200 seat houses · 4–20 productions a year · lean teams, real lobby pressure.

One product. Two motions.

Built for how your season actually runs.

School productions

The drama teacher selling tickets between rehearsal and third period.

  • Reserved seating set up in minutes, not meetings
  • A ticket link parents can use — no app, no training
  • Run the door from your phone on show night
  • No more spreadsheet seat tracking

Community theaters

The team managing a 12-show season with 3 staff and 40 volunteers.

  • Season passes, memberships, and presale windows
  • Donations asked during checkout — not chased after
  • Box office mode built for opening-night calm
  • Patron records that survive staff turnover

What the system holds together

Three surfaces that decide whether the house feels calm or duct‑taped.

  1. Checkout that sells the seat and captures the relationship

    Reserved seating, memberships, presales, and donor asks in one branded flow. Patrons pick seats, add a donation, and check out — no side quests, no second system.

  2. Lobby mode built for real show nights

    Scanning, comps, exchanges, walk-up sales, and seat moves — all on mobile. Volunteers can work the door. The line keeps moving when the house opens.

  3. Patron memory across attendance, giving, and households

    Not a prettier receipt. A record that connects who came, who gave, which household they belong to, and what matters next season.

Simple pricing

$1 per ticket. That's it.

No monthly fee. No per-event fee. No platform percentage. Patrons pay the $1 service fee at checkout — your organization keeps 100% of ticket revenue and donations.

  • Free to set up and run your first event
  • Unlimited events, unlimited staff accounts
  • Payouts via Stripe — funds hit your account in 2 days
  • No contracts, cancel anytime

Ready to go

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Open a live sandbox, click through the buyer flow, and feel the product first. No sales call, no demo request, no email wall.

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Best fit: 150–1,200 seat houses · 4–20 productions/year · reserved seating matters