Did You Know…?
Facts About the Thomaston Opera House

• The Thomaston Opera House organization has raised $815,000 in capital improvements to the facility since 1991.
• The Thomaston Opera House uses well over 150 active volunteers each year to run its operations.
• When a piece of the ceiling fell in November 2008, the Thomaston Opera House organization raised $26,000 to ensure the space was structurally sound.
• Since 2002, 140,000 people have atteneded shows at the Thomaston Opera House.
• 53 private businesses in Thomaston along with 37 regional businesses support the Thomaston Opera House through advertising, sponsorships, and donations.
  • Some of these businesses include:
    • A Buell’s Florist
      Ameriprise Financial
      Black Rock Tavern***
      Crabby Al’s
      Goose and the Gander
      Home and Office Computer Services
      Northbury Realty
      Patti’s Place
      Red’s Hardware
• The number of subscribers has doubled from last season.
• The Thomaston Opera House has raised over $30,000 this year and quadrupled its donors from last year (currently 388 individual donors).
• The Opera House Regional Drama Club is free to all students including Thomaston residents and students throughout the region.

***Figures from Black Rock Tavern demonstrate they realize approx. $5,250 in revenue from one Opera House show night.  Across the season, 40 show nights equal $210,000 in revenue to ONE business.***

What Does the Opera House DO FOR YOU?

• The Opera House Participates in offering community service to students in the school system in need of guidance.  This is achieved through a close relationship with the school superintendent’s office.
• The Opera House provides Drama Club to the middle school and high school.  The Drama Club is part of the curriculum in the middle school and is working towards the same goal at the high school.
• The Opera House also opens its space, technical abilities, ticketing, and promotion services to the following local organizations in addition to MANY others for use in their various events:
  • Open Mic Night
    Light up the Town
    Ladies Choral Club
    H.S. Liederkranz
    Joyful Noise
    F.A.C.T.
    American Red Cross
    Special Olympics
    Project Graduation
    Thomaston High School Graduation
    Diane Burr 5K Walk
    Rotary Club
    CVTOS
    D.A.R.E.
    Lions Club
    Thomaston Women’s Club
    Thomaston Little League
    Covenant Church
    Black Rock School
    Center School
    Friends of the Thomaston Library
    Litchfield County Scholarship Pageant
    Miss Watertown
    Waterbury Dance Company
    The Railroad Museum of New England
    Diva Dance Company
    Stepping Out
    Center Stage
    Reach for the Stars
    21st Century Dance
    Boy Scouts
    Maritime Ministry
    Checchitti Ballet Studio