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Theaters and performing arts

Websites for theaters and performing arts organizations.

Each season brings a new set of show pages, a subscription push and a round of donor appeals, all of it tied to the ticketing system you already run. The season goes up on a private copy for your staff to review, and the ticketing links are tested before you announce.

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What we look after

What a theater website has to do.

Announce the season

The new season goes up on a private copy, staff review every show page there, and it goes live at the time you announce it.

Link your ticketing system

Tickets and subscriptions sell through Tessitura, Spektrix, AudienceView or another system. We keep the links and embeds working and test them before each on-sale.

Bring in donors

Donor pages connect to your giving platform or ticketing system, and the donor lists are posted as your development office sends them.

Welcome every patron

Patrons look for accessible seating, captioned or ASL performances and audio description. Those details go on each show page, and we can work on the site toward WCAG 2.1 AA, quoted first.

Let each department edit

Marketing, education and development each get their own logins and roles, so the education team can post a class without waiting on marketing.

Keep up with a hit

When a show sells out and you add dates, the people who missed out come back at once. The show page is cached and the new ticket links are tested before you post them.

What we often hear

What usually goes wrong.

  • Show pages from three seasons ago still turn up in search and send people to dates that are long gone.
  • The ticketing link broke when the box office switched systems.
  • A patron called to ask about wheelchair seating because the site didn't say.
  • Only one person in marketing knows how to update the site.
A note from Ryan

Last season is still online

When I look at a theater's site, I search for show pages from past seasons, because they keep turning up in Google with ticket links that go nowhere. Then I check the current show pages for accessibility details, since a patron who can't find them has to call the box office or stays home.

Ryan Lovett, founder of Hosterr
Ryan Lovett
Founder, Hosterr
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Is next season ready to announce?

Send us your site and the date you announce the season, and we'll check the show pages, the ticketing links and the donor pages.

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Plans

How much do you want us to do?

Organizations like yours usually go on a Custom SLA, with response times and the terms written into the contract. Smaller sites can still use Managed.

Managed

$50 /mo

per site

You already have a site and you update it yourself. We look after everything underneath it.

What we take care of
  • Plugin, theme and WordPress updates snapshot saved first
  • Server, PHP and database updates planned and tested by us
  • Backups twice a day verified and kept off-site for 30 days
  • Security and monitoring scanning with a firewall and alerts
  • Same-day replies from the developer who does the work
  • Regular email updates what we did, in plain English
  • Free migration we move it for you
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Changes to the site itself are quoted first at our standard $95/hr.

A new website included

Managed + Website

$99 /mo

per site, built and hosted by us

We build you a new website, then host it and keep it current. After that, send the requests, like text changes or new pages, and they get made.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • A new website, built for you up to 10 pages, designed and built when you join
  • 1 hour of developer time a month worth $95 at our standard rate
  • Site problems fixed out of that time no quote to approve first
  • Checks after updates we test your forms and checkout
  • A monthly review a look at speed and security
  • First in line your email gets picked up first
  • A design refresh after two years your existing pages, made current
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12-month minimum, then month to month. Unused time carries over one month. Extra hours are quoted first at $95/hr.

Custom SLA

Quote

after we look at your sites and the terms you need

For agencies, larger organizations, and custom web apps and software that need more development, resources and attention.

Everything in Managed, plus
  • Set up for agencies white-label, every client site on one bill
  • Response times in the contract agreed before anything gets signed
  • Uptime commitments in writing with a named person to escalate to
  • A dedicated server, if you need one sized to your traffic
  • Update windows that suit you scheduled around your busy hours
  • Custom software and integrations web apps and tools built around how you work
  • A development team when you need one vetted US-based developers for bigger jobs
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We agree on the terms with you first.

Add-ons for either plan

Common questions

What people ask us.

Yes. Tessitura, Spektrix, AudienceView and most other systems give you links or embeds for the site. We put them in, build the show pages around them and test them before each on-sale.

Yes. We can review the site against WCAG 2.1 AA and fix problems in the site itself, quoted first. UserGuard, our own tool, adds cookie consent and accessibility for $10 a month per site. We work toward the standard with you, and we don't certify that a site is compliant.

They can stay up as an archive, with each show page marked as past, so people researching the company find them without landing on dead ticket links.

A small company's site can run on Managed at $50 a month. A larger house with many editors, a busy on-sale calendar and a board that wants the terms in writing goes on a Custom SLA, with updates scheduled away from opening nights.
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A few of the businesses whose websites and apps we look after.

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What customers say.

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Media and entertainment

Others we look after.

Media and entertainment

Websites that have to be ready on release day.

Film and TV

Production companies and title sites with trailer-day traffic.

Record labels

Labels with artist pages, release days and stores.

Festivals and live events

Lineups, tickets and a rush when announcements drop.

Tell us what you need.

Tell us what you're running and what's getting in the way. We'll write back the same day with a plan, and if Hosterr isn't the right fit, we'll say so.

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