Get Involved
Four ways to keep the lights on at the Capitol.
Volunteer
No experience needed. Pick something you love or something you’d like to learn:
- Acting
- Directing
- Assistant directing
- Show production
- Costumes
- Sewing
- Wardrobe maintenance
- Sound
- Lights
- Set design
- Set construction
- Props
- Make-up
- Cast party
- Concession & refreshments
- Front of house & ushering
- Theatre maintenance
- Clean up
- Publicity
- Photography
- Poster design & distribution
- Box office sales
- Corporate sponsorships
- Play writing
- Play reading
- Orchestra
- Chorus
- Board of directors
- Zone festival
…and much more!
Volunteers take part as members of Portal Players. Join from $10 a year, then email capitoltheatre@shaw.ca to tell us what interests you.
Auditions & show proposals
Auditions: subscribe to our email newsletter to get notice of upcoming auditions.
Proposing a show: each season is planned about a year ahead. When the season is being developed, our Artistic Direction Committee (ADC) puts out a call for proposals. Subscribe to the email newsletter for updates.
Sponsor Our Season
Partner with Portal Players and turn our promotion into your promotion. Six partnership packages, from $120 for individuals to $3,000+ for businesses, with season tickets, logos, programme ads and more.
Donate
Portal Players Dramatic Society is a federally registered charitable organization and a provincially registered non-profit society. Your gift keeps a 90-year-old building alive and the stage lit for the next generation, and cash donations are tax deductible. Official donation receipts are issued for income tax purposes.
Charitable registration number: 89081 5442 RR0001 · BC Society No. S-24357
- e-Transfer to capitoltheatre@shaw.ca
- Visa or Mastercard: call 250-723-1195 or drop in at the box office
Buy a notebook
Our Capitol Theatre lined notebooks feature the 1936 opening-day photo. $10 from every copy goes to Portal Players. Produced in partnership with PWA Publishing.