End of Year Update: This campaign represents all of our fundraising of 2025. We are so grateful for the huge support we've ben shown already in growing our staff and doubling our programming this year. Will you help take us across the finish line of our yearlong campaign to ensure we can continue creating high-quality, Catholic theater in the years to come?

Since its origin, Missed the Boat Theatre has been managed by a small and shifting
team, working a limited number of hours around other jobs. At the end of 2024, we
had clearly reached a breaking point; either we needed to hire dedicated staff, or we
would have to severely limit the theater’s growth, possibly leading to its end.
With 100 unique artists served in 2024, numerous participants returning for multiple
projects throughout the year, and over 2000 audience members attending our shows,
it seemed clear that we were called to grow, not to take a step back. We decided to
take the leap and bring on a full-time leader and 2 new part-time team members. As a
result, our annual budget has more than doubled; but with our dedicated team,
committed to doing God’s work through this organization, we are excited to expand
our offerings to include not one, but TWO full productions in 2025, a new works
festival showcasing in-progress work by Catholic writers, and additional creative and spiritual formation opportunities.

“I regard the theater as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” –Thornton Wilder

Donor Giving Levels

Beginning January 1, 2025, all donors who give at or above the following levels within a calendar year will receive the following perks (please note that our monthly donors will be considered sponsors at the level equivalent to the sum total of their giving in a 12-month period):

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Donors: ($25-$99)

Early box office access to mainstage MTB productions (excludes benefit cabaret)
Name listed on website
Inclusion in our annual publication

St. Martin de Porres Donors: ($100-$249)

includes all the perks above, as well as the following:

One complimentary ticket to one mainstage show (excludes benefit cabaret)
Name listed in printed programs of mainstage shows

St. Vincent de Paul Donors: ($250-$499)

includes all the perks above, with the following additions or upgrades:

Early box office access to all 2025 MTB productions and 2026 benefit cabaret
Two complimentary tickets to one mainstage show (excludes benefit cabaret)
20% discount on all MTB classes & retreats

St. Zélie Martin Donors ($500-$999)

includes all the perks above, with the following additions or upgrades:

Two complimentary tickets to 2026 benefit cabaret
50% Discount to all MTB classes & retreats
One piece of Missed the Boat merchandise

St. Francis of Assisi Donors: ($1000-$4999)

includes all the perks above, with the following additions or upgrades:

Two complimentary Deluxe tickets to 2026 benefit cabaret
50% Discount to all MTB classes & retreats
Invitation to exclusive pre-show opening night celebrations for mainstage shows
Four complimentary tickets to one mainstage MTB show of your choice
Two pieces of Missed the Boat merchandise

St. Nicholas Donors: ($5000-$9999)

includes all the perks above, as well as the following additions or upgrades:

Four complimentary tickets to all mainstage MTB shows
Free access to all MTB classes & retreats
Three pieces of Missed the Boat merchandise

St. Katharine Drexel Donors: ($10,000+)

includes all the perks above, as well as the following additions or upgrades:

Four complimentary Deluxe tickets to 2026 benefit cabaret
Four pieces of Missed the Boat merchandise

Silent Directed Retreat at Bethany Center for Prayer and Renewal