The Ellis Match

Why This Matters Right Now

This summer, the City of Albany cut our funding contract after just one year of reinstatement, and corporate sponsorship for the arts continues to decline across the region. These are real challenges — and we're responding the way Playhouse Stage always has: by adapting, by protecting our mission, and by showing up for our community.

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Ellis Family Fund, every dollar you give through June 15 will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000. Your $50 gift becomes $100. Your $500 becomes $1,000. There has never been a better moment to make your support count twice.

Your gift helps us keep Park Playhouse admission free for all audiences, produce professional musical theatre year-round at Cohoes Music Hall, provide life-changing opportunities for young performers through Playhouse Stage Academy, and pay the artists, teachers, musicians, and technicians who make our work possible.