OK, team, huddle up! Remember, volunteering at Rocky Mountain Rep is more than the gift of your time — you’re helping sustain a cultural institution that serves as one of the community’s creative and social centers!
In a small town like Grand Lake, a repertory theater’s importance can far exceed its size. RMRT brings together residents, seasonal visitors, artists, students, retirees, local businesses, and regional audiences in a shared cultural experience. Volunteers like you become part of the living infrastructure that allows the theater to exist and thrive — often contributing across multiple productions and seasons, and becoming part of RMRT’s rhythm and identity. The impact of individual volunteers in a theater like ours can be enormous.
You’re not just giving your time — you’re also:
Preserving Cultural Vitality
In our small mountain community, RMRT is one of the few places that regularly brings people together across generations and backgrounds. You are helping to sustain a space where stories are shared, conversations happen, and community identity is strengthened.
Enabling Artistic Excellence
Award-winning theater requires extraordinary effort behind the scenes! You help make ambitious, high-quality productions possible despite the financial realities of a nonprofit arts organization. A single dedicated volunteer can have a direct impact on both audience experience and operational stability.
Creating Hospitality and Community Connection
RMRT is often remembered as much for its warmth and character as for the productions themselves. You help shape the audience experience from the moment someone walks through the door, while also serving as a bridge between the theater and the wider community — bringing neighbors into the theater and helping RMRT remain deeply rooted in local life.
Sustaining Tradition and Continuity
RMRT depends on people returning year after year to support productions, mentor newcomers, and preserve institutional memory. Our longtime volunteers carry stories, traditions, and relationships that help maintain the theater’s unique spirit and sense of continuity across seasons.
Supporting Grand Lake’s Civic and Economic Life
In our tourism-driven mountain town, RMRT contributes meaningfully to the local economy and cultural identity. By helping the theater remain vibrant and respected, you are indirectly supporting restaurants, lodging, local businesses, and the broader cultural life of the community.
Demonstrating Shared Ownership
Perhaps most importantly, you demonstrate that this theater truly belongs to the community. Your participation reflects a shared belief in the value of the arts — and in what a small town can accomplish together through collective effort.
You see? You’re an MVP. You’re part of what makes us us: distinctive, resilient, and beloved. And we are deeply grateful. Now, LET’S GO!!!
1) Get Behind The Bar
Tending bar at RMRT shows and events is a great way to connect with our patrons! Concessions bartender certification is easy and convenient. Consult the Fraser Valley Library calendar, or keep your eye on your inbox for upcoming trainings!
2) Be The Brand
You’re not just a volunteer, you’re a brand ambassador! The quality of our patrons’ experience is our top priority, and we rely on you to represent the theatre efficiently and in a positive and friendly manner that reflects our values. Give our patrons the experience you’d hope to have!
3) Spread the Word
There’s no more trustworthy testimonial than that of a friend. Planning to attend a show or volunteer workday? Bring a friend and introduce us to someone new. And if you’re on social media, tag us in your posts about the fun you had at RMRT!
2026 Front-Of-House Volunteer Sign-Up
Keep this convenient link handy to sign up for front-of-house shifts throughout the season.
2026 Volunteer Time-tracker
Front of House and organized work day hours get logged automatically, but if you’ve done any odd jobs on our behalf, this is the place to log your time!
Contact your Volunteer Coordinators
Annie Baker & Catherine Prior
