The Folly Theater is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that depends upon the support of the community to help preserve the historic building and provide program support. For more information about making a donation, please contact Steve Irwin, Director of Development, at 816-842-5500 or via e-mail at steve@follytheater.com. Doug Tatum, the Folly's Executive Director, is also available at 816-842-5500 or via email at dytatum@follytheater.com.

To preserve Kansas City's oldest historic theater as a premier performance venue by presenting, producing, and hosting a wide range of quality events for the community.

The Folly's Reasons for Being:

• We entertain, educate and inspire audiences young and old through the performing arts.

• We celebrate the Folly Theater's intimate and acoustically ideal performance space and the unique experience that it provides patrons of all art forms.

• As a partner and leader in downtown revitalization we enhance our community by serving the cultural, entertainment, educational, business, and civic needs of the greater community.

• The Folly Theater stands as a definitive illustration of an irreplaceable community asset, enriching the successful economic recovery of a neighborhood through preservation and the arts.

As an organization, our goal is to provide programming that meets the highest quality standards while striving to meet the community's needs and desires. We are proud to host the greatest jazz artists the world has to offer with our Folly Jazz Series. We are proud to bring the best national touring productions for children to the Kansas City Metro area.

We work to educate the community about our city's history and place in the national consciousness, great art, and the opportunities that art provides in stimulating creativity and possibilities.

We are not just caretakers of a building, but caretakers of generations of work toward educating, preserving the past and looking to the future. We are community partners. We are our community's past and present. We are the future. We are the Folly Theater.