The program is designed as a lower-cost solution/replacement for current facilities management software such as Select Ticketing Systems Inc. PASS program. The TMD would also be a workable and simplified solution for organizations that currently use multiple office programs for theater management. The concept for the database was inspired by comments on the difficulty of use and high cost of the PASS program, and by laments about using a dozen or so programs to keep track of everything.

The TMD is a multipart database consisting of four sub-databases and one master database. The four sub-databases would be as follows: crew, facilities (by room), customers, and equipment. The master database would then track each event using data pulled from the four sub-databases and from data entered for the particular event. The TMD would run off Microsoft Access and would use and link to other Microsoft Office programs as needed.

Once programming is complete, the product will be a “template” database, ready to be customized on a theater-to-theater basis with little work. Additionally, as a theater changed, the database could be changed to fit. With the “template” will be directions (as help files from within the program), and codes to run and modify the database.

Linked to this page is screen shots and sample reports. Please be warned, these page will take some time to load due to the large amount of graphics! If you have Adobe Reader you can view and print the paper brochure. 

The project was started as my thesis for may Masters degree from Boston University.

Unfortunately I have decided to completely abandon the work that you see here. After working on it more I found that I had some serious problems to over come to finish it.
     1) The time it would take to finish the program alone was to great.
     2) Although I am a good programmer, I do not possess the expertise in Access needed.
     3) It has way to much glitz to it.
     4) I was attempting to make it work in two different types of theaters.

So I started all over again. This time around I am doing it much simpler and I am focusing on "rental house" type of theater. I am leaving the glitz till later and making it work first. So I currently have a partially working database that I am currently using to run the technical end of operations at the Strand Theater.

Maybe some day this new version will be sellable but until then you can check out Event Software. Unfortunately I can't give you a review of it because it was just to expensive. Also check out Gignext Crew Manager, but again, to expensive.

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