Where Plays Appear in Your Dashboard

Plays appear throughout the On The Stage dashboard so you can access them wherever they’re most relevant. Depending on the page you’re on and which features you have enabled (Donations, Subscriptions, etc.), you may see different Plays available.

Shows all Plays except Donation Request (Subscribers).

This one only appears if you have both Donations AND Subscriptions enabled because the setup requires data from both features. If you have both enabled → the Play will show here.

Shows the same Plays as the Home page.
This is the main hub for managing, editing, and monitoring your Plays.

Displays Plays directly related to announcing new shows:

Also displays:

Shows Plays based on patron behavior:

Shows Plays tied to subscriber behavior:

Shows Plays tied to donor activity:

Same as above:

Every Play card displays different information depending on the Play’s status. There are three statuses:

If a Play is recommended (not yet started), the card will show multiple calls to action inviting you to turn it on.

If your account does not yet have enough relevant data for that Play, you’ll see alternate messaging encouraging you to enable it.

Example: If you haven’t published any new productions, Announce New Events may show simplified copy encouraging setup rather than analytics-based recommendations.

Once a Play has been started (Active or Paused), the card will display:

If a Play is Paused, you’ll see the original CTA (like “Send automated thank-yous”) instead of a Next Send Date.

You’ll be taken to the Details tab for that Play so you can review and activate it.

You’ll be taken to the Metrics tab, the second tab on the Play page, to see performance data.

Plays are sorted automatically in this priority order:

You can hide the Plays section on any page by clicking “Hide.”
When hidden:

Hiding one Plays component does not hide them across the entire dashboard—only on that specific page.