In November 2018, the Bahle family — who had owned and operated the theater since 1976 — announced plans to find a new owner or close the theater by the end of the year. Several members of the Bahle family helping run the venue were set to retire, and those remaining “didn’t have the energy.” Community members had a different plan, and a week after a public forum, a group filed paperwork to register Bay Community Theatre Organization as a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the State of Michigan.
Source: Bahle family sells Bay Community Theatre property to nonprofit running it | ETC | record-eagle.com