f all 49% 8:37 PM The Little The The Little Theatrr is a rinnprofit organiatiorn drwoted to staging plays for hildrThe thrater has very full-tirn pirafesinal administrative staff. Througha sprcial arragint with the actors unipn, actors and dirrctors rehearse withcut yand ar paid orly for atual erfoman The rnsts frorn the currernt year's planrirng budget appear bekpw. The Little Theatre had tertatively plariried to put on six different producions with total af 10 erfmans. Fr amle, arie of the productions was Peter Robbit which had a six-week run with three perfomances on each weekend Costs trom the Planning Budget Foe the Year Ended December 31 Buddgeted number of productions Budgeted number of performances Actors' and directors' wages Stagehands' wages Ticket booth personnel and ushers' wages Scenery, costunes, and props Theater hal rent 32.400 16,200 109,000 54,000 27,000 12,000 43,200 Scenery, costum Some of the costs vary with the number of productions, some wth the number of performances, and costs of scenery, costumes, props, and publicity vary with the number of productions. It doesn't make any difference how many times Peter Rabbit is performed, the cost of the scenery is the same. Likewise, the cost of publicizing a play with posters and radio commercials is the same whether there are 10, 20, or 30 performances of the play. On the other hand, the wages of the actors, directors, stagehands, ticket booth personnel, and ushers vary with the number of performances. The greater the number of performances, the higher the wage costs will be. Similarly, the costs of renting the hal and printing the programs will vary with the number of perfonmances. Administrative expenses are more difficult to pin down, but the best estimate is that approximately 75% of the budgeted costs are fixed, 15% depend on the nurnbrr of productins staged, and the rening 10 dpd he numiber of perfrnarices After the brginning nf thr yrar, the rd of directars of the theater autharizeg the theater's prngram to seven productions and a a of 168 perfrrnaites. Not surprisingly, atualts ere ronsiderably higher than the eosts frorn the panning budget. (Grants fron donors and tiket sales werr alsn respdirigy higer, but ar a conerning thr atults appirar below: e not shawn here.J Dat The Ltte Theatre For the Year Ended December 31 Actual number of productions.... Actuel number of performances Actors' and directors wages Stagehands wage6 Ticket booth persornel and ushers wapes $341,800 49,700 26,900