(Please help me) The Show Must Go On: Making the Numbers Work for a Not-for-Profit Theater Company Case

Use a template to complete 2a-b. Be sure and leave any revenue from donations out of breakeven calculation

Ticket sale Assumptions

Estimated number of shows 4

Price per ticket - adult $25 including $5 in fee

Price per ticket- student and senior $22 including $5 in fees

Estimated percentage of adult ticket 70%

Estimated percentage of student and senior ticket 90 Seats

Average occupancy per show 50%

Service

From Case Exhibit 1

Fixed Costs assumptions

Hall rental per week, including practices and performance

$1,000

Get information from Case Exhibit 1 (use formulas, do not retype amounts)

One-time ticket set-up fee

$30

Get information from Case Exhibit 3 (use formulas, do not retype amounts)

Step costs assumptions

hrs per show

support and lighting (4-hour minimum)

per hour

*

Use information on this sheet to prepare a formula to compute this amount

Sound technician (4-hour minimum)

per hour

**

House management

per show

Get information from the text of the case (you'll need to type these amounts)

Variable costs assumptions

Facility fees

per ticket

Ticket convenience charges

per ticket