The Show Must Go On: Making the Numbers Work for a Not-for-Profit Theater Company

2-f: Comment on the feasibility of the required number of ticket sales computed from above, keeping in mind the nature of the play, that it is staged by a community theater organization, and the ethnicity aspect. Suggest ways for SETU to achieve the necessary amount of ticket sales.

Appendix TN5. Solutions for Question 2e Service Fixed Costs assumptions Hall rental per week, including practices and performance One-time ticket set-up fee Step costs assumptions Technical support and lighting (4-hour minimum) Sound techinician {4-hour minimum}) House management Variable costs assumptions Facility fees Ticket convenience charges Ticket sales assumptions Estimated number of shows Price per ficket - adult Price per ticket - student and senior Estimated percentage of adult ticket Estimated percentage of student and senior tickst Maximum capacity Average occupancy per show Budget Ticket sales - adult Ticket sales - student and senior From Case Exhibit 1 1,000 Getinformation from Case Exhibit 1 {use formulas, do not retype amounts f f hib i las, d 530 Get information from Case Exhibit 3 {use formulas, do not retype amounts) hrs per show 530 per hour 5]+ - Use information on this sheet to prepare a formula to compute this amount 530 per hour S+ SB0 per show -Get information from the text of the case [you'll nead to type these amounts) 52 per ticket 53 per ticket From Case Exhibit 3 3 525 522 T0% 30% B0 seats 50% Calculated based on information provided in Case Exhibits 1 and 3 Total number of tickets Receipts Ticket receipts - adult Ticket receipts - student and senior Total Receipts 135 53,254