<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class=""><div class="">I’m curious:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Do you get to keep the ticket revenues in the department? (I’m guessing no.)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Can you seek other funding sources to supplement the budget you have? (Grants, sponsors &c.) Or are you limited to that “Budget.”</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Do you have a detailed budget as to what you spent on each element of the production - and how much you brought in - for each show you’ve done in recent years? (A detailed P&L statement.)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It seems to me that if you want to teach “Real world” Theatre, that students should learn the financial realities of producing a show including getting funding.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruce</div><div class="">-----</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Bruce Purdy</div><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Central New York Magic Theatre Co.</div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://brucepurdy.com" class="">http://brucepurdy.com</a></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18Nov, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Miller, Daniel via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Again, I am asking for your help.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I am a one person department in a small university in the upper plains. We have just been given an amazing new theatre facility in which we can do our three to four shows a year. Including the ‘big’ musical. However, the budget I have for these shows is ridiculous and I am trying to explain to my administration that the money is not enough for what they expect from me and the department. I should also mention that I do not have any other money allocated to me except for the show budgets and a travel budget for my students and I. The budget below is ‘all’ the money I receive each academic year.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Can you please share what your typical budget is for a straight show and a musical and other needs? It would be greatly appreciated in my efforts to get admin to understand.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In addition, if I am way off here and these budgets look good to you, please tell me. I need to know.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This is our ‘total’ yearly budget…..<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Show #1 - $3500<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Show #2 - $3500<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Musical - $10,000<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Travel $1500<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This is all the money I receive each academic year. This is basically the amount I have had to work with for the last twelve years. I need your input.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dan<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Serif'; color: rgb(0, 76, 151);" class="">Daniel L. Miller, M.F.A.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Sans';" class="">Director of Theatre<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Sans';" class="">Associate Professor of Theatre<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Sans';" class="">1200 W. University Ave. / Mitchell, SD / 57301<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Sans';" class="">605-995-2710 (o) 605-290-0641 (c) /<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);" class=""><a href="http://www.dwu.edu/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 76, 151);" class="">www.dwu.edu</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Serif';" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Gandhi Sans';" class="">Input / Responsibility / Relator / Intellection / Achiever<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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