VSC By the Numbers
Sometimes it's a number that's worth a thousand words. So here, for your edification and amusement, are some of the numbers that describe how we do what we do here at Vermont Stage Company.
The Business of Making Theatre
- VSC budget for 2008-2009 season
- $349,500
- Amount needed in donations (by June 30, 2009)
- $132,500
- Amount raised so far (as of July 1)
- $460 (watch this space for regular updates)
- Number of performances this season
- 66
- Number of available seats this season
- 9,210
- Expected attendance this season
- 6,650 (72%)
- Expected income from ticket sales
- $178,000
- Number of full-time staff
- 2
- Number of board members
- 14
- Number of performers to be hired this season
- 24
- Number of Equity actors to be hired this season
- 7
- Cost of one Equity actor
- Approx. $6,000 (includes salary, benefits, housing, per diem)
- Cost to produce average VSC show
- Approx. $40,000
- Number of designers, directors, and crew to be hired this year
- 22
The Art of Making Theatre
- Number of plays AD Mark Nash considers for each season
- 50-100
- Number of plays chosen for this season
- 4
- Number of actors auditioned for each Equity role
- 20-30
- Number of weeks of rehearsal for a production
- 3 (42 hours a week)
- Number of hours actors work outside of rehearsal
- 15-20 per week
- Number of hours to conceive, design, build and install average set or costume plot
- 100-200
- Number of hours devoted to technical rehearsals (setting lights, sound, costumes)
- 20-30