Spring 2024

Are you choosing more well-known titles or taking chances with
titles the audience may not know compared to pre-pandemic years?
Actors and Volunteers
• The largest block of theatres, 40.7%, have seen an
increase in their acting pool this season, while 31.3%
have remained the same, and 26.1% report a decrease
in the pool of acting talent.
• However, in the case of technical and general
volunteers, the numbers are reversed, with 45.1% of
theatres reporting a marked decrease in volunteers,
with 26.6% staying the same and only 15.2% seeing an
increase.
Paid Staff and Participants
• The largest group of responding theatres, 54.25%,
have paid staff. Not surprisingly, 75% of theatres with
budgets over $100,000 had paid staff, while over 75%
of theatres with budgets under $100,000 have no paid
staff. Of those theatres with paid staff, 73.1% reported
all of their positions were filled, while 26.8% were still
looking for employees.
• In terms of paying people involved in productions,
37.2% said they only pay professionals for those
services they provide as a living (musicians, directors,
designers, etc.), while 34% reimburse participants for
out-of-pocket expenses, and 26.1% don’t pay anyone.
• When we break these numbers down by budget size
a different picture emerges. In the case of theatres
with budgets of under $50,000, 50% don’t pay
anyone, while 50% pay something. That number
changes significantly with budgets above the $50,000
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