In some cases, this allows us to do some old favorites and, in other cases, to experiment. Yeah, I know you thought of that, but are you doing it. If you do, you may have good local playwrights. Even if you find no locals, you have some in your state. A true community theatre builds community.
Communities appreciate communities fund true community theatres.
And second, speaking of community, your friends probably do not appear on television. Ok, so you got one who played the unshaven nephew on The Cosby Show . I will go down to see my friends and neighbors at the community theatre and watch Sandlot some other time. One of the things that the small-town local theatre operators do where I live is that they let the newspaper know every time the slightest thing happens. They newspaper is notified before auditions, after auditions to report who made it, when the set goes up, when final dress is run, and right before the actual run.