Your actors will appreciate your honesty and feel that they are a part of something with you. One of the greatest values of after-school productions is the closeness and team spirit that develop when you and the students are working together for a common goal. In fact, this is where the relationships are forged that will allow you to have positive impact on your students lives and enrich your own. Those warm fuzzies are worth working for, and there is definitely a lot of work to it. So, here goes.
Shows vary in cost from a few hundred to many thousands of dollars.
It s important that you know whether or not you will receive a budget from the school to pay for your productions, whether box office sales are expected to finance them, or whether you will have to sell candy and do car washes to make ends meet. Don t leave yourself open to any surprises in this area. Find out where the money is going to come from. Ask the person who hired you, your department chair, or the administrator in charge of activities. A great many will do nicely.