Playhouse Notebook

Putting on a Play Without Breaking the Bank

Every community theatre director knows the feeling: a great script, a willing cast, and a budget that barely covers the photocopying. The gap between an ambitious vision and what the box office can support is where most productions live or die. The good news is that many of the most memorable shows rely on craft and creativity, not expensive sets or elaborate effects. Choosing scripts that are genuinely easy to stage plays a huge role, but so does how you approach the work o