[nelakluwos]

Yeah marketing is key...unfortunately the members of the board have a hard time understanding that, they also cannot budget - but that is not my problem as I am not a member of the board. We have a website which I believe is one of the largest forms of marketing, but is looks horrible and everyone on the board is afraid to "fire" the designer because he helps out the organization a lot. I guess what I am asking is if anyone has decent ways that worked to get the community excited and come out to see a show, or a workshop, or a dinner, or whatever it may be. I know there has been a lot of effort by some of the board members to establish this group as a business and I would hate for all of their hard work to seem like it was for nothing. I am just all for giving everyone an opportunity to experience theater, if it wasn't for my parents forcing me to see my first show years ago, I wouldn't have a job in tech theater today...that's all for my rant...and thank you to all of you who support your local community or high school theaters!!