Hello all,
These seems like a kinda weird question for this forum, but I am sure you will all have your opinions, so I would like to hear them.
I am a young technician (24) and have been working professionally for a few years, but all of my work has been crew and ME so far. So, I got offered the design of a small show recently. It's being produced by a guy that is pretty new to the theatre world. I ALDed his first show, that is how I got the offer. My question is: how much do I charge? I have never designed for a fee before. Of course there will be negotiations, but I don't even know where to start.
I have no idea how much money he has, but I am sure it is very little. The space is a black box with 48 dimmers, prolly somewhere in the 100-200 seat range. The show runs 2 weekends and they are charging $20/tix. The play is realism, straight forward, should be pretty easy.
Any and all opinions appreciated,
-Tim
These seems like a kinda weird question for this forum, but I am sure you will all have your opinions, so I would like to hear them.
I am a young technician (24) and have been working professionally for a few years, but all of my work has been crew and ME so far. So, I got offered the design of a small show recently. It's being produced by a guy that is pretty new to the theatre world. I ALDed his first show, that is how I got the offer. My question is: how much do I charge? I have never designed for a fee before. Of course there will be negotiations, but I don't even know where to start.
I have no idea how much money he has, but I am sure it is very little. The space is a black box with 48 dimmers, prolly somewhere in the 100-200 seat range. The show runs 2 weekends and they are charging $20/tix. The play is realism, straight forward, should be pretty easy.
Any and all opinions appreciated,
-Tim