Bodies in Play is always seeking new members and contributions.
Please see below to learn how your support will be directed.

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Dream Budget:

Projected Costs

• performer fees* - $9,600 (6 performers @ $20/hr)
• production assistant* - $1,600 (80 hours @ $20/hr)
• Lighting Designer* - $2000
• Musicians/Composers* - $2000
• Costumes/Designer* - $2000
• Photo/Video* - $1000
• studio rehearsals - $1,600 (80 hours @ average $20/hr)
• performance venue rental - $2,500
• Happy Hour food/drink/decor - $1000

Total Costs - $23,300

*Bodies in Play is committed to paying artists a competitive hourly wage and the bulk of all donations will always go to artists first.

For comparison, below are budgets for Bodies in Play's smallest and largest scale productions to date:

BiP/WiP 2022

• performer fees - $3,800 (5 performers @ $20/hr)
• studio rehearsals - $384 (15.5 hours @ $17/hr; 4 hours $30/hr, 6 hours subsidized = 25.5 hours total)
• performance venue rental - $700
• Happy Hour food/drink/decor - $345
• Photo/Video - $240

Total Costs - $5,460

Revenue

• Memberships - $1,725
• Donations - $2,525
• Artist Magnet Micro-Grant - $1,000
• Workshop Fee - $300

Total Revenue - $5,550

The Ballad of Lady M. budget

• ​studio rehearsals - $500 (25 hours @ $20/hr)

additional research and development time received through Dance Resource Center's Terra Nova Residency with Rosanna Gamson and HomeGrown Residency at UCLA

• ​performer fees - $2,700 (4 performers paid @ $15/hr)
• ​composer - $300

a generously reduced fee to arrange and record 3 songs

• ​voice actors/sound designer/script writers/acting coach - $0

time and talents graciously donated 

• performance venue rental - $5,000

included 3 performance nights, tech/dress rehearsal, load-in and load-out, and came with it's own lighting elements

• ​sound system rental - $500
• ​costuming/art direction - $400 each

a generously reduced fee to cover both materials and time/labor

• ​video and photo - $600
• event insurance - $500
• bar/food - $1000

Total Costs - $11,900

The Ballad of Lady M. revenue

• ticket sales - $3,770

Ticket Sales - Costs = $8,130*
*paid for through revenue earned from this is a blank page and other project commissions

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