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A. THEATER

 

 

 

Rental (Nine shows, four matinees)

$37,000.00

 

Technical cost  (Lights, sound, stage)

$  8,000.00

 

Auditions & rehearsals

$15,000.00

 

 

 

VENUE TOTAL:

 

$60,000.00

 

 

 

B. STAGE CONSTRUCTION

 

 

Prologue

Courtroom (Prologue and epilogue)

$ 5,000.00

ACT I

Bus Boycott

$ 3,000.00

 

March on Washington

$ 4,000.00

 

Bloody Sunday 

$ 3,000.00

 

 

 

ACT II

Ebenezer Baptist Church

$ 3,000.00

 

Lorraine Motel

$ 2,000.00

 

Atlanta, GA

$ 2,000.00

 

 

 

Props

1957-1968

$ 3,000.00

 

1998-1999

$ 2,000.00

 

 

 

Technical

Sound

$ 1,000.00

 

Lights and projectors

$ 5,000.00

 

Special effects

$ 3,000.00

 

Equipment Rental

$ 5,000.00

 

 

 

Scripts and music scores

 

$ 1,000.00

Costumes

 

$ 4,000.00

Make-up

 

$ 1,000.00

Transportation

 

$ 1,000.00

Other production costs

 

$12,000.00

 

Entertainment   

 

 

Office Supplies & equipment

 

 

Programs

 

 

 

 

STAGE TOTAL:

 

$ 60,000.00

C. COPYRIGHT FEES:

Royalties and licensing fees

 

 

Script and musical scores

 

 

Speeches, pictures and sermons from the King family archives

 

FEES TOTAL:

 

$ 30,000.00

 

D. ADVERTISEMENTS

 

 

AUDITIONS

Flyers  

$    200.00

 

Posters

$    300.00

 

Newspaper

$ 1,000.00

 

Radio

$ 1,000.00

 

Stationary

$ 1,000.00

 

 

 

PERFORMANCE

Flyers  

$     500.00

 

Posters

$  1,000.00

 

Newspaper

$  7,000.00

 

Magazines

$15,000.00

 

Radio

$20,000.00

 

T.V

$25,000.00

 

T-shirts

$  1,000.00

 

Opening night

$  2,000.00

 

(Additional advertisement dollars provided by Executive Sponsors)          

 

 

 

 

ADVERTISEMENT TOTAL:

 

        $75,000.00

 

 

 

E. PERSONNEL PAYROLL

(see payment schedule)

 

Board of directors

( 5)

$15,000.00

Assistant directors    

( 6)

$15,000.00

Principal actors       

( 2)

$  6,000.00

Secondary actors       

( 8)

$12,000.00

Extras, dancer, singers 

(25)

$18,750.00

Technicians 

(14)

$  7,500.00

Payroll services

 

$     750.00

 

 

 

PAYROLL TOTAL:         

(60)

$75,000.00

 

TOTAL PRODUCTION EXPENSES MONTH 1-5                              $300,000.00

 

INVESTMENT DISBURSEMENT:

 

The total production cost of $300,000.00 (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) put forth as follows:

 

A. $ 50,000.00  (Month 1) Used for covering operational cost, theater deposit, script production, audition promotions, advertisement preparation and initial advertisement campaign for the month of January 2003.

 

B. $ 50,000.00  (Month 2) Used for covering operational cost, rehearsals, salaries of production staff and advertisements for the months of February 2008.

 

C. $ 50,000.00 (Month 3) Used for production cost, operational cost, salaries of production staff, and advertisement for the month of March.

 

D. $ 100,000.00 (Month 4) Used for production cost, operational cost, theater balance, advertisement for the month of April.

 

E. $ 50,000.00 (Month 5) Used to pay post-production cost, salaries of production staff, after party and the shares of the Theater Company.

 

Production tasks

Duration

Auditions

1   month

Rehearsals

3 months

Performances (including Atlanta and the ten-city tour)

4 months

 

 

Totals

8 months

 

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