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Collaboration * We work collaboratively within the Laughing Horse Arts Foundation with other entities such as Central Washington University, local school districts, and other community and semiprofessional theaters in the area to promote the goal of producing musical theater events. For instance, in past productions we have borrowed set and costume pieces from other community theaters in Wenatchee and Leavenworth, and in turn have rented our props/sets/costumes out to other theaters. We work with and continue to develop our relationship with CWU's Music and Theater departments, and the Ellensburg School District; many faculty members have donated their time and efforts behind the scenes and performed in our shows. Laughing Horse Arts Foundation has several sub -organizations, in Ellensburg and Cle Elum, and we cross -promote activities and events, and even collaborate for resources if needed for a production. All of our actors/performers volunteer their time to rehearse and perform the shows, as well as backstage crew, set builders, costumers, and hair/makeup helpers who volunteer their time to make sure the show looks and runs smoothly. 2500 character lirrit 51 Future Plans Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost -recovery models. Future Plans* Valley Musical Theatre hired a new Executive Director in, August 2019. One of her first goals is to revamp and actively pursue show sponsorship and advertising opportunities for local businesses. This has not had a dedicated focus in past years, but we hope to help bring more steady income through advertising and dependable sponsorship support. We plan to more heavily promote the event and ticket sales through social media, website and local advertising. As a community theater, one of our goals is to keep the ticket price low enough to make attending more accessible to the broader community including seniors and students; but raising ticket prices down the line is not out of the question — especially if theatrical royalties and facility rental costs continue to rise. 2500 characterlinit Application Questions: Part 4 61 Additional Information Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism. Additional Information As Ellensburg's primary community theater company, we aspire to provide positive experiences for Ellensburg families - from our "Rising Stars" productions that provide a creative outlet specifically for middle school students and teens, to our Summer Main Stage show that provides opportunities for both adults and children (often being parents and their kids). Our youth develop a passion for live performances that comes with the opportunity to feel the warmth of the stage lights on their faces and the camaraderie of an ensemble of players. Our adults get to have an outlet for their creativity that they cannot typically find in their usual daily lives and work together with others in the community whom otherwise they might never cross paths. 2500 character linit Supporting Documents You may upload any supporting documents such as graphs, images, diagrams, marketing rraterials, etc. 2019-TheMusicMan-TicketSales.pdf 428.38KB You are allowed to submt up to 3 single page (US Letter) documents in JPC; P3F or T1FFfarrrat 71 Previous Lodging Tax Grant Information