Organizational Constraints

INITIAL ANALYSIS

UNION AGREEMENTS

• PPT is a LORT member theater, Category C

  • 1. 1. Weekly box office receipts average b/t $63,000-$89,999.99 over 4 complete fiscals

• AEA actors

• IATSE stagehands

PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS

• One theater

  • 1. 1. 650 seats

       2. 3/4 thrust

• No on-site construction spaces (scene shop)

• Located in Downtown Pittsburgh, which does not allow for a lot of room for expansion

BUDGETS

• Running at a deficit (spending more than they bring in)

• Wildly high amount of spending on office expenses

• Decrease of over $500,000 in savings over the year

• Only $4,500 in cash

• Have to pay lease every year to PCT

• 88% of assets are held in investments and tradeable securities

• Concessions/gift shop second-highest source of program service revenue

• Highest expenses by far are on salaries

PEOPLE

• New Artistic Director, Marya Sea Kaminski, in 2018

• Lou Castelli, Managing Director, has been at PPT for over 20 years, and in his current role since 2018

• New hires in Resident Artists (Director, Designer, Artist in Residence)

ASSETS

• Central location

• Large, high-tech building

• Built-in audience base of subscribers

• Protected assets in investments

CONSTRAINTS

• Decreasing subscriber base

• Decreasing ticket sales

• Decreasing contributions

• Lease, don't own, building

• Can't build sets on their own property

• Legacy of Ted Pappas and his programming style

• New leadership