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Show I Egyptian Theatre ends successful season I tZ by Kick Brough ! Park City Performances tS can boast of a successful jj show; that it's drawing more 2 people into the theater than , ever before; and that it is more than halfway toward paying off the debt which iY existed a year ago. 2 Those were the main Ji conclusions of PCP president uj Ann MacQuoid, who address-H address-H ed the membership at the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday, Thurs-day, May 3. The annual meeting was buoyed by the good news of the success of PCP's centennial musical, "THIS is the Place." MacQuoid said the seven PCP productions this year incurred no new deficits. And the deficit from 1981 to 1983 has been reduced to less than $14,000, she told the Record. The company has also set up a monthly payment schedule with each creditor. If PCP keeps expenses down, she said, it will be in the black by the spring of next year. The productions done by PCP, from the summer of 1983 to the present, brought in a total of 6,707 people. Of that audience. "THIS is the Place" brought in 3,234, said Egyptian Theatre manager Nancy Harris. After that, the strongest programs in attendance were "Mame" and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." Harris said one show did lose a little money. That was "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off." At the meeting, MacQuoid reported PCP sold 310 season tickets last fall, more than three times the number bought the previous year. MacQuoid said a sponsorship sponsor-ship program helped to generate audiences during the run of "Place." A firm paid for a night, and in return received a number of complimentary compli-mentary tickets for its staff. A revised "THIS is the Place" will open on July 4, sponsored by Mountain Bell. Another musical was on PCP's schedule for the spring. But MacQuoid said the company, with the success of "Place," decided not to incur the expense of an entire new production. However, How-ever, a regular season of four or five productions will be planned for 1984-85. A year ago this month, recalled MacQuoid, the PCP board let go its paid personnel to cut back on costs. The board, which had before worked mainly to raise funds, now was asked to perform other functions, she said. Committees were formed form-ed to handle programs and administration. MacQuoid said she wondered sometimes some-times whether the system would work, but it has. "I'm very, very proud of the work we have done," she said. Another change came with an agreement reached last fall with the building's owner, Randy Fields. It stipulated Fields would provide pro-vide for maintenance of the building (except phones) while PCP would pay for show expenses and maintain theater equipment. In addition, addi-tion, MacQuoid said, income from PCP shows (after expenses) are split 50-50 with Fields. "This will remain a theater as long as we live up to the agreement," she said. Frank Harris, PCP's secretary-treasurer, stressed that Fields' agreement was a very generous gesture. Before the success of "Place," he said, the company was aiming only for its snows to break even. The PCP members also voted for members of the company's board. Three board members Jere Cal-mes, Cal-mes, Susan Dudley, and Gary Cole have reached the end of current terms. They were renewed for another term of three years. Eight new members were added to the board Jana Collins, Craig Clyde, David Fleisher, Paul Kalkbrenner, Beverly Maw, Susan McKinnon, Phil Pluke and Lloyd Stevens. The members of the board present elected the executive board, only slightly changed from last year. Returning were President Ann MacQuoid, Mac-Quoid, First Vice-President Jerry Howells and Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Frank Harris. Jess Reid, for business reasons, has stepped down as second vice-president and was replaced re-placed by Richard Scott. |