Well, we went round and round with the community college with various promises, etc. but nothing seems to be materializing. Though I may have mentioned it elsewhere, they returned our rent checks since we have been unable to do anything with the theater due to code violations. At the January meeting our board finally came to grips and have agreed that nothing will happen with the community college. Even if they do rebuild the theater, they will want to use it for their own proposed theater arts program so we will be left out anyhow. We have established a serious ad hoc committee to look at building/rental options. Several real estate agents have been contacted and 2 or 3 places have been looked at. The best prospect (which we have not seen close up) is a retail space of about 1200-1500 square feet with 16 feet high ceilings. Though not large enough or adaptable for productions, we feel that it will give us storage space for all we own, a small office/board room so we can maintain our phone and maybe a small rehearsal/audition area. The rent for this area would be minimal - maybe $250 per month. We have our spring production (Veronica's Room) set for a school, The Housekeeper set for May at a local community center, The Mousetrap set for late August (hopefully at the school) and Nunscracker for November (who knows where). Our dinner theaters came through on a successful note this January with a total of 4 shows at 2 venues (one a restaurant, the other a Knights of Columbus hall). Averaged just over 100 per night with a gross take of between $2400 and $3000. Expenses are minimal - maybe $45-75 for props, $200 for advertising, $100 for the printer. Good money maker for us. We are starting our advertising campaign for the spring/summer programs - this normally nets us about $2000-2500. I am going to propose to my board a "super-size" membership catagory (at either $50 or $100) aimed at a limited and select number of patrons. This could bring in anywhere from $2500 to $10,000. We are continuing to add to our building fund - now over $2500 and counting. The board has agreed to raffle off a limited edition print valued at $300 over the course of the three spring/summer shows at $2 a pop to add to the building fund. If we sell a 1000 tickets (not a stretch), there's another $2000 which is dedicated to the building fund. One major problem is the carting of flats and equipement to places where we can't always do what we want to do, such as drilling supports into the floor. Connected to that is the burn out factor which people are experiencing. But we continue to offer some pretty good quality productions for our little backwater town.