I've never done it but I'd say just call Dramatists or Samuel French or whoever and simply ask. I don't see how that would be that time consuming on your end. They're either going to tell you yes or no and in my experience it doesn't usually take that long to get an answer if you need one quickly. Maybe others have had different experiences. More performances means more money for everybody so I would guess they would attempt to accommodate you if it doesn't conflict with another production.

We just added 2 shows within a 3 week period as fundraisers to help get us to festival ( I guess that it was 3 shows, including the rights for the festival performance).  This is VERY common, and we had no problems with Samuel French at all.

The only problem with adding a show is the actors and crew.  Getting the rights for another show is a breeze.  It's extra money to the publisher at no extra work for them.  I've found the biggest problem is convincing the cast and crew to donate another night.

Originally posted by spikesgirl We just told the cast and crew they had another show.  They grumbled, but what could they do?  They are under contract to us-heh, heh, heh...

How does that work? I don't think I've seen anything resembling a biding legal contract at any of the community theaters where I've worked. As cast or crew I would only feel morally obligated to the performance dates I originally volunteered for. That's not to say I wouldn't do it, but if I had a conflicting previous obligation I'd have no problem declining.

We did a show with Sweet Adelines.  I assume the script was public domain; otherwise we violated copyright all over the place.  They wanted to tour to a nearby town the next month, but too many people would be gone.  It MIGHT have been different had they suggested a tour at the beginning.