I completely understand Paul's point at the end, but a $55,000 budget, regardless of how the money is spent, doesn't exactly equal "big, CHEAP theatre". Cut that number down by about $54,000 and then you're talking "cheap".

That being said, raising $40K to put up a show by a heretofore untested company is no mean feat.

Here's hoping "The Adding Machine" is a financial, as well as a critical success, and that NCTC manages to come up with the remaining $15K in the meantime, because it would sure be nice if they could break even to the point of being able to fund a second production.

So it only qualifies as cheap if everyone works for free?