That sounds pretty darn good for a rural town of 6000.  We are in a similar situation. We do 5 shows a year and barely break even given our expenses. We always make money on the well known musicals, but we consider ourselves lucky if we see a profit on the straight stage shows. We gave up dinner theatres a couple of years ago because we just couldn't make any money with them. We still do an occasion "unknown" show, because there are some good ones out there, but we don't make any profit because the people just don't come out to see them. We've also done the spring fundraising letter and campaign.  I think we spent more on printing and postage than we made on it. Our budgets seem to be about the same as yours. You must be doing something right!  I'd like to pick your brain!