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Query: Royalty fee

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Topic: Query: Royalty fee

Posted By: Jo Norland
Subject: Query: Royalty fee
Date Posted: 6/28/09 at 5:16am

Can someone please tell me the typical royalty fee (flat fee per performance, or percentage of ticket sales) for producing a one-act play for a theatre of 400 seats or less? Thanks, Joanna

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Posted By: dboris
Date Posted: 6/29/09 at 12:55pm

Non-musicals are generally a flat per performance fee. The actual fee varies depending on the show but most are under $50.00 a performance.

Posted By: Rorgg
Date Posted: 7/17/09 at 12:41pm

And for a one-act even smaller... $10-20 sounds about right.

Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 7/23/09 at 2:26pm

When our CT has worked directly with playwrights (as opposed to play publishing houses), royalties were generally 10% of the box office.

Most play publishers have set fixed royalty rates for their shows. They range from $10 to $100 per performance, depending on the publisher and the particular one-act play.

I hope this info helps!

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