We’re a collectively run nonprofit in an expensive area (Bay Area rents, amirite) who simultaneously strive to (1) pay artists fairly AND (2) keep ticket prices accessible. We currently pay artists $225/week for performance and $20/hour for administrative work; meanwhile, our ticket prices of $14–19 have not changed since 2018 despite high inflation just about everywhere else. Keeping ticket prices low means that income from ticket sales is only enough to cover rent. To pay artists as well as we do, we rely on a combination of grants and individual donations from people like you!

Our budget for 2025–2026 budget is around $213,000. A whopping 66% of that—around $140,000— goes directly to paying artists.