Student Plays Should Be Free for Everyone

<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Hey, Paul. You're an actor, right?
What do you think about this idea?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> I think it's great.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, yeah?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Absolutely. I mean, for the people in town, there's sometimes not a lot going on, not a lot to do-
there's not even a movie theater nearby.
And if you want to see a professional show,
you have to travel-I think the nearest professional theater's like an hour away.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, plus those professional plays can be really expensive.
I saw one last semester and the ticket cost me like 40 dollars.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Right, so it'll be good for people to have another entertainment option, an opportunity to see live shows that won't be so expensive.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Sure.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Plus, it would definitely be helpful for us actors....
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, because, on some nights, there's not a lot of people that go, not a lot of people there to watch us . . . and that can have a bad effect on the show-it might not be as good.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, I can imagine it must be a completely different energy for you and the other actors if the seats are half empty.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Exactly.Like, if the show is a comedy and it's supposed to be funny...
in order for it to really seem funny, there needs to be a lot of people there to laugh at the jokes...
otherwise, it just doesn't seem as humorous.
Having a crowd there laughing at the jokes really helps the show along...
helps it to be good.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> That makes sense.
So this proposal would help that.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, help make it more likely that there'd be a full house, a lot of people watching.