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.