Student tuition covers 60% of the cost of one PAA production. Because the price of putting on a show is so high, we can’t possibly ask our students and families to shoulder the entire cost.

We are extremely grateful for the portion of financial support our students and families provide through their tuition, which is why we work diligently to make up the gap through fundraisers like our Spring Build The Stage campaign, and our Fall Stars in Arts Gala.

To so many places! Internally we call it our “general operating fund” and this fund has the challenging job of covering the costs for our main PAA programming. 

In 2024, new exciting opportunities include new programming in Greenwood Village, revamped after-school outreach program for at-risk youth and launching two new programs: an Arts Leadership program for Middle and High School students and PAA’s Academy of Dance coming this Fall.   

We hope that doesn’t happen! Our fundraising goals are carefully calculated so that our projected operating costs are covered for the current calendar year. If we fall short, then we’ll have to get creative with our programming. We may not be able to hire that dance teacher for the fall semester, or we may need to combine age groups for the fall shows to reduce overall production cost. Again, we really hope that doesn’t happen!