The New York International Fringe Festival “this year is expected to sell more than 75,000 tickets to nearly 200 productions (culled from more than 1,000 applications).” It will do that on an operating budget of $840,000, with only two full-time employees. “Otherwise the Fringe relies on over 1,100 part-timers and volunteers to do some remarkably demanding work. … Site directors make only $800, though that’s up $200 from last summer. Box office managers net $500. Almost everyone else is unpaid.”