And just like that, in a corner no one was paying attention to, the Drama Guild quietly disappeared.
Most people didn't even realize that the New Drama Guild had become a *new* drama guild.
The troupes remained the same, but the guild's management had been completely replaced.
However, people recently discovered that ticket prices at every theater had dropped considerably.
With the high licensing fees gone, the operating costs for the troupes had fallen dramatically.
Grandpa Galina set price standards for troupes that joined the guild, with different ticket prices corresponding to productions of different scales.
Those who create art are different from those who are purely in it for business; there's always a touch of idealism.
If it had been run by businessmen, prices would have risen when costs went up for various reasons. But once costs fell, you could forget about those prices ever coming back down.
