The potential cuts in the project were presented to the School Committee last week on the heels of news that the low bid for the new eight-lane track and multi-purpose grass athletic field came back 40 percent over the district's estimate.
She said the school uses athletic ticket sales mostly for expenses like equipment, supplies and uniforms. In the theater program, ticket revenue defrays the cost of costumes, props and rights fees for productions.
The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday looked at how to make $1.3 million in cuts that will be needed in order to bring the middle-high school track and field project in on budget.
Guerra and Repetto said they wanted to do a fundraiser that would attract people both inside and outside their school community, and Wilde's 19th-century farce was an obvious choice for a 21st-century cause important to so many in Generation Z.
Robert Thistle, a math teacher and boys basketball coach at the school, offered his valedictory remarks after receiving the annual honor bestowed on a member of the middle-high school faculty by the graduating seniors.