I would suggest that you staff it properly through the channels here in the UK if that is where you are. Push it up your chain of command and across to either HQ STC or to PJHQ - who are the 'owners' of theatre after all. They are the ones who really need to be engaged and at the proper level - the Movers on teh ground can only do what they are directed to do. Don't keep a big dog and bark yourself.