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They threw a party and everyone came. The Skylight Theatre Company is feeling like the Little Engine That Could after it raked in enough cash from a weekend of fundraising events to fund its next season. But other cash-strapped small companies are wondering just how a playhouse that operates with a small staff and maintains an off-the-beaten-path venue (down an alley in the city’s Los Feliz neighborhood) …