Exposed Brick Theatre

“A pdf of the preview of this Form 990 was sent to all eight Board members prior to the March 23, 2026 Board meeting. The Board approved the 990 Form and instructed Co-Artistic Director Suzy (Susan) Messerole to submit the Form 990 with no changes.”

“As part of its 2025 - 2027 Strategic Planning Process, Exposed Brick Theatre's Board of Directors did an assessment of salaries for Executive Directors of arts organizations in the Twin Cities. They determined that the compensation for the two Co-Artistic Directors (EBT's only 2 employees) is way under current standards for comparable arts organizations. The Board wrote into the Strategic Plan a $15,000 increase for each Co-Artistic Director over the fiscal years 2025, 2026 & 2027 (increasing at a rate of $5,000 per fiscal year) to get salaries closer to market rate for our region.”

“Exposed Brick Theatre's governing documents, Form 990 and financial documents are available upon request. In addition, EBT's Form 990 is publicly available on GuideStar.”

“Under Program Expenses, these fees were paid to actors, directors, designers, stage managers, teaching artists, mentors and other artistic personnel hired for individual projects. These fees also include payments to the 6 early career playwrights who participated in our year-long Through Our Eyes playwriting cohort. Under Fundraising, the $569 represents the amount of hours that our Communications Director spent on the End of Year Annual Fundraising campaign, including the fundraising letter, fundraising emails, and a social media campaign.”