The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc

“Darrell brooke 600 playhouse alley, suite 300 pasadena, ca 91101”

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“Primary exempt purpose: the pasadena playhouse state theater of california is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich peoples lives through theater, community programs and learning. Programmatic offerings at the pasadena playhouse connect to the following tenants: theatrical production: the theatre produces a six-show main stage season that is compelling, inclusive and forward thinking. Playworks, a production development program,nurtures new works through readings, and workshops, giving audiences a unique role in the creative process. In addition, the theatre conducts special engagement productions that enhance the theatrical offerings year-round. Community: community @play programs focus on providing theatrical access to wide cross-sections of our communities. New generations serves students, 13-18 years of age, by partnering with youth services organizations and title i schools throughout los angeles, and offering free of charge tickets to public performances. Student matinees typically engage up to 15 local title i schools with dedicated matinee performances of select main stage season shows. Playhouse talks are pre and post-show discussions tackling the themes and concerns present in main stage productions. Discussions feature expert panelists that engage audiences in informative and constructive dialogue. Further, the theatre produces community events that are free to the public and activate the theaters courtyard such as play readings that are open to community members and through partnerships such as bob baker marionette theater performances, the playhouse districts dia de los muertos festival. The playhouses approach to community outreach is underpinned by consensus organizing for theater (co). Since 2014, the playhouse has employed this artistic methodology to build stake across various sectors in our community through mutually beneficial partnerships. Establishing partnerships require months of communication and personal touch-points with organizational leadership. These efforts result in ongoing, trustworthy relationships which flourish when the playhouse and organizational partners identify natural entry points into plays for partnering organizations service populations. Learning: the pasadena playhouse provides diverse and emerging theatrical talent with the opportunity to workshop scripts and productions through its program greenhouse. The program is conducted in partnership with the university of southern california school of dramatic arts,and is open to its mfa students and alumni. Additionally, the playhouse is eager to return its educational roots by devising community classes in theatrical training and theater history that are open to both students and adults.”

“Her authentic self. The musical originated at the playhouse as a staged reading. Peter pan and tinker bell: a pirates christmas a classic british panto that uses contemporary music and humor to incite active audience participation. Fly the play the story of the tuskegee airmen, the first african- american air corps and their fight both abroad in wwii and for civil rights at home. Casa valentina this tony award-nominated comedy tackles issues of sexuality and selfidentity. The madwoman in the volvo the years artistic directors choice is based on the npr commentator and pasadena resident sandra tsing lohs enormously popular memoir that booklist calls hilarious, comforting and enlightening. In addition to these season productions, the playhouse produced an off- season summer run of: hershey felder as irving berlin - featuring irving berlins most popular and enduring songs from god bless america, to white christmas and beyond, hershey felders masterful creation of character and musical performance made this performance an unforgettable journey. Ham: a musical memoir - featuring sam harris, a singer, songwriter and tony-nominated broadway star.”

“Student matinee membership and teaching artist residency program (student matinees), is a year-long partnership with 15 local title i high schools that provides four dedicated student matinees throughout the season coupled with pre- and post-show workshops that support common core classroom material. To better serve middle school aged children, the playhouse piloted middle school day, which gives students an all access playhouse pass to promote a holistic understanding of the inner workings of a professional theatre. Finally, the holiday panto matinees are our best opportunity to serve elementary school kids, introducing them to theatre through family-friendly fairy tales that use contemporary music and humor to incite active audience participation.”

“November 20, 2015 the seattle repertory theatre selected to travel to the playhouse at part of a tcg grant in order to learn about co and how to employ it. The occasion was a workshop led by the playhouses associate artistic director. It was attended by 39 administrators of 16 organizations including center theatre group, a noise within, casa 101, south coast repertory, etc. The playhouse closed out its fy15/16 season co efforts by inviting all co partners to a town hall in which artistic director, sheldon epps announced the 16/17 main stage season, going over each play and introducing their themes and contemporary significance. Co partners had an opportunity to ask questions and identify how the playhousefs season could benefit their organizations moving forward. Out of the 30 partner representatives in attendance, all signed up for follow-up meetings to continue their partnerships with the playhouse. Through this community outreach, the theater continued its audience building efforts with latino and asian american & pacific islander (aapi) communities in the san gabriel valley. The following initiatives describe the accomplishments of the year: mi historia, mi manera with the aim to venture outside of the theatrefs stage and engage the latino community in arts participation and art co-creation, mi historia, mi manera reached 1,818 community members who participated in 29 events in fy15/16. Initiative activities culminated in two major events. - lottery, loteria . Feb. 27, 2016. In partnership with imagine action and pasadena's district 5, community members wrote, directed and performed a play addressing gentrification and neighborhood relationships. The play was staged on a neighborhood street, set in a victorian home. The dayfs events included a neighborhood-wide block party. - embrace the chaos: the ozomatli musical . April 23, 2016. Community members from throughout the san gabriel valley worked with playwright velina hasu houston and ozomatli to provide input and feedback for the development of a new musical. The work culminated with a staged reading at all saints episcopal church. The wallace initiative this initiative experienced progress during the fy15/16 season. Most recently, the initiative was officially branded as the tapestry project. Conceived as a strategy to engage the san gabriel valleyfs asian american pacific islander (aapi) communities, its goal is to grow and sustain the playhousefs aapi audience. Both through co and marketing efforts, the playhouse set out to add 1,100 aapi main stage ticket buyers. Confirmation of this figure is pending due to the playhousefs current customer relationship management (crm) system transition from patron manger to tessitura. In addition to attracting aapi audiences to the main stage, the tapestry project engaged 225 participants through community-based events. Furthermore, with support from the doris duke charitable foundation, the playhouse continued its relationship with velina hasu houston as playwright-in-residence. As a way to complement the work already underway, hasu houston was tasked with exploring ways to build demand for live theatre among the san gabriel valley's aapi communities. After months of research and meetings with aapi community members, hasu houstonfs efforts culminated with a staged reading, re-imagining the classic, little women. Held in the carrie hamilton theatre, the playhouses 99-seat, black box space, the reading drew in 140 attendees. Its success has resulted in three possible aapi-focused scripts.”

“Actors 538,037 0 0 production fees 510,278 0 0 independent contracts 277,030 769 4,713 rent 129,010 102,420 11,059 travel & housing 189,745 -30 122 music & musicians 189,153 0 0 credit card fees 158,412 0 0 ticket handling fees 131,582 0 0 utilities 119,996 -13,259 10,138 depreciation 64,666 13,405 5,543 travel & entertainment 36,729 30,815 10,363 repairs & maintenance 33,632 7,175 2,883 misc expense 30,257 -30 0 accounting fees 16,646 3,451 1,427 payroll processing fees 13,946 2,891 1,196 community events 16,372 0 0 special events 10,327 0 2,028 equipment & maintenance 9,233 1,345 709 fundraising development 35 0 6,889 cast & crew catering 6,318 0 0 legal fees 5,766 166 69 casting services/audition 5,243 0 0 susbcriptions 4,901 0 0 concessions 2,552 0 0 community organizing 2,480 0 0 production medical exp 1,877 208 0 box office 1,795 0 0 production awards/prized 1,316 110 232 prior year expense 1,447 136 0 bank fees 770 158 65 penalties/late fees 26 459 0 foreign tax 265 0 0 sales tax 1 46 0”

“Book investment gain 72,054 tax investment loss 37,422 special event income 273,496 special events -115,725 deferred compensation -10,000 bad debt expense -124,172 total 133,075”