Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,599,823
- Total expenses
- $2,493,517
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,890,580
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $690,418
- Investment income
- $13,078
- Other revenue
- $5,747
- Total assets, end of year
- $523,116
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $283,179
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $239,937
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,772,582
- Management and general expenses
- $498,803
- Fundraising expenses
- $222,132
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,772,582
Program services were 71.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$310,981
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$45,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,534,599
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$107,096
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2a · Program service revenue: BOX OFFICE INCOME
total $571,350 · related or exempt $571,350
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2b · Program service revenue: TUITION INCOME
total $119,068 · related or exempt $119,068
-
3 · Investment income
total $9,007 · excluded $9,007
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $5,141 · excluded $5,141
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $111,167
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $107,096
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $4,071
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $4,071 · excluded $4,071
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$105,297
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$310,981
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$105,297
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $606 · related or exempt $606
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$606
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $303,791 · program services $102,882 · management and general $157,298 · fundraising $43,611
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,013,032 · program services $741,012 · management and general $126,302 · fundraising $145,718
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $12,245 · program services $12,245
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $163,254 · program services $143,374 · management and general $18,411 · fundraising $1,469
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $97,813 · program services $72,669 · management and general $21,696 · fundraising $3,448
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $31,311 · management and general $31,311
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $6,298 · fundraising $6,298
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $67,851 · program services $56,656 · management and general $11,195
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $141,127 · program services $115,116 · management and general $6,266 · fundraising $19,745
-
13 · Office expenses
total $42,417 · management and general $42,417
-
14 · Information technology
total $16,275 · management and general $16,275
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $254,828 · program services $221,150 · management and general $33,678
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $9,876 · management and general $9,876
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $665 · program services $247 · management and general $238 · fundraising $180
-
23 · Insurance
total $53,907 · program services $35,061 · management and general $17,183 · fundraising $1,663
-
24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $272,170 · program services $272,170
-
24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $6,657 · management and general $6,657
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $255,429 · end of year $340,082
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $25,225 · end of year $119,525
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $95 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $52,157 · end of year $60,445
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$67,772
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$67,440
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $997 · end of year $332
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $38,400 · end of year $2,732
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $59,530 · end of year $74,563
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $12,413 · end of year $49,373
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $166,729 · end of year $159,243
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$55,869 · end of year $146,229
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $189,500 · end of year $93,708
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Primary Stages is an Off-Broadway theater company dedicated to inspiring, supporting, producing and sharing the art of playwriting. We operate on the strongly held belief that the future of American theater relies on nurturing individual playwrights and giving them the artistic support needed to create new work. Since our founding in 1984, we have produced 150+ new plays. Primary Stages was honored with the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, which encompasses much more than the plays we produce for the stage. Primary Stages supports playwrights and develops new works through commissions, workshops, readings and our two flagship programs: The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group and the Marvin and Anne Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA). Through these programs, Primary Stages advocates for our artists, helping them make important-and often transformative-connections within the theater community.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PRIMARY STAGES IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING, SUPPORTING AND SHARING THE ART OF PLAYWRITING.
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In the 2023/24 Season, Primary Stages continued to be the Resident Off-Broadway Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters and produced 2 plays: DIG by Theresa Rebeck (a NY Times' Critic's Pick) and IBSEN'S GHOST by Charles Busch. We also supported 7 emerging writers in our Dorothy Streslin New American Writers Group, including 3 playwrights nominated by the Latinx Playwrights Circle and National Black Theatre. We served 300 theater artists at all career levels through classes and workshops at the Einhorn School for Performing Arts taught by working theater artists. We also served over 1,000 NYC public school students through our Free Student Matinees.
Expenses $1,772,582 · Revenue $690,418
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Shane D Hudson
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $175,798
- From this org
- $164,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,183
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $164,615
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,183
- Filer's total
- $175,798
-
Erin Daley
Artistic Director
- Total calculated
- $97,288
- From this org
- $86,105
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,183
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Andrew Leynse
Artistic Director
- Total calculated
- $25,521
- From this org
- $24,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $906
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Sue Breger
President Emerita
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Casey Childs
President Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marla Persky
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Arlene Vogel
First Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eleanor Holtzman
Second Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Borba
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
sarah Steinberg
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol Roamon
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janet Rosen
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ted Snowdon
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Douglas Durst
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jamie Deroy
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shireen Barday
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam Gwon
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate Hamill
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elisabeth Lerner
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janet Reed Ahearn
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Theresa Rebeck
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robin Rednor-Veghte
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amit Solomon
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sharon Washington
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeremy Smith
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Beth Green
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lynne Halliday
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Susnjara
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 21 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202521359349316862
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