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← PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,483,167
Total expenses
$4,062,995
Contributions and grants received
$2,321,050
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,140,162
Investment income
-$494
Other revenue
$22,449
Total assets, end of year
$5,884,624
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,162,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,722,417
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,814,063
Management and general expenses
$825,784
Fundraising expenses
$423,148
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,814,063

Program services were 69.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $157,111

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,163,939

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $186,907

  • 2a · Program service revenue: THEATER RENTAL

    total $759,347 · related or exempt $759,347

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $224,289 · related or exempt $224,289

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS

    total $156,526 · related or exempt $156,526

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $328 · excluded $328

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $823

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$822

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$822 · excluded -$822

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $22,449 · related or exempt $22,449

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22,449

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $314,507 · program services $192,508 · management and general $66,200 · fundraising $55,799

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,508,014 · program services $1,349,682 · management and general $43,811 · fundraising $114,521

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,609 · program services $12,609

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $66,479 · program services $60,640 · management and general $1,964 · fundraising $3,875

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $134,760 · program services $112,326 · management and general $8,888 · fundraising $13,546

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $116,449 · management and general $116,449

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $25,000 · fundraising $25,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $220,853 · program services $13,053 · management and general $23,962 · fundraising $183,838

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $157,241 · program services $137,137 · fundraising $20,104

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,781 · program services $8,157 · management and general $15,355 · fundraising $269

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $66,355 · program services $29,382 · management and general $36,973

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $267,637 · program services $224,696 · management and general $42,941

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,996 · program services $3,208 · management and general $5,424 · fundraising $1,364

  • 20 · Interest

    total $99,846 · management and general $99,846

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $267,282 · management and general $267,282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $99,744 · program services $83,404 · management and general $16,340

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $356,890 · program services $356,195 · fundraising $695

  • 24b · Other expenses: ARTISTIC COSTS

    total $93,525 · program services $93,525

  • 24c · Other expenses: THEATRE CLEANING

    total $64,421 · program services $64,421

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $35,185 · program services $34,574 · management and general $176 · fundraising $435

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $122,421 · program services $38,546 · management and general $80,173 · fundraising $3,702

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,052,833 · end of year $152,786

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,405 · end of year $304,507

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,496,542 · end of year $1,188,791

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $103,549 · end of year $13,258

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $99,037 · end of year $140,519

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $6,258,029

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,348,152

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,711,917 · end of year $3,909,877

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,158

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,725 · end of year $174,886

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $354,092 · end of year $793,659

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $217,851 · end of year $196,867

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $213,000 · end of year $213,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,762,788 · end of year $2,747,986

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $65,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $185,190 · end of year $145,695

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,043,954 · end of year $524,689

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,658,291 · end of year $1,197,728

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY IS A VITAL CIVIC INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO THE CREATION OF EXTRAORDINARY THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES THAT REFLECT THE ESSENTIAL ISSUES AND IDEAS OF OUR TIME, AND WHICH FOSTER CONNECTION, UNDERSTANDING, AND TRANSFORMATION. WE ENGAGE AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTIONS OF NEW AND CONTEMPORARY PLAYS AND MUSICALS, INSPIRING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS. WE DEVELOP EXCITING NEW WORK THAT RESONATES BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, AND UPHOLD A DEEP COMMITMENT TO BE A FULLY INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING HOME FOR THE ARTISTS, AUDIENCES, AND PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A VITAL CIVIC INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO THE CREATION OF EXTRAORDINARY THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES.

  • IN THE 2023/24 SEASON, PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCED THREE MAJOR PRODUCTIONS: THE DAZZLING NEW ROCK MUSICAL "MACBETH IN STRIDE" BY TONY-NOMINEE WHITNEY WHITE AND DIRECTED BY PTC'S ARTISTIC DIRECTORS TAIBI MAGAR AND TYLER DOBROWSKY, THE RECENT PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING "COST OF LIVING" DIRECTED BY JEFFREY PAGE, AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE DUAT" BY ROGER Q. MASON, STARRING PHILADELPHIA LEGEND FRANK X. PTC EMPLOYED OVER 190 THEATRE ARTISTS AND WELCOMED OVER 7,600 PATRONS TO ITS MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS. PTC ALSO AWARDED THE BI-ANNUAL TERRENCE MCNALLY AWARD TO A RISING PLAYWRIGHT AND PARTNERED WITH PLAYPENN, FURTHERING ITS MISSION TO DEVELOP NEW WORK.EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SERVED OVER 1,600 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH STUDENT MATINEES, IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS, LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES, AND ANCILLARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING. INITIATIVES INCLUDED CURATED LOBBY INSTALLATIONS, PRE- AND POST-SHOW TALKBACKS WITH ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THEATRE IN THE X, ART-REACH, THE BLACK THEATRE ALLIANCE OF PHILADELPHIA, BROAD STREET LOVE, AND THEATRE PHILADELPHIA. TO LAUNCH THE SEASON, PTC ALSO WELCOMED LITTLE AMAL, A 12-FOOT-TALL PUPPET REPRESENTING A YOUNG SYRIAN REFUGEE, TO THE AVENUE OF THE ARTS AS PART OF A GLOBAL INITIATIVE CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS, COMPASSION, AND HOPE.PTC'S SUZANNE ROBERTS THEATRE, A FULLY ACCESSIBLE PROSCENIUM VENUE ON THE AVENUE OF THE ARTS, HOSTED 227 DAYS OF PROGRAMMING. THIS INCLUDED PTC PRODUCTIONS, RESIDENCIES, RENTALS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, WELCOMING MORE THAN 19,000 PATRONS ACROSS ALL ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,814,063 · Revenue $1,162,611

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tyler Dobrowsky

    CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,710
    From this org
    $90,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,869
    Hours/week
    40
  • Taibi Magar

    CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,626
    From this org
    $90,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,785
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Zeck

    MANAGING DIR (THRU 9/17/23)

    Total calculated
    $88,821
    From this org
    $85,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,712
    Hours/week
    40
  • Margo Moskowitz

    MANAGING DIRECTOR (EFF 2/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $81,825
    From this org
    $77,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,503
    Hours/week
    40
  • Glenn Gundersen

    CHAIR (EFF 1/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vibhat Nair

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hanamirian

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna-Marie Peters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Bair

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kia Buckner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David L Colman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Engelmyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sally Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daryl Morey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Nissen

    DIRECTOR (EFF 3/27/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • E Gerald Riesenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Schlossberg

    DIRECTOR (EFF 6/5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Schrader

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elliot Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dani Tapper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Treatman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Adeutschchair Thru 1223

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie B Fineman

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elliot Griffin

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regina Hairston

    DIRECTOR (THRU 1/30/24)

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521969349300902

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