Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,850,227
- Total expenses
- $1,884,391
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,173,007
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $794,807
- Investment income
- $36,588
- Other revenue
- -$154,175
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,346,035
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,195,064
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,150,971
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,652,005
- Management and general expenses
- $181,045
- Fundraising expenses
- $51,341
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,652,005
Program services were 87.7% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$3,714
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1b · Membership dues
$1,980
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1c · Fundraising events
$395,525
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$205,413
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$566,375
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$17,900
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2a · Program service revenue: TUITION
total $762,628 · related or exempt $762,628
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2b · Program service revenue: EVENT REVENUE
total $29,559 · related or exempt $29,559
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2c · Program service revenue: MENTORING
total $2,620 · related or exempt $2,620
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3 · Investment income
total $36,588 · excluded $36,588
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$16,536
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$395,525
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$175,697
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$159,161
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $4,986 · related or exempt $4,986
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,986
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $288,042 · program services $249,389 · management and general $29,712 · fundraising $8,941
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $713,980 · program services $619,100 · management and general $73,760 · fundraising $21,120
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,453 · program services $16,842 · management and general $2,007 · fundraising $604
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $112,549 · program services $97,447 · management and general $11,609 · fundraising $3,493
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $90,079 · program services $77,991 · management and general $9,292 · fundraising $2,796
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,945 · program services $5,014 · management and general $4,826 · fundraising $105
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $184,969 · program services $168,896 · management and general $12,667 · fundraising $3,406
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $21,429 · program services $20,659 · management and general $601 · fundraising $169
-
13 · Office expenses
total $55,414 · program services $54,134 · management and general $995 · fundraising $285
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14 · Information technology
total $3,592 · program services $3,160 · management and general $334 · fundraising $98
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $231,397 · program services $204,490 · management and general $20,749 · fundraising $6,158
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17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $18,281 · program services $17,086 · management and general $921 · fundraising $274
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,982 · program services $1,712 · management and general $209 · fundraising $61
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23 · Insurance
total $25,315 · program services $21,995 · management and general $2,584 · fundraising $736
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT
total $50 · program services $50
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24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $43,953 · program services $37,435 · management and general $5,090 · fundraising $1,428
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24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS
total $5,684 · program services $5,417 · management and general $210 · fundraising $57
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $2,938 · program services $2,628 · management and general $245 · fundraising $65
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24e · All other expenses
total $55,339 · program services $48,560 · management and general $5,234 · fundraising $1,545
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $0 · end of year $113,118
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,064,464 · end of year $902,441
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $319,024 · end of year $323,819
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · 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 $3,765 · end of year $21,977
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$47,036
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$31,626
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,163 · end of year $15,410
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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 $1,146,123 · end of year $969,270
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $99,303 · end of year $90,878
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $73,013 · end of year $81,109
-
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 $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,186,088 · end of year $1,023,077
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $768,178 · end of year $684,544
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $416,957 · end of year $466,427
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE THEATRE LAB PROVIDES CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS TO ADULTS AND YOUTH IN THE AREAS OF ACTING FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN, DIRECTING, PLAYWRITING, MUSICAL THEATRE, AND DRAMA CRITICISM. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONDUCTS EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMMATIC AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REAL LIFE BENEFITS OF THEATRE EDUCATION TO MEMBERS OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS: SPECIFICALLY FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AND ADULTS, INCARCERATED AND SEVERELY AT-RISK YOUTH, SENIORS, AND HOMELESS WOMEN
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE THEATRE LAB SCHOOL OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS IS COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH THEATRE EDUCATION.
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The Theatre Lab offers theatre training to children, adults and seniors across the Washington, DC area. Since inception, The Theatre Lab has taught thousands of students at all levels of experience. The Theatre Lab's faculty has grown to include more than 50 of the area's most accomplished professional theatre artists. Major segments of The Theatre Lab's programs are as follows: "Life Stories" outreach - free drama outreach programs for seniors, incarcerated and at-risk youth, veterans and military families, people in addiction recovery, low-income DCPS students, homeless women and children, and other historically underrepresented populations. "Life Stories" participants receive the acting and storytelling training necessary to create original dramatic works for the stage and screen from their life experiences. In an atmosphere of collaboration and creativity, participants develop advanced communication, problem solving, and teamwork skills that translate into success at home, at work, and in the larger community. Most important, they build confidence in themselves as people who have a story worth telling and a voice that deserves to be heard. Youth programs - The Theatre Lab offers popular summer acting camps and musical theatre institutes for kids and teens. The kids' camp is a unique two-week actor training program for children in 1st-6th grade taught by some of Washington's top theatre professionals, and is designed to immerse young artists in the creative process- from learning the basic techniques of realistic acting to developing mime and improvisational skills. The Theatre Lab also offers four-week programs in musical theatre and Shakespeare, culminating in full productions, for children in 7th and 8th grades. The teens' acting institute is a four-week intensive training program for young adults aged 13-19. The program is designed to help teens build fundamental acting skills through classwork and participation in a public performance. The curriculum includes audition seminars, improvisational workshops, voice and movement training, and scene study, as well as special programs designed to give interested students insight into the working of the professional theatre community. The musical theatre institute for teens is a program for 13-19 year-olds, which culminates in a full production of a full-length musical. The program is an intensive four-week training program in which participants rehearse and perform a full musical production. The musical theatre institute is offered twice each summer. The institute provides young artists with intensive voice, movement, and acting training as they explore challenging, socially relevant material from the contemporary musical theatre world. The Theatre Lab also offers a series of afterschool and weekend scene study and TV/film classes for kids and teens year-round. Adult classes - The Theatre Lab offers approximately 80 6-week courses/year for adults in the general population in acting, musical theatre, directing, film and tv acting, playwriting and more. Since 2020, The Theatre Lab has also offered adult 6-week synchronous classes online, approximately 158/year. Honors program - in 2006, The Theatre Lab launched a year-long intensive training program for students interested in a professional acting career. The Honors Conservatory serves 10 students each year. The Theatre Lab is a key partner in the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement, a collective impact initiative of the DC Arts Education Alliance, in which young adults receive training and apprenticeships in technical theatre. In 2024, The Theatre Lab served an enrollment of 1620 students in its adult curriculum, 765 students in its youth programs, and 10 students in its honors program. The Theatre Lab's Life Stories outreach program reached 745 youth and adults. Most of The Theatre Lab's youth classes are available at free or reduced price for financially disadvantaged participants. In 2014, The Theatre Lab inaugurated the Life Stories Institute, a four-day intensive workshop designed to give theatre artists, educators, and service providers from across the country training in the Life Stories curriculum. The Institute served 16 students in 2024.
Expenses $1,652,005 · Revenue $721,523
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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DEBORAH GOTTESMAN
CO EXEC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $173,330
- From this org
- $148,943
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,387
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,857
- Bonus
- $12,000
- Other
- $3,086
- Deferred
- $4,387
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,000
- Filer's total
- $173,330
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FRANCIS BUZZ MAURO
CO EXEC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $164,915
- From this org
- $139,098
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,817
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $123,018
- Bonus
- $12,000
- Other
- $4,080
- Deferred
- $4,154
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,663
- Filer's total
- $164,915
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Laura Einstein
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adrianne Marsh
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DENISE HANNA
vice chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alexis Ronickher
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Roberto Ifill
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rae Vann
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ibby jeppson
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ELLEN PERRY
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
nia graham
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Mitchelson
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SHERRY DUNCAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JULIE LLOYD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth Davenport
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LIZ WHISNANT
secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Luna Samman
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
tracy gray
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt Bassett
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Megan Robbins
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHELLE DEYOUNG
trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TERRESITA EDWARDS
trustee
- 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 · 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 9 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202522249349301332
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