Totals
- Total revenue
- $866,691
- Total expenses
- $847,711
- Contributions and grants received
- $338,563
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $528,128
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $239,834
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $90,247
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $149,587
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $838,273
- Management and general expenses
- $6,938
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,500
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $838,273
Program services were 98.9% 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
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
-
1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$209,516
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$129,047
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $373,128 · related or exempt $373,128 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Production Fees
total $155,000 · related or exempt $155,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $128,115 · program services $128,115 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $143,363 · program services $143,363
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $67,840 · program services $67,840
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $18,386 · program services $18,386
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $62,393 · program services $62,393
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13 · Office expenses
total $9,438 · management and general $6,938 · fundraising $2,500
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15 · Royalties
total $32,347 · program services $32,347
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16 · Occupancy
total $600 · program services $600
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17 · Travel
total $8,992 · program services $8,992
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23 · Insurance
total $2,433 · program services $2,433
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24a · Other expenses: Artistic Fees
total $87,540 · program services $87,540 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Technical Fees
total $127,378 · program services $127,378 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Production Expenses
total $133,112 · program services $133,112 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Box Office Fees & Commissions
total $25,774 · program services $25,774 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $124,461 · end of year $189,377
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $11,300 · end of year $10,300
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $700 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $31,310 · end of year $40,157
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,664 · end of year $6,998
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $35,500 · end of year $83,249
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $130,607 · end of year $149,587
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Zoetic Stage was founded in 2010 to create fresh, bold interpretations of contemporary plays and musicals, and is dedicated to enhancing South Florida's national artistic profile by producing regional premieres and developing new works to become part of the American stage repertoire.
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Zoetic Stage's 23/24 season marked the fourteenth year of producing live professional theater and community engagement programs. As an Arsht Center Arts Partner and anchor of the Theater Up Close subscription series, Zoetic Stage produced four productions at the Arsht Center in downtown Miami: the regional premiere of Clyde's by Pulitzer-Prize winner Lynn Nottage, the world premiere of Wicked Child by David Rosenberg, the musical Cabaret, and the world premiere of Cuban Chicken Soup When There's No More Cafe by Elena Maria Garcia and Stuart Meltzer. The productions played to an audience of over 9,000. Additionally, Zoetic Stage presented Side by Side by Sondheim at the Ocean Reef Cultural Arts Center.
Expenses $670,122 · Revenue $528,128
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Maintaining operations of the theater including staff and related costs, administering the Young Artist educational training program, and presenting free community talkbacks and new play development.
Expenses $168,151
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Stuart Meltzer
Artistic Director/Founder
- Total calculated
- $75,000
- From this org
- $75,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $75,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $75,000
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Kerry Shiller
Managing Director/Founder
- Total calculated
- $39,808
- From this org
- $39,808
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $39,808
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $39,808
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Michael McKeever
Producing Director/Founder
- Total calculated
- $18,668
- From this org
- $18,668
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $18,668
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $18,668
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Christopher Demos Brown
Board Member/Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephanie Demos Brown
President/Founder
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Bob de la Fuente
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sandy Bell
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William Fernandez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paula Levine
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Suzan McDowell
Board Member (to 9/10/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robin Ellen Meyers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn Robbins-Manley
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cary Valdes-Perez
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Crystal Wagar
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christina Hudson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shalia Sakona
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leticia Mora
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 · 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
- 11 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202542269349303204
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