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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,749,506
Total expenses
$7,248,450
Contributions and grants received
$3,327,143
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,719,345
Investment income
$653,017
Other revenue
$50,001
Total assets, end of year
$21,090,246
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,742,737
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,347,509
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,622,523
Management and general expenses
$603,201
Fundraising expenses
$1,022,726
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,622,523

Program services were 77.6% 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

    $562,851

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $436,975

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,327,317

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $176,252

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Box office revenue

    total $1,478,367 · related or exempt $1,478,367

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Co-production revenue

    total $4,212 · related or exempt $4,212

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Education revenue

    total $126,290 · related or exempt $126,290

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Ticket handling fees

    total $110,476 · related or exempt $110,476

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $390,183 · related or exempt $109,983 · excluded $280,200

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $23,973

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $23,973

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $23,973 · related or exempt $23,973

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,426,526

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

    securities $3,163,692

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $262,834

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $262,834 · related or exempt $262,271 · excluded $563

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $190,662

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $562,851

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $190,662

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Concession income

    total $16,397 · related or exempt $16,397

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $9,631 · related or exempt $9,631

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $26,028

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 $1,341,347 · program services $714,790 · management and general $246,243 · fundraising $380,314

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,198,956 · program services $1,857,041 · management and general $108,512 · fundraising $233,403

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46 · program services $46

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $341,340 · program services $279,978 · management and general $17,689 · fundraising $43,673

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $314,241 · program services $234,462 · management and general $29,162 · fundraising $50,617

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,000 · program services $12,500 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $2,500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $63,429 · management and general $63,429

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $497,669 · program services $360,815 · management and general $35,597 · fundraising $101,257

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $301,601 · program services $301,601

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,415 · program services $4,959 · management and general $5,196 · fundraising $1,260

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $125,969 · program services $125,969

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $85,482 · program services $62,079 · management and general $18,722 · fundraising $4,681

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,798 · program services $53,318 · management and general $4,921 · fundraising $1,559

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,944 · program services $1,972 · management and general $1,578 · fundraising $394

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $157,727 · program services $116,148 · management and general $17,169 · fundraising $24,410

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $130,970 · program services $113,038 · management and general $14,346 · fundraising $3,586

  • 24a · Other expenses: Co-production fee

    total $514,421 · program services $514,421

  • 24b · Other expenses: Facilities expense

    total $322,878 · program services $322,878

  • 24c · Other expenses: Production costs

    total $247,166 · program services $247,166

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fundraising event expense

    total $129,993 · fundraising $129,993

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $375,058 · program services $299,342 · management and general $30,637 · fundraising $45,079

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $275,161 · end of year $215,810

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,800,484 · end of year $2,773,858

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,900,098 · end of year $1,474,437

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $51,122 · end of year $55,301

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $119,392 · end of year $194,892

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

    $6,232,026

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

    $1,710,935

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,582,611 · end of year $4,521,091

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,322,526 · end of year $10,626,260

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $986,894 · end of year $1,228,597

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $221,991 · end of year $157,971

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $180,702 · end of year $334,404

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $145,587 · end of year $141,198

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $733,005 · end of year $1,109,164

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,145,151 · end of year $6,331,953

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,611,852 · end of year $13,015,556

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE IS TO DEVELOP AND VITALIZE THE PERFORMANCE AND STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE AND CLASSIC DRAMA. THE THEATRE IS DEDICATED TO THE LANGUAGE AND IDEAS OF WRITERS - TO A DIALOGUE OVER CENTURIES BETWEEN SHAKESPEARE AND A PROVOCATIVE RANGE OF CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRIGHTS. THE THEATRE HAS PRODUCED OVER 75 MASTER WORKS OF THEATRE, INCLUDING 33 OF SHAKEPEARE'S 38 PLAYS ALONGSIDE OTHER CLASSIC WORKS AND DISTINGUISHED CONTEMPORARY PLAYS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • THE THEATRES 2023-2024 ARTISTIC SEASONTheatre for a New Audiences 2023-2024 Season featured four exciting productions: the Off-Broadway Premiere the hybrid lecture/performance Prometheus Firebringer, written, directed, and performed by Annie Dorsen after Aeschylus; Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot, directed by Arin Arbus and featuring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks, who was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance; a co-presentation with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company of Soho Rep and NAATCO National Partnership Projects Public Obscenities, written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury; and the American Premiere, presented in association with Rose Theatre, London, of The Royal Lyceum Edinburghs production of Zinnie Harriss Macbeth (an undoing), which was nominated for four Drama Desk Awards. The Theatres productions and programs served a diverse audience of more than 30,000 during the 2023-2024 Season.ARTS IN EDUCATIONIn the 2023-2024 Season, the Theatres arts in education residenciesWorld Theatre Project (WTP) and New Voices Project (NVP) served 1,477 students and 65 teachers in 60 classes at 17 schools throughout New York City. The Theatres Summer Institute for Teachers hosted 25 middle and high school teachers from across the country at Polonsky Shakespeare Center in an immersive study of Shakespeare that integrates theory, practice, and performance.ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT AND HUMANITIESAccess: The Theatre is committed to making its productions accessible to people of all income levels through a variety of discount and low-cost ticketing outlets. The Theatre offered open-captioned performances for those who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing at one weekend performance per production during the 2023-2024 Season.Humanities: The Theatres Humanities Programs engaged approximately 1,208 people through 14 free TFANA Talks post-show discussions with the productions casts, creative teams, and eminent scholars and community members. TFANA Talks in 2023-2024 included three installments of Reflections, a series of post-performance conversations with guests from the worlds of the arts and activism, targeted to engage a rising generation of New Yorkers. In addition, for each mainstage production, the Theatres free, online dramaturgical publication the 360 Viewfinder offered context on the plays themes and interviews with the creative teams. The four 360 Viewfinders for the 2023-2024 Season received a total of 38,555 impressions and were read online 21,181 times.THE STUDIOShakespeare and classical drama projects in development in the 2023-2024 Season included workshops of Shakespeares Comedy of Errors, featuring Alex Brightman and David Fynn, Shakespeares The Winters Tale and Ben Jonsons Volpone, and Ben Jonsons The Alchemist. These workshops were directed by Simon Godwin. Contemporary drama projects included a workshop of We Are Your Robots, with book and lyrics by Ethan Lipton, directed by Leigh Silverman.

    Expenses $5,622,523 · Revenue $1,719,345

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Horowitz

    Pres/AD/CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,581,174
    From this org
    $1,128,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $453,004
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,847
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $825,323
    Deferred
    $421,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,508
    Filer's total
    $1,581,174
  • Dorothy Ryan-Leitch

    VP/Sec/MD

    Total calculated
    $207,681
    From this org
    $183,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,411
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,270
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,411
    Filer's total
    $207,681
  • James Lynes

    DIR OF INSTL ADVAN

    Total calculated
    $158,249
    From this org
    $133,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,411
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,838
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,411
    Filer's total
    $158,249
  • George Brennan

    CAP CAMPAIGN DIR

    Total calculated
    $120,897
    From this org
    $110,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,477
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Sormeley

    TREAS/FIN DIR.

    Total calculated
    $106,590
    From this org
    $106,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $526
    Hours/week
    32
  • Jeremy Blunt

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $99,973
    From this org
    $94,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,437
    Hours/week
    40
  • Arin Arbus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $32,343
    From this org
    $32,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Riccardo Hernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $7,797
    From this org
    $7,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Lahr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $4,042
    From this org
    $4,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Douglas Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $3,521
    From this org
    $3,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $121
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bianca Vivion Brooks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $1,700
    From this org
    $1,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Constance Christensen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Weisberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Berendt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benton Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Beller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Walsh

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathryn Hunter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert A Caro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Dunn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Kirdahy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Ivey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry J Lennix

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Samulski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seymour Lesser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick Wiseman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry M Loeb Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Maciariello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew E Fishbein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Audrey Heffernan Meyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Polonsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Steiner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Maignan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Philip R Rotner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daryl D Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Stranahan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Turturro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Buckholz

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Stockel

    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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
GROSS UP OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION/PENSION CONTRIBUTION IS STIPULATED IN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND APPROVED BY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ARTFUL DODGERS IN PERFORMANCE

    INVESTOR IN COMMERICAL PRODUCTIONS · NY · assets $27,789

    Directly controlled by NA

  • TFA HOLDINGS LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501969349301615

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