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PRIMARY STAGES COMPANY INC

EIN 13-3258765 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2023
$2,599,823
Expenses 2023
$2,493,517

Program services were 71.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A650
Classification
1000
Street
520 8TH AVENUE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

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.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,599,823
    Expenses
    $2,493,517
    Contributions
    $1,890,580
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,370,391
    Expenses
    $2,741,925
    Contributions
    $1,879,762
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,487,989
    Expenses
    $1,831,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $774,717
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,499,548
    Expenses
    $1,411,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $900,100
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,656,287
    Expenses
    $2,430,419
    Assets (EOY)
    $727,594
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,368,056
    Expenses
    $3,562,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $333,917
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,250,033
    Expenses
    $3,369,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $379,936
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,250,033
    Expenses
    $3,369,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $379,936
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,853,465
    Expenses
    $3,161,816
    Assets (EOY)
    $466,432
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,330,846
    Expenses
    $3,303,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $599,416
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,794,361
    Expenses
    $2,937,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $729,025
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,672,952
    Expenses
    $3,178,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $610,036

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.