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PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC

EIN 65-1040048 WEST PALM BCH, FL

Revenue 2023
$4,328,574
Expenses 2023
$3,827,774

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A65
Classification
1000
Street
201 CLEMATIS ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN 2000 UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MISSION AND VISION, THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF LIVE THEATRE AND IS COMMITTED TO PRESENTING OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS OF CLASSIC, CONTEMPORARY, AND WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS THAT ENTERTAIN, ENLIGHTEN, STIMULATE DISCUSSION, AND ILLUMINATE OUR SHARED HUMANITY. WE ARE EQUALLY DEDICATED TO CREATING NEW WORKS AND CULTIVATING NEW AUDIENCES, UPHOLDING THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES OF THE REGIONAL THEATRE MOVEMENT. WE RECOGNIZE AND VALUE THE POWER OF EDUCATION, OFFERING INSPIRING, LIFE-CHANGING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING INITIATIVES FOR ADULTS. OUR PERFORMANCES ARE PRESENTED AT THE DON & ANN BROWN THEATRE, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH, AT 201 CLEMATIS STREET.

  • THE FIVE MAIN-STAGE PRODUCTIONS WERE: LOBBY HERO - 22 PERFORMANCES/ 3,274 ATTENDEES; THE MESSENGER - 21 PERFORMANCES/3,600 ATTENDEES; THE CANCELLATION OF LAUREN FEIN - 25 PERFORMANCES/4,751 ATTENDEES; DEATH OF A SALESMAN - 24 PERFORMANCES/4,545 ATTENDEES; AND TRYING - 18 PERFORMANCES/2,577 ATTENDEES. THE ADULT ENRICHMENT SERIES DRAMAWISE, WAS HELD PRIOR TO EACH SHOWS OPENING AND INCLUDED AN INTER-ACTIVE DISCUSSION OF THE PLAY, IT'S CHARACTERS, THEMES AND SOCIAL RELEVANCE AND A CONVERSATION WITH THE CAST AND CREW WHO PROVIDE AN INTIMATE LOOK AT PBD'S PRODUCTION. THESE FORUMS ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, DISCUSSION AND EDUCATION - 5 SESSIONS HELD/280 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $2,899,582 · Revenue $1,371,898

  • WE ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLAYS THROUGH OUR PERLBERG FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, ON WHICH WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY 15% OF OUR EFFORTS. PLAYWRIGHTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY SUBMIT THEIR UNPRODUCED PLAYS WHICH ARE READ AND ADJUDICATED BY A TEAM OF THEATRICAL ARTISTS. SOME ARE PRESENTED FOR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK, AND 5 FINALISTS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE STAGED READINGS AT OUR PERLBERG FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, OVER 3 DAYS IN JANUARY. FOLLOWING THE READINGS, THE PLAYWRIGHTS ARE ALSO OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE REAL-TIME VALUABLE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY - 5 PERFORMANCES/1,225 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $132,415 · Revenue $15,333

  • WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STRONG, VIBRANT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO NURTURE CREATIVITY, INSPIRE ARTISTIC POTENTIAL, BUILD CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGE SELF-EXPRESSION. APPROXIMATELY 25% OF OUR EFFORTS INCLUDE: IN-SCHOOL MASTER CLASSES IN ACTING AND PLAYWRITING; SPECIAL STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OF OUR PRODUCTIONS HELD AT NO CHARGE FOR STUDENTS FROM LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS WITH TRANSPORTATION ALSO PROVIDED; AND FREE OR REDUCED PRICED TICKETS TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED PERFORMANCES FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUDITION AND RECEIVE GUIDANCE FROM THEATRE PROFESSIONALS TO POLISH AUDITION TECHNIQUES. OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 10-MINUTE & 1- MINUTE PLAY CONTESTS GIVING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A CREATIVE VOICE IN EXPRESSING THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS; THE LEGACY PROJECT CREATING AN ANNUAL LGBTQ INTERGENERATIONAL DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT; AND THE ONE HUMANITY TOUR, A SCHOOL TOURING PROGRAM FOR 6TH AND 7TH GRADERS USING DRAMA TO DEVELOP INFORMED, THOUGHTFUL, AND COMPASSIONATE CITIZENS. FOR THE YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT'S 10-MINUTE CONTEST, PLAYS WERE SOLICITED FROM STUDENTS AT ALL PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS. 46 PLAYS WERE SUBMITTED, AND 10 WERE SELECTED AS "WINNERS" TO RECEIVE A STAGED READING OF THEIR PLAY WITH PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND DIRECTORS ALONG WITH A 250 AWARD AND A PUBLISHED COPY OF THEIR SCRIPT. IT WAS PRESENTED FREE OF CHARGE AT THE THEATRE AND HAD 200 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $221,229 · Revenue $27,292

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.

  • CARLTON MOODY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HON ANN BROWN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHEN BROWN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK PERLBERG

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PENNY BANK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUE ELLEN BERYL

    MANAGING DIR

    Total calculated
    $138,082
    From this org
    $119,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • WILLIAM HAYES

    PROD. ART. D

    Total calculated
    $144,032
    From this org
    $125,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • BETH ALCALDE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA BOLTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HERMINE DREZNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN ELLERIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDITH HALL FRIEDHEIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JIM FULD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN GOLDFEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA KOZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CYNTHIA NALLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BERNARD PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHEN RABB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ED RICCI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOUISE SNYDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RUDINA TORO

    CFO & COO

    Total calculated
    $90,481
    From this org
    $86,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,760
    Hours/week
    32

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,328,574
    Expenses
    $3,827,774
    Contributions
    $2,755,820
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,592,300
    Expenses
    $3,574,612
    Contributions
    $2,177,765
    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
    $3,429,884
    Expenses
    $3,148,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,985,664

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,797,685
    Expenses
    $1,626,036
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,020,701

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,501,433
    Expenses
    $2,910,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,698,862

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.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.