2024-01-29T17:03:14-08:00 2023-06-30 823782880 Mary G Sormeley CPA 560 Day Ave Ridgefield NJ 07657 990 2022-07-01 132874863 Fiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company FIJI 2125291557 47 Great Jones St Fl 6 New York NY 10012 Amy Chin President 2024-01-29 true Amy Chin 999009999 true Mary G Sormeley P01469548 2018328922 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Amy Chin 47 Great Jones St Fl 6 New York NY 10012 1941073 false X www.pingchong.org X 1985 NY Fiji Theater Company, Inc. creates works of theater and art that reveal beauty, precision, and a commitment to social justice. Founded by Ping Chong, the company creates original interdisciplinary works by a group of affiliated artists and is committed to artistic innovation, collaboration community engagement, and amplifying underrepresented voices. The Fiji Theater develops works in collaboration with local, regional, national, and international institutional partners ranging from schools and universities, to regional theaters, international arts festivals,, and grass roots social service organizations. 6 5 73 0 1510773 1699765 149762 230262 1486 8917 605 2129 1662626 1941073 0 0 810657 799874 0 181918 318553 721362 1129210 1521236 533416 419837 1630686 2217740 3861 171078 1626825 2046662 Fiji Theater Company, Inc. creates works of theater and art that reveal beauty, precision, and a commitment to social justice. Founded by Ping Chong, the company creates original interdisciplinary works by a group of affiliated artists and is committed to artistic innovation, collaboration community engagement, and amplifying underrepresented voices. The Fiji Theater develops works in collaboration with local, regional, national, and international institutional partners ranging from schools and universities, to regional theaters, international arts festivals,, and grass roots social service organizations. false false 1211618 230262 In December 2022, the retirement of founder and Artistic Director Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice, longstanding Executive Director heralded a major organizational transformation. The company is now in the second year of a planned three-year transition period, and has announced an innovative leadership model, in the form of a collaborative five-person Artistic Leadership Team (ALT) which will develop and realize a vision for PCCs future. In 2022-2023, we presented:Inside/Out...voices from the disability community, an Undesirable Elements production that shared seven cast members reflections on living with disability. Inside/Out was presented at Lincoln Centers Summer for the City Festival in August 2022.Lazarus 1972 2022 was Ping Chongs final work with the Company as Artistic Director. Lazarus was the first work that Ping Chong created as an independent artist in 1972. The new production premiered in September/October 2022 at LaMama, an interdisciplinary, imagistic meditation on alienation and belonging, the passage of time, and the evolution of his artistry.Testify (the worst is yet to come), a lecture and solo performance by Nile Harris was presented as part of the Public Theaters Under the Radar Festival in January 2023. This work was developed in Fall 2022 as part of the third year of the Creative Fellowships program which provides paid 8-month fellowships to two emerging artists of color. On February 2023, a two-day Undesirable Elements 30th Anniversary Symposium celebrated the history of UE in partnership with The New School's Eugene Lang College and College of Performing Arts. The celebration brought cast members, presenters, creative collaborators, producing partners and colleagues in the field of documentary theater to the university for a student workshop, panels, and a culminating evening performance from work-in-progress, Undesirable Elements: Ukraine. Generations Rise: Reston, directed by Sara Zatz and Tuy?t Th? Ph?m was held in partnership with Reston Community Center (RCC) on March 24-25, 2023. In this Undesirable Elements production, cast members ranging in age from 14 to 57 reflected on Reston's unique history and utopian vision as the nation's first planned community, and what brought their families to Reston. The production addresses themes of healing, grief, growth, struggles with mental health and identity, the impact of COVID, and the search for community.Undesirable Elements: Ukraine (directed by Ping Chong and Virlana Tkacz, Artistic Director of Yara Arts Group), explores the experiences of Ukrainian American New Yorkers and recent Ukrainian arrivals: Ukrainian identity, immigration, intergenerational connections, the history of Ukrainians in the U.S., and the disastrous effect of Russias war. The work in progress was shared at New School University as part of UE 30th Anniversary Symposium, and premiered May 5-14, 2023 at the Ukrainian Museum.An Extra Ordinary Afternoon with Ping Chong and Company was held at La Mama Theater in June 2023, a day-long gathering of curated conversation and new performance. This event invited new and returning PCC audience members to engage with new creative visions and artistic collaborators, and represented the first public presentations curated by the Companys new leadership model.Education Programs: PCC continued to provide its arts education program to six NYC schools in FY23. Students in 19 classrooms in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, worked with teaching artists to explore identity, culture, and sense of belonging and connection. PCC also partnered with the New Victorys Education program, NYC Department of Education, and the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Alaska, to create curricular materials based on PCCs work. PCCs newly launched a Creative Aging program partnered with a NYC senior center, and higher education workshops happened at the New School for Drama, UC Davis, UCONN, San Jose State, and Mars Hill University. 1211618 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 23 0 true 73 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false NY X Organization 2125291557 47 Great Jones St New York NY 10012 Bruce Allardice Executive Director 40.00 0.00 83894 0 35693 John Chong Artistic Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 59134 0 14041 Cathy Barbash Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Chin President 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Deirdre Valente Vice President 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Chan Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lillian Cho Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 143028 49734 0 false false false 0 369960 1329805 1699765 Box office revenue 711110 14139 14139 Contracted services 711110 158440 158440 Lectures, panels & classe 711110 57683 57683 230262 8917 8917 0 1339 1339 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 711110 790 790 790 1941073 241308 X 0 0 0 0 134578 104319 11347 18912 0 531653 446482 35443 49728 10013 6115 1411 2487 68778 52100 5356 11322 54852 41527 5429 7896 0 0 45058 13517 20276 11265 0 0 0 246139 155878 30785 59476 46501 46501 13683 5889 2075 5719 0 0 53271 40331 5272 7668 29564 27592 1502 470 0 0 0 0 13917 10537 1377 2003 14465 10951 1432 2082 Fiscal sponsorship expenses 127391 127391 Production costs 63802 63802 Hospitality 44381 43947 434 Miscellaneous 9315 6902 1723 690 13875 7837 3838 2200 1521236 1211618 127700 181918 706785 409948 590230 1146106 269330 463999 16600 36507 0 0 0 0 20984 31173 75420 73907 3413 1513 0 0 0 20341 9823 3003 118671 1630686 2217740 3861 52758 1000 117320 3861 171078 X 866075 1194634 760750 852028 1626825 2046662 1630686 2217740 419837 X false true X true false X 671140 920861 1209519 1510773 1699765 6012058 0 0 671140 920861 1209519 1510773 1699765 6012058 2004655 4007403 703 979 310 1610 10256 13858 0 2759 5002 1804 481 790 10836 6036752 1140816 0.66380 0.67650 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6295 6295 69125 67612 1513 1513 Operating right of use asset 115578 Security deposit 3093 118671 Operating lease liability 117320 117320 X 1950786 9713 9713 1941073 1941073 1530949 9713 9713 1521236 1521236 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization is a not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has been designated as a corporation which is not a private foundation. Management evaluated all income tax positions and concluded that no disclosures relating to uncertain tax positions are required in the financial statements. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Organization submits Form 990 to the Executive Committee of the Board for review and approval before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Organization regularly asks officers and directors to fill out a form stating all conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Government documents, policies and financial statements are all available upon request.