2023-02-25T22:43:49-07:00 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 470854516 UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC UTOP 7736800826 5315 N Clark St Ste171 Chicago IL 60640 Bradley Gunter Managing Director 7734263755 2023-02-25 0 11 1 AAL2 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.tutatheatre.org X X 35755 X 30989 1325 0 9 0 0 0 0 1985 0 1985 0 0 0 1447 35755 0 0 0 6435 24334 13 3597 34379 1376 35545 0 36921 X 36669 31683 0 0 1476 5626 38145 37309 2600 388 35545 36921 The Utopian Theatre Asylum's (TUTA) mission is to excite the American audience with theatre that is both relevant and challenging in both form and/or content. TUTA continually searches for the unique and exceptional in the language of theatre, be it verbal, physical, or visual, in order to express ideas and expose questions vital to contemporary American society. TUTA is committed to producing theatrical and educational events that bridge all forms of cultural and geographical divides. TUTA produces theatrical performances, which were limited to virtual offerings in 2021 due to ongoing COVID-related public health guidelines. This included several public readings and a series of lab performances of the 1-Minute Global project, a multidisciplinary examination of the pandemic years. Approximately 50 patrons attended each of 8 performances 0 7404 TUTA hosts educational events for theatre professionals, including master classes and workshops, often with volunteer instructors. In 2021 we served 42 attendees during 4 one-day educational workshops. 0 1844 9248 Heather Joireman Board President 5 0 0 0 Maxwell J Lotspeich Board Director 5 0 0 0 Stephan Murray Board Director 1 0 0 0 Sean Ewert Board Director 5 300 0 0 Helen Lattyak Board Director 2 0 0 0 Jacqueline Stone Board Director/Artistic Director 10 3675 0 0 Brad Gunter Managing Director 10 2400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IL Jacqueline Stone 5315 N Clark St Ste 171 Chicago IL 60640 7736800826 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 32327 25567 27049 48032 30989 163964 32327 25567 27049 48032 30989 163964 99125 64839 4 7 10 11 9 41 164005 59779 0.39535 0.4425 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Description;Amount^Space Rentals;1195|Credit Card Processing Fees;252^Total;1447^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Marketing;710|Office Expenses;361|Insurance;734|Credit Card and Bank Fees;436|Travel Meals and Entertainment;1231|Dues and Subscriptions;125^Total;3597^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Accounts Receivable End of Year;4000|Prepaid Expenses End of Year;0|Undeposited Funds End of Year;200|Security Deposits End of Year;1426^Total;5626^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Deferred Revenue End of Year;0|Accounts Payable End of Year;388^Total;388^ Dear Sir or Madam: Please accept this statement as an explanation for the extremely late filing of The Utopian Theatre Asylum's (TUTA) 990-EZ for the 2021 tax year. As a very small performing arts organization with a part-time, mostly volunteer staff of two we were hit extremely hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. With official limitations on certain public gatherings in 2020 and 2021, as well as the continued uncertainty around in-person programming in 2022, we have been in an emergency survival mode for these past several years. While we have managed to survive the crisis, even producing a limited offering of virtual programming, the operational challenges with keeping the organization solvent have created an incredible strain on our administrative capacity. In early 2022 our longtime Artistic Director announced plans to step back from many of her responsibilities in preparation for an upcoming move away from Chicago, where we are located. We spent most of the year creating and launching a new company structure to accommodate this leadership change. We have only recently realized that several key administrative tasks were lost in the process of reassessing and reassigning responsibilities - in particular, the responsibility to file requests for filing extensions. As a result, we believed that an extension request had been filed in a timely manner. We now realize that it is likely no member of our organization filed that extension request. We very sincerely apologize for the error and will ensure that this is not a recurring oversight. Sincerely, Brad Gunter, Managing Director of The Utopian Theatre Asylum (TUTA).