2023-04-05T16:53:38-07:00 2022-06-30 823782880 Mary G Sormeley CPA 560 Day Ave Ridgefield NJ 07657 990 2021-07-01 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 2023-04-05 true Amy Chin 999009999 Mary G Sormeley P01469548 2018328922 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Amy Chin 47 Great Jones St Fl 6 New York NY 10012 1662626 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 1209519 1510773 142100 149762 73 1486 2041 605 1353733 1662626 0 0 751771 810657 0 155755 310044 318553 1061815 1129210 291918 533416 1396820 1630686 303411 3861 1093409 1626825 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 798613 149762 In 2021-22, Ping Chong and Company joyfully returned to live theater, while continuing to innovate and present online offerings. Activities during FY22, both live and virtual, included:Generation Rise is an interview-based production in the Undesirable Elements series featuring Black, Latinx and Asian American teens from New York City telling their own stories and reflecting on their lives before, during and after 2020a year of crisis and transformation. Written and directed by Sara Zatz and Kirya Traber, Generation Rise was commissioned by the New Victory Theater and created in partnership with Urban Word NYC. The live production premiered from November 5-14, 2022 at the New Victory Theater, marking the New Victorys return to in-person programming. The digital production remained available through the New Victory website until June 30, 2022.Chinoiserie Redux is a new full-length film by Ping Chong that links our contemporary moment, and the increase in violence towards Asian Americans, with the fraught history of East and West and its ongoing impact on the present day. Production, filming, and editing were completed in June 2022, and the film will be presented to the public in 2022-2023Specially Processed American Me is a surreal autobiographical performance by Jaime Sunwoo, a former PCC Creative Fellow and current Affiliated Artist. It uses SPAM, the canned meat, as a portal into Sunwoos Asian American upbringing and her family's experiences of the Korean War. Co-produced by Ping Chong and Company and Free Rein Projects, Specially Processed American Me had a developmental workshop in BRIC in October 2021, followed by a sold-out world premiere run at Dixon Place for three weeks in February of 2022. Creative Fellowship: Now in its third year, the Creative Fellowship provides paid fellowships to emerging artists of color who are in residence with the company for 6-8 months. They receive mentorship and training in all aspects of the company, and creatively engage with the companys archive, culminating in a live performance showcase of new work. The 2022 Fellows are Nile Harris and JU-EH, who began their fellowships in May.Education Programs: PCC continued to provide its arts education program to five NYC schools in FY22. Students in 16 classrooms in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, worked with teaching artists to explore identity, culture, and sense of belonging and connection after a year of disconnection and distance. PCC also partnered with the New Victorys Education program to create and distribute a teacher resource guide based on PCCs Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ production,PCC remains committed to creating and presenting live theater work moving forward, approaching our work in ways that are creative, nimble, and flexible to meet shifting needs and circumstances. 798613 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false 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 46 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 85568 0 34751 John Chong Artistic Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 60311 0 20419 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 145879 55170 0 false false false 0 523135 987638 1510773 Box office revenue 711110 6580 6580 Contracted services 711110 75000 75000 Lectures, panels & classe 711110 68182 68182 149762 1486 1486 0 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 Merchandise sales 711110 481 481 481 1662626 150367 1486 X 0 0 0 0 212351 158622 20148 33581 0 467611 341729 77151 48731 11745 7931 1377 2437 62930 48081 3996 10853 56020 35853 11204 8963 0 1250 440 521 289 15683 5515 6536 3632 0 0 0 126259 75147 23312 27800 30522 30522 8350 2526 814 5010 0 0 51656 33075 10392 8189 14123 13100 1009 14 0 0 0 0 14596 9346 2936 2314 7230 4629 1455 1146 Production costs 18236 18236 Miscellaneous 15199 5934 8375 890 Telephone & internet 5735 3672 1154 909 Printing and Publications 4518 1785 2071 662 5196 2470 2391 335 1129210 798613 174842 155755 412189 706785 230162 590230 653505 269330 41750 16600 0 0 0 0 17861 20984 75420 72007 6491 3413 0 0 0 31859 20341 3003 3003 1396820 1630686 16661 3861 150000 133485 3265 303411 3861 X 655611 866075 437798 760750 1093409 1626825 1396820 1630686 533416 X false true X true false X 802397 671140 920861 1209519 1510773 5114690 0 0 802397 671140 920861 1209519 1510773 5114690 1642827 3471863 326 703 979 310 1610 3928 0 3286 2759 5002 1804 481 13332 5131950 0.67650 0.67610 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6295 6295 69125 65712 3413 3413 X 1662624 -2 -2 1662626 1662626 1129210 1129210 1129210 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. 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