2025-05-07T23:03:59-07:00 2024-12-31 822203995 618 Consulting PLLC 2416 Oak Shadow Ct Arlington TX 76017 990 2024-01-01 751626595 HIP POCKET THEATRE HIPP 8172469775 PO Box 136758 Fort Worth TX 76136 Holly Ellman President 8172469775 2025-05-07 1 1 Melanie Wilson P01989102 8179039805 2025-04-29 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Holly Ellman PO Box 136758 Fort Worth TX 76136 378707 0 X www.hippocket.org X 1976 TX Hip Pocket Theatre, as both experimental playhouse and environmental visual installation, has a long-standing outreach program comprising community based events and enriching healing arts programming. It is dedicated to bringing guest artists from around the globe and throughout Fort Worth to collaborate on projects each season. 16 16 2 146 0 0 229848 312518 58643 66189 0 0 0 0 288491 378707 0 0 0 0 60721 66736 0 6900 18708 245069 304443 305790 378079 -17299 628 259777 262967 0 2562 259777 260405 Hip Pocket Theatre is an experimental theater ensemble rooted deep in the heart of Texas, committed to widening the vision and scope of theater, relying on the imagery of fantasy and fable, original adaptation, and scripts that mainly draw their inspiration from legends and history of Fort Worth and the Southwest. The performance focus is interdisciplinary, combining traditional theatrical elements with original score, drama, mime, dance, puppetry, as well as environmental and visual installations. 0 0 271551 0 66190 The six-show 48th Season (2024) ran most weekends from 5/19/24 through 11/3/24 at its outdoor amphitheater with the exception of the 3rd show of the season, "Raft Project: (My Shapes are in Turmoil)" which was performed at the Southside Preservation Hall due to the extreme heat at that point in the year. Performances, for the most part, were Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 9 p.m., May through August, and 8:15 p.m., September and October. However, due to scheduling with out-of-town talent, two shows included Thursday evenings, and ran one week less than the others. The first show of the 48th season was "A Twisty Intergalactic Spectacle," which was written by Basil Twist, international puppet artist, and Ken Ard, New York-based actor frequently seen on Broadway. Mr. Twist also directed the piece and Mr. Ard starred each night. Local composer/musician, Joe Rogers, created the music and performed the show. Johnny Simons, co-founder of Hip Pocket, contributed lyrics and music for the closing number. The second show of the 2024 season was a classic, by William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Yvonne Duque-Guerrero, with "sprightly, original music by terrific guitarist/percussionist, Darren Kobetich." Following this, Hip moved inside to the Southside Preservation Hall to escape the beastly heat for an original production, "Raft Project (My Shapes are in Turmoil), by Lake Simons along with John Dyer who also composed and performed the original music, Raft Project is " a short, flowing, and wordless piece full of music and movement, puppetry and dance." Then, it's back outside to Hip's outdoor stage for Charles Mee's "Big Love," directed by Emily Scott Banks - "a playful and cheerfully bloody tale of runaway brides and bullying grooms-maybe set in ancient Greece (it's loosely based on Aeschylus' The Suppliant Maidens), but with pop culture and music references that give us other ideas." - Jan Farrington, onstagetx.com. For the closing show of the 48th season, in the "Halloween" portion of the season, Hip Pocket presented "Metamorphosis," by Franz Kafka, adapted and directed by Christina Cranshaw with original music composed and performed nightly by Clint Niosi. 11861 0 0 The outreach portion of Hip Pocket's program, was again fulfilled by the Twilight Soiree Puppet Pageant, a two-week series of workshops, led by New York-based, international puppet artists Erin Orr and Chris Green, culminating in 3 nights of performances which was open to the community free of charge, with the impetus on encouraging families community-wide to gather to learn the art of creating and performing with puppets, large and small, building commonalities with other puppeteers. 0 0 0 283412 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X Peggy Kirby 8172469775 PO Box 136758 Fort Worth TX 76136 John T Simons Artistic Director 25 0 X 48267 0 0 Quentin McGown Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Holly Ellman President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Lauren Ivy Chiong Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Paul Hamilton Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Thad Isbell Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nikki DeShea Smith Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Tracy Bush Vice President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 John Key Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Marian Eastman Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bethany Malone Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Wooten Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Leslie Zvitt Secretary 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Jesse Borries Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Aaron Butler Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Yvonne Duque Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Brian Pierce Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 48267 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16000 296518 0 312518 Ticket Sales 711110 50166 50166 0 0 Concessions 711110 16023 16023 0 0 0 0 0 0 66189 0 0 0 0 0 0 378707 66189 0 0 X 48267 36200 12067 0 14777 11083 3694 0 3692 2769 923 0 32800 0 32800 0 6900 6900 137925 121069 14456 2400 11035 9881 739 415 18825 2052 7780 8993 26296 23491 2805 0 16675 16675 0 0 11946 11946 0 0 3280 2585 695 0 Production Expenses 40382 40382 0 0 Concessions 5279 5279 0 0 378079 283412 75959 18708 231016 229377 2680 6205 226951 199566 26081 27385 259777 262967 0 752 0 1810 0 2562 X 258459 259087 1318 1318 259777 260405 259777 262967 628 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 222114 203305 247923 229848 312518 1215708 627 55261 78692 68622 66190 269392 222741 258566 326615 298470 378708 1485100 140000 120000 140000 140000 140000 680000 0 140000 120000 140000 140000 140000 680000 805100 222741 258566 326615 298470 378708 1485100 0.54212 0.47377 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 204208 176823 27385 0 22743 22743 0 0 0 0 0 27385 0 Payroll Taxes Payable 1810 1810 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is made available to Board members for review before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Pocket Theatre, Inc. requires its Board members, Endowment Trustees, and key employees to disclose all interests that they or a family member has in other for-profit or nonprofit entities where it is foreseeable that the organization may enter into a contract or award a grant or have other business or financial dealings with the entity. Board members, Endowment Trustee, and key employees must disclose any actual or possible conflicts, and the nature thereof, to the Board President annually, or as such situations may arise. Board members and Endowment Trustees refrain from voting on a proposed transaction if in a conflict-of-interest situation and, if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation is reviewed by the Compensation Committee using peer organizations to determine compensation levels, who make a recommendation to the Board of Directors. Compensation levels are discussed during the annual budgeting process and are presented for discussion and approval by the Board as a whole at the time the annual budget is adopted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents and financial statements are available upon written request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Production Labor (actors, musicians, technicians, etc) - 117,169; Admin support - 14,456