2022-03-29T17:51:05-05:00 2021-12-31 462013344 Holly C Roundtree CPA PLLC 13355 Noel Road Suite 1960 Dallas TX 75240 990 2021-01-01 364591959 Uptown Players Inc UPTO 2142192718 PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 Jeffrey A Rane Treasurer 2142192718 2022-03-29 1 Jeffrey Rane 999009999 Holly C Roundtree P00046910 9724044434 2022-03-29 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Jeffrey A Rane PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 874113 0 1 X uptownplayers.org X 2006 TX The mission of Uptown Players is to present professional theater that meets a rising demand in the community for audiences to see their life experiences represented on stage. We offer diverse productions with contemporary and alternative lifestyle themes that explore complex and varied situations such as relationships, family, prejudice, and values. We present plays and musicals that challenge our audiences artistically, build cultural bridges, and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area. 10 6 15 75 0 0 333672 538899 39610 313090 24 89 12281 13050 385587 865128 0 1197 0 0 150535 184026 0 0 0 250478 513282 401013 698505 -15426 166623 233307 419706 156121 175897 77186 243809 X The mission of Uptown Players is to present professional theater that meets a rising demand in the community for audiences to see their life experiences represented on stage. We offer diverse productions with contemporary and alternative lifestyle themes that explore complex and varied situations such as relationships, family, prejudice, and values. We present plays and musicals that challenge our audiences artistically, build cultural bridges, and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area. 0 0 637513 1197 313734 Uptown Players offers equity membership candidacy (EMC) program weeks for local artists and stage managers desiring enough credit to join Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers. Due to the pandemic and global health crisis, Uptown Players pivoted to filming productions and streaming archival video of past productions to patrons' homes. As a result, Uptown Players provided work for 9 professional (union) actors, 8 non-union actors, and 3 stage managers in a COVID safe film environment. During 2021, Uptown Players produced five live productions, Dallas Pride Performance, When Pigs Fly, Fun Home, A Very Sordid Wedding, and Oy Vey in a Manger, and streamed a live performance of Application Pending. Uptown Players also provided free online content during the pandemic, including hosting an hour long episode of Stars in the House, a national daily webcast featuring Broadway performers and regional theater work around the country. The theater has won over 25 Leon Rabin Awards and 30 Theater Critics Forum Awards in its first nineteen seasons. It has also been named the best theater company by the Dallas Voice Readers and by the Dallas Observer. It was also featured in D Magazine and on Good Morning Texas and Daybreak on WFAA.The program service expenses were play production expenses. These expenses included theater rental, royalty payments, labor for cast, crew, directors, and designers, lighting, sound, filming, editing, streaming, sets, costumes, props, travel, and ticketing expenditures.Uptown Players received support via donated services from the following sponsor:The Dallas Voice provided advertising sponsorship valued at $5,000.Uptown Players, Inc. productions are also supported by approximately 75 volunteers who help provide labor in various capacities in support of the theater. 637513 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 0 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Jeff Rane 2142192718 PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 Jeffrey A Rane Treasurer 2.00 X X 30546 0 0 Charles Craig Lynch Vice President 2.00 X X 59637 0 0 Nancy Rubin Secretary 2.00 X X 3171 0 0 Coy Covington Board Member 2.00 X 2950 0 0 Brian Jansen President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeff Fallin Fundraising Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kate Newman Fundraising Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Rosenberg Fundraising Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Phillip Hearne Board Member 2.00 X 4450 0 0 Tomas Soto Fundraising Committee 1.00 X 0 0 0 100754 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 356092 182807 538899 Ticket Sales 711110 306644 306644 Playbill Sponsorship 711110 6446 6446 313090 89 89 644 0 644 644 644 21391 8985 12406 12406 865128 313734 0 12495 X 1197 1197 97804 67258 30546 60922 60922 10225 10225 2226 2226 12849 12849 11844 11844 66524 66524 2122 2122 8060 8060 30127 30127 123108 119008 4100 8102 6279 1823 5128 5128 68541 66484 2057 2757 2757 Supplies - sets & props 25863 25863 Labor - Non-equity cast 15950 15950 Ticketing fees 14165 14165 Outsourced shows 12909 12909 118082 117642 440 698505 637513 60992 0 196081 391548 6275 6275 374955 356548 30951 18407 0 3476 233307 419706 307 0 1791 1791 154013 174096 10 10 156121 175897 X 0 0 0 0 77186 243809 77186 243809 233307 419706 166623 0 X 0 0 0 X 352284 311650 328796 303180 193215 1489125 352284 311650 328796 303180 193215 1489125 1489125 1972 22 3510 24 89 5617 1494742 2114014 0.99620 0.99620 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 374955 356548 18407 18407 Due to employees 10 10 Jeff Rane Officer and director Fund operations X 216 216 0 1 0 Craig Lynch Officer and director Fund operations X 1575 1575 0 1 0 1791 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Line 11a explanation - Each board member was provided an electronic copy of the 2021 Form 990, as well as a checklist to assist in each person's separate review of the tax return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Conflicts of interest are required to be reported at bi-monthly board meetings. The only conflict of interest is that one board member also works at another theater. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Compensation of other officers has been limited to payment for the provision of actual theater services, which are paid at the same or a lower rate as non-board members providing the same services. This compensation has not been reviewed by an independent person or group. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Disclosure of governing documents, financial statements, and policies are provided upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 24e Labor - Cast/Crew: Program service expenses 11,544. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,544. Labor - Orchestra: Program service expenses 9,475. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,475. Labor - Set construction: Program service expenses 8,918. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,918. Labor - Costume Designer: Program service expenses 8,750. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,750. Costumes/wigs: Program service expenses 6,673. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,673. Labor - Director: Program service expenses 6,600. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,600. Credit card discount fees: Program service expenses 6,542. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,542. Labor - Lighting Design: Program service expenses 5,400. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,400. Intern: Program service expenses 5,222. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,222. Supplies - lighting: Program service expenses 4,987. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,987. Delivery and postage: Program service expenses 4,786. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,786. Lobby decorations: Program service expenses 4,329. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,329. Labor - Lighting Crew: Program service expenses 3,781. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,781. Dues & Subscriptions: Program service expenses 3,681. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,681. Labor - Music Director: Program service expenses 3,505. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,505. Photography/videography: Program service expenses 3,194. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,194. Labor - Master Electrician: Program service expenses 3,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,000. Labor - Sound design: Program service expenses 3,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,000. Labor - Wig Design: Program service expenses 2,700. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,700. Licenses & permits -- TABC: Program service expenses 2,462. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,462. Labor - Set design: Program service expenses 2,300. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,300. Supplies - sound: Program service expenses 2,159. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,159. Labor - Reception: Program service expenses 1,120. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,120. Labor - Stage manager: Program service expenses 1,050. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,050. Meals: Program service expenses 623. Management and general expenses 92. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 715. Equipment rental: Program service expenses 545. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 545. Professional fees - translation and transcription: Program service expenses 440. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 440. Bank charges: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 348. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 348. Printing and reproduction: Program service expenses 345. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 345. Licenses & permits -- other: Program service expenses 311. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 311. Flowers: Program service expenses 200. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 200.