2022-02-24T16:20:48-08:00 2021-06-30 823782880 Mary G Sormeley CPA 560 Day Ave Ridgefield NJ 07657 990 2020-07-01 132874863 Fiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company FIJI 2125291557 47 Great Jones St New York NY 10012 Amy Chin President 2022-02-24 true Amy Chin 999009999 Mary G Sormeley P01469548 2018328922 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Amy Chin 47 Great Jones St New York NY 10012 1353733 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. 7 6 42 0 920861 1209519 212528 142100 27 73 5954 2041 1139370 1353733 0 0 691186 751771 0 119175 334464 310044 1025650 1061815 113720 291918 930285 1396820 128794 303411 801491 1093409 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 780519 142100 In FY21, Ping Chong and Company continued to adapt to the shutdown, and then slow reemergence, of live performance in NYC. PCC created virtual theatrical events, produced digital media, and developed new live productions. We adapted our arts education programs for remote learning, continued our Creative Fellowships, launched a new website, and initiated a strategic planning process. New productions, presented virtually and in-person during the grant period include: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. Generation Rise originated as a filmed virtual theater production, with visual direction by Richard Louissaint, and launched with a live virtual screening and panel discussion with the creative team, and was viewable for free for a week in June 2021. New Work by Creative Fellows included Johnnie Cruise Mercers Process memoir 6: thenowlater (HEART) Prophecy, conceived for NYC Pride Weekend at the end of June. It was an outdoor celebration that included small group dialogue, sing-a-longs, and a flash-mob dance jam that marked PCCs return to in-person performance. Jaime Sunwoos Color Theory is a short film that examines color in the history of Western art, culture, and science as a subtext for how we perceive race.Chinoiserie Redux is a new full-length film by Ping Chong that links our contemporary moment, and increases in violence towards Asian Americans, with an exploration of the fraught history of East and West, and its continuing influence on the present day. Production, filming, and editing were completed from January-December 2021, and the film will be presented in 2022.2.2 Square Miles of Soul: Voices of Orange: Written and directed by Christina Bixland and Matthew Martinez (in collaboration with Turron Kofi Alleyne and the cast) and presented by Luna Stage, this online performance explored the changing face of Orange, New Jersey through the eyes of six former and current residents who witnessed historic disinvestment, demographic shifts, and fights for representation in local government. It premiered online in May 2021.Education Programs: PCC continued to provide its arts education program to five NYC schools in 2021, adapting to remote learning. Students in 16 classrooms worked virtually with teaching artists to explore identity, culture, and sense of belonging and connection, in a year of disconnection and distance. Students collaborated to tell their stories with film, audio, and performance. 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, and piloted a new Creative Aging Program with Seniors on the Lower East Side of NYC. 780519 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false 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 20 0 true 42 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 6 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 82356 0 40856 John Chong Artistic Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 65074 0 8034 Cathy Barbash Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Chin President 6.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Deirdre Valente Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Miranda Schiller Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kim Chan Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lillian Cho Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 147430 48890 0 false false false 0 467068 742451 1209519 Contracted services 711110 134000 134000 Lectures, panels & classe 711110 8100 8100 142100 73 73 0 237 237 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 711110 1804 1804 1804 1353733 144141 73 X 0 0 0 0 152743 117896 13068 21779 0 414271 303704 76446 34121 11801 8143 2242 1416 121390 85637 22308 13445 51566 35580 9798 6188 0 0 7500 7500 0 0 0 148139 115827 8159 24153 39643 27870 6909 4864 989 694 166 129 0 0 47174 32550 8963 5661 3104 3063 25 16 0 0 3265 2253 620 392 0 5325 3675 1012 638 6504 4488 1236 780 Production costs 21879 21879 Miscellaneous 8718 6088 1612 1018 Hospitality 5898 3588 2310 Telephone & telecommunications 5879 4057 1117 705 6027 3527 940 1560 1061815 780519 162121 119175 569875 412189 128 230162 294804 653505 39582 41750 0 0 0 0 5482 17861 75420 68929 4160 6491 0 0 0 13250 31859 3004 3003 930285 1396820 16326 16661 2000 150000 110468 133485 3265 128794 303411 X 431527 655611 369964 437798 801491 1093409 930285 1396820 291918 X false true X true false X 937394 802397 671140 920861 1209519 4541311 0 0 937394 802397 671140 920861 1209519 4541311 1459881 3081430 950 326 703 979 310 3268 0 25 3286 2759 5002 1804 12876 4557455 0.67610 0.71920 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6295 6295 69125 62634 6491 6491 Accrued interest 3265 3265 X 1353732 -1 -1 1353733 1353733 1061815 1061815 1061815 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, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Organization submits Form 990 to the Executive Committee of the Board for review and approval before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Organization regularly asks officers and directors to fill out a form stating all conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Government documents, policies and financial statements are all available upon request.