STORY THEATRE: Form 990EZ, tax year 2024

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Organization
STORY THEATRE (EIN 82-5002839)
Tax period
2024-04-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-05-28
IRS object ID
202521489349200537
Schema version
2024v5.1
Note
A later return for the same period supersedes this one.
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Primary Exempt PurposeThe Story Theatre will pose questions, rather than provide answers. We develop and produce new work that is whimsical, melancholic, mythic in vision, and intimate in scale. We are run by a governing artistic ensemble, who ensures our work is actively dismantling racism and inequity, while cultivating community through activism and catharsis.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

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Description Program Srvc AccomOver the last four seasons, The Story Theatre has produced award-winning world-premiere plays by emerging playwrights in Chicago's theatrical milieu. Combining art and activism, The Story has also reimagined leadership structures and platformed supplemental community-centered programming.DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
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Brenna DiStasio
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Paul Michael Thomson
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Ian McLeland
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Dr Quenna Len Barrett
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Jess Hutchinson
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Isabelle Hong Martin
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