2021-05-14T20:00:25-07:00 2020-06-30 020627046 BNBCPA 158 W 121st Street New York NY 10027 990 2019-07-01 112336154 Billie Holiday Theatre Inc BILL 7186366949 1368 Fulton Street Brooklyn NY 11216 Indira Etwaroo Executive Director 2021-05-14 true Baruti N Bediako CPA P00740658 2129130507 X 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Indira Etwaroo 1954965 false X thebillieholiday.org X 1973 NY FOCUSING ON THE DISCOVERY OF NEW VOICES WITHIN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, BHT SEEKS TO ENLIGHTEN, ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE WITH PROGRAMMING THAT RESONATES ACROSS CULTURAL AND GENERATIONAL BARRIERS. 4 4 6 5 0 404094 1653541 137314 281246 0 226376 20178 767784 1954965 0 0 64829 145632 0 0 487544 930192 552373 1075824 215411 879141 742100 1731773 526261 636793 215839 1094980 X FOCUSING ON THE DISCOVERY OF NEW VOICES WITHIN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, BHT SEEKS TO ENLIGHTEN, ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE WITH PROGRAMMING THAT RESONATES ACROSS CULTURAL AND GENERATIONAL BARRIERS. false false 248505 Reparations - The Billie's fall season opener was the world premier of Reparations, by James Sheldon. This marks the sixth production of Sheldon's plays, which include Shiverman, nominated as Best Play of 2012 by London's Off-West End Awards. Directed by Tony Award-nominee Michele Shay (August Wilson's Seven Guitars and Raisin in the Sun on Broadway, The Old Settler at The Billie, 2018 AUDELCO-winning Best Revival of the Year) Reparations stars Lisa Arrindell (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, A Lesson Before Dying, Madea's Family Reunion), Kamal Bolden (The Resident, Chicago Fire, Rosewood), Alexandra Neil (Madoff, and Rock 'n' Roll and Match on Broadway), and Gys de Villiers (Mandela Long Walk to Freedom, Vehicle 19, It Gets Better). Reparations was received with both critical and audience acclaim. The New York Times called Reparations a play that "turns expectations on their headsX and said it "exerts a pulp-fiction style pull." Twelve of our 34 performances sold out, making this The Billie's most commercially successful production to date. Our work continues to garner critical acclaim with 32 AUDELCO nominations over the past 4 seasons, winning top honors (Best Play/Best Revival) 4 times including 6 awards this year alone: Best Lead Actor for Kamal Bolden, Best Featured Actress for Lisa Arrindell, Best Director for Michele Shay and Best Play of the Year - all for Reparations. 165924 Other - A 50-year pioneer in the arts and social justice space, The Billie is the cultural anchor to the nation's largest community of African descent - Central Brooklyn, a beacon for world-class art rooted in social justice, and the only multi-platform performing arts center with a presenting, residency, and education program led by, for, and accountable to people of African descent in New York City. Our programming consists of a year-long calendar of events including 2-3 mainstage programs per year, an annual monologue series for Black women writers, 1-2 limited runs of works in development, our monthly playwrights reading series in collaboration with Frank Silvera Writers? Workshop, our monthly Skylight Open series for emerging musicians and spoken word artists, and free visual arts exhibits in our lobby and Skylight Galleries. Our Education and Humanities programming serves local audiences ages 3-103 through the Youth Arts Academy's multi-disciplinary instruction, community workshops, talks and experiences, and the Black Arts Institute, our university-level theater training program reaching a national audience of 18-30 year olds. The Billie's #StayatHome Reading Series, launched in late March 2020 galvanized artists from around the country with online productions of Richard Wesley's Autumn with the reunion of the 2017 AUDELCO Award-winning Best Play of the Year Cast; 50in50: Letters to Our Sons, including Pauletta Washington and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney; James Sheldon's Reparations with the 2019 AUDELCO Award-winning cast 50in50: Love in the Time of Corona, featuring Jason Dirden, Lamman Rucker and more; Frederick Douglass' profound speech, What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?; and a virtual edition of The NOVA Film Festival. 121069 Before it Hits Home - Cheryl West's Before It Hits Home, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, tells the brutal and at times tender story of the impact of the AIDS crisis on an African American in the midwest and their community. Aptly timed, a 2019 report by the Center for Disease Control shows that after five years of declining rates, HIV infections are on the rise in Brooklyn, the only borough that saw an increase. Black individuals are more than three times as likely as their white counterparts to be infected with the virus and once infected, they are twice as likely to die from the disease. Originally scheduled for Spring 2020, Before It Hits Home was in its third week of rehearsals and the set had been built when the COVID-19 shutdown occurred. We will instead present 34 performances in October-November 2021. 56480 591978 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 80 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false NY X Martha Samuels 7186366975 1368 Fulton Street Brooklyn NY 11216 X Wayne Winborne Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Colvin Grannum Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Antonia Yuille Williams Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Deplesha McGruder Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Indira Etwaroo Executive Dir. 25.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 174530 1479011 1653541 Rental Income 900099 132852 132852 Theatre Rental 900099 29825 29825 Ticket Sales 711110 118569 118569 281246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous income 900099 20178 20178 20178 1954965 301424 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 91781 91781 30771 30506 265 16656 6333 10323 6424 6424 0 0 42550 42550 0 0 0 259063 148724 110339 65521 4750 60771 146820 96949 49871 0 0 161000 11000 150000 53670 29687 23983 0 0 0 0 975 975 0 Production Expense 164120 144607 19513 Meals & Entertainment 17842 12714 5128 Repairs & maintenance 11217 1089 10128 Tuition 7414 7414 0 1075824 591978 483846 0 504613 818408 0 0 221045 748405 0 0 0 0 12277 70483 73544 1142 4165 72402 0 0 0 0 22075 742100 1731773 29431 107335 3988 496830 525470 526261 636793 X 70839 379980 145000 715000 215839 1094980 742100 1731773 879141 X false true X true false X 182625 216829 444469 404094 1655132 2903149 67681 51861 268064 137314 281246 806166 0 0 0 250306 268690 712533 541408 1936378 3709315 0 108699 108699 108699 108699 3600616 0 0 0 14100 226376 18587 259063 250306 268690 726633 767784 1954965 3968378 0.90730 0.90560 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 69211 69211 4333 1142 3191 72402 Due to Affiliates 231470 Short-Term Loan 294000 525470 X 1954965 1954965 1954965 1075824 1075824 1075824 Part X : FIN48 Footnote BHT has evaluated the recognition requirements for uncertain income tax positions as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, with no cumulative effect adjustment required. Income tax benefits are recognized for income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, only when it is determined that the income tax position will more-likely-than-not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. Accordingly, BHT has not recorded any reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax positions at June 30, 2020 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Visual Arts - The Billie spearheaded NYC's first Black Lives Matter street mural in June 2020, engaging 60 artists and drawing an estimated 200,000 in-person visitors. This collaboration between Councilmember Robert Cornegy, The Billie, local artists, and the community at large, has become a profound and powerful memorial to lives lost to racial violence: a place of anger, healing, and inspiration for moving forward to create a more just and equitable future. The "Black Lives Matter" letters were directed by Dawud West with creative direction from renowned artist Cey Adams, who famously completed the American flag mural for the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The mural includes 20 bars, with the names of the victims of police brutality and racially-motivated killings in this country from Emmett Till to George Floyd, with sadly more names added since. Mayor de Blasio closed the street to pedestrians-only for the duration of the summer so residents and visitors could experience this work spanning 565 Feet and 28 feet tall. We are in the process of creating a large-format photography coffee-table book that vividly commemorates this historic moment. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR AFTER COMPLETION BY THE THEATRE'S OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANT. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The documents are available upon request at the Theatre's box office. Pg 7, Part VII, 5 The Executive Director provides the vision, strategic direction, fundraising leadership, and management expertise.