2020-03-11T09:39:05-05:00 2019-06-30 161071694 SCIARABBA WALKER & CO LLP 410 EAST UPLAND ROAD ITHACA NY 14850 990EZ 2018-07-01 800901924 CIVIC ENSEMBLE INC CIVI 6072410195 127 CLEVELAND AVE ITHACA NY 14850 GODFREY L SIMMONS JR BOARD MEMBER 6072410195 2020-03-11 1 MICHELLE J FLINN P01701896 6072725550 66.152.125.150 2020-03-11 10:38:55 ED P E731EAEFED4EE63A5903B51A5A2B5725AD71EE2B 507C01BEDEAB4F280F6AC90DB4DC6DECC6FC59B7 2018 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z X WWW.CIVICENSEMBLE.ORG X X 109183 X 69231 39834 19 100 109183 2000 54654 29036 3011 4656 20820 114177 -4994 5796 0 802 X 5796 6160 0 5796 6160 0 5358 5796 802 X CIVIC ENSEMBLE CREATES THEATRE THAT EXPLORES AND EXPLODES THE SOCIAL, POLICTICAL, AND CULTURAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. WE BRING AUDIENCES OF DIFFERENT RACES, CLASSES, AND EXPERIENCES TOGETHER IN A PUBLIC FORUM ON THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT. THE REENTRY PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED AT SOME POINT IN THER LIVES TO WRITE PLAYS AND PRESENT THEM TO THE COMMUNITY. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM GAIN INVALUABLE HARD SKILLS LIKE WRITING, COMPUTER LITERACY, AND THEATRE SKILLS, AS WELL AS SOFT SKILLS LIKE COMMUNICATION, PATIENCE, AND TEAMWORK. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TWOFOLD: TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURE FOR PERSONAL GROWTH FOR PEOPLE REENTERING THE COMMUNITY AFTER INCARCERATION, AND TO CONNECT THOSE RE-ENTERING WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PERFORMANCES OF THEIR PLAYS. CONDUCTED WEEKLY SESSIONS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS HELPED CREATE AN ORIGINAL PLAY. 10 PARTICIPANTS THEN PARTICIPATED AS CAST MEMBERS IN A TWO-MONTH REHEARSAL AND PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 4 PERFORMANCES OF THE PLAY WERE CONDUCTED ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE. 0 12788 CIVIC ACTS: NEW PLAYS TOWARDS THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IS CIVIC ENSEMBLE'S NEW ANNUAL PLAY FESTIVAL IN ITHACA FEATURING NEW POLITICAL PLAYS BY NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PLAYWRIGHTS WHOSE WORK CENTERS AROUND WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THESE PLAYS DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES OUR COMMUNITIES FACE IN MOVING SOCIETY TOWARD WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING CALLED THE BELOVED COMMUNITY. THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IS A VISION WHERE ALL PEOPLE SHARE IN THE WEALTH OF THE EARTH. CIVIC ACTS IS ONE OF THE FEW NEW PLAY FESTIVALS IN THE U.S. DEVOTED TO SOCIALLY-ENGAGED THEATRE. DURING THE TIME PERIOD REQUESTED, REHEARSALS WERE CONDUCTED FOR THE FIRST OF TWO OF THE PLAYS PRESENTED, FAST BLOOD, BY JUDY TATE. THE PLAYS WERE PERFORMED IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 2018 WITH 12 PERFORMANCES OF FAST BLOOD AND 10 PERFORMANCES OF BEE TRAPPED INSIDE THE WINDOW. 835 AUDIENCE MEMBERS COMBINED, SAW THE PLAYS PERFORMED THAT SUMMER. 0 35426 CIVIC ENSEMBLE AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS CONTINUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH A COLLABORATION CENTERING THE TOPIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WHILE A COURSE IS TAUGHT ON CAMPUS, CIVIC ENSEMBLE WILL WORK WITH STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONDUCT STORY CIRCLES AND INTERVIEWS OFF-CAMPUS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, FARMERS, AND ARTISTS. CIVIC ENSEMBLE IS ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT GROUPS TO SET UP STORY CIRCLES AND INTERVIEWS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THESE STORIES AND INTERVIEWS WILL HELP CREATE THE COURSE'S CULMINATING PROJECT, A PLAY IN THE FORMAT OF A LIVING NEWSPAPER. 20 STUDENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS HELPED TO BUILD THE ORIGINAL PLAY. 5 PERFORMANCES WERE PRESENTED ON THE CORNELL CAMPUS AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 400 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDED THE PERFORMANCES. 0 20877 OTHER PROGRAMS. 0 24150 93241 SARAH K CHALMERS FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 30.00 16141 0 0 FABINA BENITES COLON BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 HEATHER DUKE SECRETARY 5.00 0 0 0 NORM JOHNSON JR PRESIDENT 5.00 0 0 0 VERNICE MILLER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0 0 0 ANNE RHODES BOARD MEMBER/INTERIM TREASURER 2.00 0 0 0 GODFREY L SIMMONS JR FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/BOARD MEM 30.00 2325 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY SARAH CHALMERS SIMMONS 127 CLEVELAND AVE ITHACA NY 14850 6072410195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 20 52380 28223 74022 69231 223876 20 52380 28223 74022 69231 223876 73100 150776 5 7 22 19 53 100 100 224029 39834 0.67300 0.79730 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME CONTRACT SERVICES : PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 118. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 118. DESCRIPTION: INTEREST INCOME. AMOUNT: 19. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 - OTHER REVENUE DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE . AMOUNT: 100. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 1,341. DESCRIPTION: COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE. AMOUNT: 3,657. DESCRIPTION: ADVERTISING. AMOUNT: 5,786. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 4,118. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL . AMOUNT: 1,159. DESCRIPTION: OTHER PROGRAM SPECIFIC EXPENSES . AMOUNT: 3,885. DESCRIPTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES . AMOUNT: 874. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 20,820. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: LINE OF CREDIT . BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 5,358. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.