2020-06-29T08:26:34-07:00 2019-12-31 990 2019-01-01 274229192 POLARIS PRODUCTIONS POLA 9176589014 458 W 17th St 5-E New York NY 10011 Glen Johnson Treasurer 9176589538 2020-06-28 66.108.137.34 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Lecee Galmiche Johnson 458 w 17th St 5-E New York NY 10011 67908 0 X www.polarisproductions.org X 2010 NY Polaris Productions produces musical theater for young people, ages 8 through 22, to help them develop their craft and give them performance experience. 5 3 7 6 0 0 3438 29267 34974 38323 0 0 0 318 38412 67908 100 0 0 0 27819 26037 0 0 586 41472 48348 69391 74385 -30979 -6477 4029 1807 8214 12469 -4185 -10662 Polaris Productions produces musical theater for young people, ages 7 through 22, to help them develop their craft and give them performance experience. This experience helps our young performers obtain work in theater, and helps them win admission to performing arts high schools and colleges. Participation in theater also teaches kids and teens the life skills they need to be successful as they transition into adulthood. 0 0 28261 10284 "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Produced the classic musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie", performed by young people ages 12 through 20 in New York, NY. Seventeen young actors took part, supported by four theater professionals and eight adult and teenage volunteers. In April 2019, six public performances were held at Teatro LATEA in Manhattan, with a total audience participation of about 215 people. Thoroughly Modern Millie" received one Outstanding Performer award and six nominations from National Youth Arts. 12279 12994 "The Addams Family". Our fall 2019 program, The Addams Family, rehearsed once weekly, beginning in September, for a total of eight weeks. Two performances were held in November 2019. The project was to mount a small production of The Addams Family at the Flamboyan Theater in lower Manhattan. Sixteen kids participated, ages 8-18, with total audience participation of 144. Eight of these kids went on to take part in the Spring 2020 production of Legally Blonde, which began rehearsals in December 2019. Legally Blonde was put on pause when the pandemic broke out in NYC in March 2020. 7110 6787 "Really Rosie Theater Camp." Our July 2019 summer program was a two week long, weekday theater camp experience for children ages 7 through 13. The kids rehearsed the Maurice Sendak-Carole King musical "Really Rosie" and held two studio performances. Audience participation was about 75 people, with two theater professionals and two high school student volunteers leading the program. 2069 3544 "Nunsense". In January 2019, Polaris completed its production of Nunsense which began rehearsing in the fall of 2018. Seven teenage girls participated, with four performances at OPERA America in Manhattan. Two theater professionals and three volunteers provided instruction and support. One girl received an Outstanding performer award from National Youth Arts, and one was nominated. Some of the income and expenses were included in the 2018 return since it began rehearsals in fall 2018. 1065 3114 "Eighth Annual Gala". We held our annual gala on 3/17/2019 at Westbeth Community Room in Manhattan. The kids from the cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie performed some of their favorite showtunes as well as numbers from Thoroughly Modern Millie. About 12 kids participated and about 20 people attended. Since our galas are strictly performance opportunities for our kids, with no fundraising activities apart from performance ticket sales, we consider them to be program activities and not fundraisers. 476 0 "Open Mic". In June 2019 we organized and held an experimental "open mic" where kids got to perform for an audience of peers. No participation or door fees were charged. Eight kids performed and they brought twelve kids to participate in the audience. It was advertised on Facebook and Instagram beginning two weeks prior to the event. It was held at the Westbeth Community Room in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan. 4854 1600 "Legally Blonde". In December 2019 we held auditions and began rehearsing for our spring 2020 production of Legally Blonde. Twenty kids and college age performers signed on. At this time we received tuition payments and made advance payments for services and materials. The production was put on pause in March 2020 due to the stay-at-home order during the pandemic. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form is distributed to all board members before it is e-filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Once annually, in the fall, board members are required to review and sign the conflict of interest form. If there are any conflicts they will be taken up at that time. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 No board members or officers receive any compensation of any kind. All are volunteers. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Our form 990 is available on request. Our 990 is also available at no cost from www.guidestar.org and from the NY Attorney General's Charities Bureau at www.charitiesnys.com. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Our governing documents are available on request but are not posted anywhere.