2020-05-15T14:03:25-07:00 2019-06-30 204769566 Gary S Eisenkraft CPA 271 Madison Avenue Suite 602 New York NY 10016 990 2018-07-01 412063324 TRANSPORT GROUP INC TRAN 2125640333 520 EIGHTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10018 DENISE DICKENS Executive Director 2020-05-15 true Gary S Eisenkraft CPA P00055181 2126892655 X 2018 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z LORI FINEMAN 520 EIGHTH AVENUE 305 NEW YORK NY 10018 1171562 false false X www.transportgroup.org X 2001 NY PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING PLAYS AND MUSICALS 19 17 111 27 0 566255 797699 414823 330673 0 -44085 -54240 936993 1074132 0 0 323787 513537 0 79642 564909 518905 888696 1032442 48297 41690 284122 299384 66254 39826 217868 259558 PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING PLAYS AND MUSICALS false false 778406 330673 TRANSPORT GROUP STAGES NEW WORKS AND RE-IMAGINES REVIVALS BY AMERICAN WRITERS. OUR VISUALLY PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTIONS OF EMOTIONALLY CLASSIC STORIES EXPLORE THECHALLENGES OF RELATIONSHIP AND IDENTITY IN MODERN AMERICA. FOUNDED IN 2001, WE HAVE PRODUCED THIRTY-THREE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS COMPOSED OF FOURTEEN NEW WORKS AND SEVENTEEN REVIVALS, INCLUDING EIGHTEEN PLAYS AND FOURTEEN MUSICALS. EACH PRODUCTION IS THE RESULT OF AN AMBITIOUS COLLABORATION OF DESIGNERS, WRITERS, ACTORS AND MUSICIANS. OUR REVIVALS ARE SIGNIFICANT RE-IMAGININGS OF CLASSIC YET INFREQUENTLY PRODUCED MATERIAL; OUR NEW PIECES TACKLE CHALLENGING SUBJECT MATTER. EMPLOYING TEXT, DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC AND SPACE AS EQUALLY AND MUTUALLY DEPENDENT ELEMENTS, WE STRIVE TO CREATE A SYNERGY THAT ELEVATES EACH PIECE AND MOVES AUDIENCES TO BECOME INTIMATELY, EMOTIONALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY ENGAGED. PRODUCTIONS ARE ATTENDED BY 4,000-8,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY AND OTHER ONE-NIGHT CONCERTS, EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS ATTRACT AN ADDITIONAL 500-800 PEOPLE ANNUALLY. OUR AUDIENCES ARE THEATERGOERS IN THE NEW YORK TRI-STATE AREA.OUR CURRENT SEASON (2019-2020) BEGAN WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF BROADBEND, ARKANSAS, WITH A BOOK BY ELLEN FITZHUGH AND HARRISON RIVERS AND MUSIC BY TED SHEN. FEATURING TWO MUSICAL MONOLOGUES, BROADBEND, ARKANSAS FOCUSES ON THREE GENERATIONS OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY OVER THIRTY YEARS AS THEY GRAPPLE WITH DECADES OF INEQUALITY, VIOLENCE AND SUPPRESSION IN AMERICA. DIRECTED BY JACK CUMMINGS, III, BROADBEND, ARKANSAS PLAYED FOR TWENTY-NINE PERFORMANCES AT THE DUKE ON 42ND STREET FROM OCTOBER 25-NOVEMBER 23, 2019. OUR SECOND MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION THIS SEASON WAS THE NEWLY REVISED THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE STORY OF MARGARET MOLLY BROWN, WITH MUSIC BY MEREDITH WILLSON AND NEW BOOK AND NEW LYRICS BY DICK SCANLAN. OUR RE-WORKED VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC MUSICAL MAINTAINS MANY OF WILLSONS ORIGINAL SONGS BUT ALSO ADDS NEW SONGS FROM HIS UN-PUBLISHED CANNON. THIS RE-WRITTEN BOOK FOCUSES ON A MORE ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF MOLLYS LIFE, CELEBRATING A REMARKABLE WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME WHO ADVOCATED FOR WOMEN'S, CHILDREN'S, AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. DIRECTED BY KATHLEEN MARSHALL, PERFORMANCES BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 8, 2020 WITH A SCHEDULED RUN THROUGH APRIL 5, 2020 AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE CLOSED OUR PRODUCTION OF THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED. ADDITIONALLY, TRANSPORT GROUP CANCELLED OUR FUNDRAISER, A TOAST TO THE ARTIST, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 6, 2020. FINALLY, WE POSTPONED OUR ANNUAL ONE-NIGHT CONCERT EVENT, SOUTH PACIFIC, SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 22, 2020 TO JUNE OF 2021. TRANSPORT GROUPS 2020/2021 SEASON WILL MARK THE COMPANYS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON AND WILL INCLUDE ONE PRODUCTION: A NEW YORK PREMIERE OF CHRISTOPHER SHINNS AGAINST, A DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOP FOR A NEW MUSICAL SPLIT, BOOK AND LYRICS BY MICHELE LOWE AND MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ZOE SARNAK AND THE ANNE L. BERNSTEIN CONCERT SERIES. WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER SHINN (PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST) AGAINST IS A PLAY OF EPIC PROPORTIONS AS CHARACTERS WORK THROUGH THE STRUGGLES OF AN INCREASINGLY VIOLENT WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO RELIEF IN SIGHT. TRANSPORT GROUPS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JACK CUMMINGS III WILL DIRECT AT THE LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE IN THE SPRING OF 2021. WITH BOOK AND LYRICS BY MICHELE LOWE AND MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ZOE SARNAK, SPLIT EXPLORES WOMENS IDENTITY POST-WORLD WAR II. OUR NEXT CONCERT, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEINS BELOVED CLASSIC SOUTH PACIFIC, IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2021 AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL. WE UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR CURRENT CLIMATE AND WE BELIEVE THAT AGAINST, SPLIT, AND OUR CONCERT SERIES IS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE WHILE PRESERVING OUR STANDARD OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE. OVER THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS, WE AIM TO CONTINUE CREATING PROGRESSIVE STORIES THAT EXPLORE THE CHALLENGES OF RELATIONSHIP AND IDENTITY IN AMERICA. 778406 true true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false true false false false false false false false 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 true 31 0 true 111 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 19 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X LORI FINEMAN 2125640333 520 EIGHTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10018 JACK CUMMINGS III ARTISTIC DIR. 40.00 0.00 X X 61936 0 0 LORI FINEMAN Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 53812 0 0 JENNY NIEDERHOFFER Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JOANNA SANDERS Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LARRY HIRSCHHORN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH ACKERMAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE BERSTEIN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 IRENE CARNEY BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARGOT ASTRTACHAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY FRIEDMAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RHONDA ROSEN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BAN GOLDBERG BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANCESCA JAMES BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 YAEL JEKOGIAN Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KEN STEIN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AIMEE STEELE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HILARY BLUMENREICH BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SARA LIND BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TARA ASHMORE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 115748 0 false false false 0 196233 601466 797699 SHOW ADMISSIONS 711110 330673 330673 330673 0 0 190 190 0 0 43000 196233 97430 -54430 -54430 0 0 0 1074132 330863 -54430 0 0 0 0 115748 68291 31252 16205 0 295441 174311 79769 41361 0 56533 39573 11307 5653 45815 32071 9163 4581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60482 60482 17593 12315 3519 1759 0 0 22598 15819 4520 2259 0 0 0 0 0 0 11398 11398 PRODUCTION EXPENSES 128080 128080 THEATER RENTAL 90617 90617 RECORDING 51750 51750 SOUND 34481 34481 101906 70616 23466 7824 1032442 778406 174394 79642 168182 113242 0 80631 106519 0 0 0 0 0 18130 61498 0 0 0 0 0 17179 18125 284122 299384 36140 24284 30114 15542 66254 39826 X 192868 207808 25000 51750 217868 259558 284122 299384 41690 X false true X false false X 381268 458993 534899 620004 840699 2835863 0 0 381268 458993 534899 620004 840699 2835863 569289 2266574 377 380 242 290 190 1479 0 0 2837342 1579282 0.79880 0.83570 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED EQUITY BOND 14584 SECURITY DEPOSIT 3541 18125 DEFERRED REVENUE 2574 LOAN PAYABLE 12968 15542 1074132 1074132 1074132 1032442 1032442 1032442 X X X X X X X false GIMME A BREAK 239233 196233 43000 54900 42530 239233 196233 43000 54900 42530 97430 -54430 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process MADE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts BOARD ANNUALLY ASKED TO DISCLOSE CONFLICTS AND SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Salaries for top executives are decided by the Executive Committee during the annual budgeting process and approved by the board annually. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Officers are not compensated. Salaries of key employees are decided by the Executive Committee during the annual budgeting process and approved by the board annually. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available UPON REQUEST