2019-05-10T10:40:12-05:00 2018-06-30 521544136 BORMEL GRICE & HUYETT PA 14409 GREENVIEW DR STE 201 LAUREL MD 207083293 990 2017-07-01 530246894 WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC WASH 2025549066 1101 6TH STREET SW WASHINGTON DC 20024 JOSEPH BERARDELLI TREASURER/CFO 2025549066 2019-05-10 1 LARRY P BORMEL CPA P00723627 3019533259 173.8.24.253 2019-05-10 11:30:03 ED P 950511BC9BBF93A9AEF17E2A1B128BED11FB9177 950511BC9BBF93A9AEF17E2A1B128BED11FB9177 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z ARENA STAGE JOSEPH BERARDELLI 1101 6TH STREET SW WASHINGTON DC 20024 27523670 0 X WWW.ARENASTAGE.ORG X 1959 DC ARENA STAGE IS A CENTER FOR THE PRODUCTION,PRESENTATION, DEVELOPMENT&STUDY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER. 43 41 439 2000 46848 35210 8021118 5542449 14143921 12919102 2158024 6600200 395436 1046603 24718499 26108354 0 0 0 0 10686202 10483763 35000 121146 2226521 18536998 20032972 29258200 30637881 -4539701 -4529527 190480122 154169764 133122665 67631104 57357457 86538660 X ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY IN DRAMA; PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE IN, AND THE FACILITIES FOR, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND PRESENTATION OF DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS; AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF THE FOREGOING BY EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. 0 0 26089172 14085681 THE 2017-2018 SEASON WAS ARENA STAGE'S 68TH YEAR IN OPERATION, AND EIGHTH YEAR IN THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER. ARENA STAGE IS ALIVE AS A CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL WITH PRODUCTIONS, DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE WORKS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE NURTURING OF NEW PLAYS. IN THIS SEASON, ARENA PRODUCED TEN SHOWS AND HOSTED DOZENS OF PUBLIC PLAY READINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE SEASON OPENED IN THE KREEGER THEATER WITH THE RETURN OF JOHN STRAND'S 2015 SMASH-HIT POLITICAL DRAMA THE ORIGINALIST, FEATURING ACCLAIMED D.C. ACTOR EDWARD GERO, REPRISING HIS ROLE AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA. THE NEXT SHOW IN THE KREEGER WAS KAREN ZACARAS' HOT-BUTTON COMEDY NATIVE GARDENS. NEXT UP WAS A CLASSIC DRAMA, THE PRICE BY ARTHUR MILLER, IN THE ROBERT AND ARLENE KOGOD CRADLE DIRECTED BY ARENA STAGE DEPUTY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SEEMA SUEKO. OUR HOLIDAY SEASON KICKED OFF WITH A PRODUCTION OF THE PAJAMA GAME, BOOK BY GEORGE ABBOTT AND RICHARD BISSELL, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY RICHARD ADLER AND JERRY ROSS, IN THE FICHANDLER STAGE, DIRECTED BY ALAN PAUL. ALONGSIDE, THE PAJAMA GAME, IN THE KREEGER THEATER WAS NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN BY CHRISTINA HAM. NEXT, ARENA STAGE WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR IN THE KREEGER THEATER WITH MARY KATHRYN NAGLE'S WORLD-PREMIERE DRAMA SOVEREIGNTY, DIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH, AS THE FOURTH POWER PLAY IN ARENA STAGE'S AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE TO COMMISSION 25 NEW WORKS OVER 10 YEARS, FOCUSED ON STORIES OF POLITICS AND POWER. THIS WAS FOLLOWED ON THE FICHANDLER STAGE WITH THE GREAT SOCIETY, IN WHICH JACK WILLIS REPRISES HIS PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND REUNITES WITH DIRECTOR KYLE DONNELLY IN THIS D.C. PREMIERE. THE SEASON CONTINUED WITH JEANNE SAKATA'S HOLD THESE TRUTHS, DIRECTED BY JESSICA KUBZANSKY, WHICH TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF GORDON HIRABAYASHI, THE SON OF JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS WHO DEFIED A COURT ORDER WHEN AMERICA PUT ITS OWN CITIZENS INTO INTERNMENT CAMP. NEXT ON THE FICHANDLER STAGE WAS THE SECOND CLASSIC DRAMA OF THE SEASON, TWO TRAINS RUNNING BY AUGUST WILSON, AND DIRECTED BY JULIETTE CARRILLO. THE SEASON CULMINATED IN THE KREEGER THEATER WITH THE WORLD-PREMIERE MUSICAL SNOW CHILD BASED ON THE NOVEL BY EOWYN IVEY, WITH BOOK BY JOHN STRAND, MUSIC BY BOB BANGHART AND GEORGIA STITT, LYRICS BY GEORGIA STITT, AND DIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH.VOICES OF NOW, IN ITS 15TH YEAR, CONTINUES TO BE A FORCE FOR EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY. IN THE FALL, VOICES OF NOW WORKSHOPS REACHED NEARLY 600 STUDENTS THROUGH PARTNERING D.C. AND VIRGINIA SCHOOLS. NINE DIFFERENT YOUTH ENSEMBLES PRESENTED THEIR ORIGINAL WORK OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR EVENINGS, IN THE 8TH ANNUAL VOICES OF NOW FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS PERFORMED BY CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS. THE PLAYS EXPLORED TOPICS INCLUDING SAFETY IN SCHOOLS, GUN LAW REFORM, COLONIALISM, MULTI-CULTURALISM, GRIEF AND THE EXPERIENCE OF LOSING A LOVED ONE. THROUGH THE D.C. TICKET PARTNERSHIP, ARENA WELCOMED 1,500 D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE THEATER, BY PROVIDING $4 THEATER TICKETS. THROUGH THE FELLOWSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, ARENA STAGE FOSTERED 5 INTERNS AND 15 FELLOWS. ADDITIONALLY, ARENA HIRED 3 FELLOWS INTO FULLTIME POSITIONS. THE ACTORS ARENA WORKSHOPS GREW TO 200 MEMBERS THIS SEASON, ALL PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS FOR DEDICATED, EXPERIENCED, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTORS. TWENTY-SEVEN WORKSHOPS WERE HELD FOR STUDENTS AGES 4, 5, AND 6 IN PART OF ARENA'S LITERACY THROUGH DRAMATIC PLAY PROGRAM, MOVING STORIES: LITERACY THROUGH DRAMA. FINALLY, CAMP ARENA STAGE AND ARENA STAGE ACADEMY REACHED WELL OVER 300 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER. 26089172 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 235 0 439 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X JOSEPH BERARDELLI WASHINGTON DRAMA 2025549066 1101 6TH STREET SW WASHINGTON DC 20024 JUDITH N BATTY CHAIR 8.00 X X 0 0 0 JOSEPH DIGANGI TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 ANDREW R AMMERMAN TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 ERIC BRAVERMAN VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MAGGIE FITZPATRICK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOANNE BARKER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DECKER ANSTROM TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATTI HERMAN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 DANIEL L KORENGOLD TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOYCE MOOREHEAD TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 SANDER BIEBER VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LINDA BAUMANN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAVERN CHATMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN K HARRISON TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHN EDELMANN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHN LYNHAM TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 HUBERT M SCHLOSBERG VICE CHAIR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 DAVID E SHIFFRIN VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD FEINSTEIN VICE CHAIR 1.50 X X 0 0 0 MOLLY SMITH TRUSTEE/ARTISTIC DIR 40.00 X 468567 0 8488 RONALD A PAUL MD TRUSTEE 0.20 X 0 0 0 NORMAN BERNSTEIN LIFE TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANN HAMILTON TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 LEE G RUBENSTEIN LIFE TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 RICHARD A NEWMAN VICE CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 EDGAR DOBIE PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 411872 0 14714 RAYMOND SCZUDLO VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BETH NEWBURGER SCHWARTZ TRUSTEE 8.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID BRUCE SMITH TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 ILENE ROSENTHAL TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 SHAWNA WATLEY VICE CHAIR 0.50 X X 0 0 0 ELLIOTT FELDMAN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 NICHOLAS GOAD TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JERI EPSTEIN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 GENE SAMBURG TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARGOT KELLY TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 B THOMAS MANSBACH TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVID BH MARTIN TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 TERRY R PEEL TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 R LUCIA RIDDLE VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 VICKI HICKS VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT STOUT TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 NNEKA UKPAI TRUSTEE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH BERARDELLI TREASURER/CFO 40.00 X 135291 0 10834 ALISON IRVIN SECRETARY/LEADERSHIP OFF MANAGER 40.00 X 77406 0 2698 IAN POOL GENERAL MANAGER 40.00 X 143371 0 11114 HOLLY OLIVER CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 40.00 X 129002 0 10936 KHADY KAMARA ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT 40.00 X 175133 0 11912 SEEMA HIRSCH DEPUTY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X 110694 0 8090 1651336 0 78786 7 0 1 0 RIDGEWELLS INC 5525 DORSEY LANE BETHESDA MD 20816 CATERING 350390 ADAGE TECHNOLOGIES 10 S RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 1500 CHICAGO IL 60606 WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT 341650 SD&A TELESERVICES 5757 W CENTURY BLVD SUITE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 TELEMARKETING 271812 SAGE ENTERPRISES 1250 4TH STREET SW SUITE W315 WASHINGTON DC 20024 JANITORIAL SERVICES 261142 SP PLUS CORPORATION 1790 PAYSPHERE CIRCLE CHICAGO IL 60674 PARKING MANAGEMENT 162769 9 525438 324131 4692880 579057 5542449 TICKET SALES 711110 11184992 11184992 CAMP ARENA 611600 402775 402775 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 711110 81746 81746 1249589 1249589 12919102 6608218 6608218 954700 954700 873463 653566 219897 219897 219897 509265 517283 -8018 -8018 -8018 69625 525438 244467 -174842 -174842 PROGRAM REVENUE 541800 46848 46848 46848 26108354 14085681 46848 6433376 902484 479310 107031 316143 7706438 5775348 1062240 868850 521347 471654 33474 16219 714176 515994 113139 85043 639318 437503 92048 109767 133090 133090 12567 12567 121146 121146 1211694 1186564 25130 1754839 1738633 16206 781787 631393 79355 71039 185342 134149 33578 17615 725635 725635 1422172 1339443 68941 13788 522453 492001 15009 15443 10847 10847 4603489 4326123 230508 46858 128820 104631 23103 1086 UBIT TAXES 4890 4890 FINANCING 5949154 5570199 314935 64020 PRODUCTION-COSTS 1167203 1167203 FACILITY OPERATIONS 993389 993389 425601 425601 30637881 26089172 2322188 2226521 X 203857 191709 0 12148 2530266 4332002 11956119 11058091 146827 221681 11346 13441 987793 1817510 147124751 25512429 124336823 121612322 46029239 14583689 4481709 531028 190480122 154169764 1572844 1313475 5363343 6950661 88305000 0 13929568 59352096 23951910 14872 133122665 67631104 X 35059433 64792248 12012938 11088866 10285086 10657546 57357457 86538660 190480122 154169764 X -4529527 1318439 32392291 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 3693559 4769508 12817984 8021118 5542449 34844618 3693559 4769508 12817984 8021118 5542449 34844618 7072416 27772202 10576022 6970345 -894092 2656926 7782815 27092016 10852 20999 16472 13036 35210 96569 62033203 68857515 0.44770 0.44230 X 12657 12657 30625224 30637881 1000000 250000 0 0 1000000 1000000 1000000 1000000 4000000 6000000 12760 12798 12467 12657 50682 250000 250000 250000 250000 1000000 1500000 10285086 20660 351800 10657546 9495036 5000 785050 10285086 9766702 456257 -727923 9495036 10336211 -569509 9766702 9708559 627652 10336211 0 0 224074 224074 142539348 22538518 120000830 216682 52361 164321 4089284 2866187 1223097 55363 55363 0 121612322 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 1725747 F INDIV INVESTMENTS 12857942 F 14583689 ANNUITY PAYMENT LIABLILITIES 14872 14872 X 61063830 -2792517 346713 37401280 34955476 26108354 0 26108354 31882627 346713 898033 1244746 30637881 0 30637881 PART X, LINE 2: INCOME TAXES - THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, EXCEPT ON NET PROFITS DERIVED FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME CONSISTS OF PROGRAM ADVERTISING. UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES WERE $4,890 AND $1,663 FOR 2018 AND 2017, RESPECTIVELY. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONCLUDED THERE WERE NO MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED INCOME TAX CONTINGENCIES, INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL LOSS OF ITS TAX EXEMPT STATUS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO ONGOING FEDERAL AUDITS OR LOCAL TAX AUDITS; HOWEVER BY LAW THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE EXAMINATION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE RETURNS ARE FILED. IT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST AND/OR PENALITIES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, IF ANY, IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE. AS OF JUNE 30, 2018, THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: DIRECT EXPENSES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS 244,467. RENTALS 653,566. UNREALIZED GAIN ON INTEREST SWAP 4,110,956. DEBT FORGIVENESS 32,392,291. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENTS 244,467. RENTAL EXPENSES 653,566. X X X X X X X 1 CORRO NOBIL ASSOCIATES 2828 WISCONSIN AVE NW WASHINGTON DC 20007 CONSULTING 0 0 15000 -15000 SD&A TELESERVICES 5757 W CENTURY BLV STE 300 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 TELEFUNDRAISING 0 0 44026 -44026 CONSTALLATION ADVANCEMENT PO BOX 188 NEW VERNON NJ 07976 CONSULTING 0 0 36000 -36000 BENTZ WHALEY FLESSNER & ASSOCIATES INC 7251 OHMS LANE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55439 CONSULTING 0 0 26000 -26000 121026 -121026 GALA 530079 476204 53875 198867 WINE AUCTION 54984 49234 5750 45600 585063 525438 59625 244467 244467 -184842 X 1 1 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOLLY SMITH TRUSTEE/ARTISTIC DIR 468567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8488 0 477055 0 0 0 EDGAR DOBIE PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIRECTOR 411872 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14714 0 426586 0 0 0 IAN POOL GENERAL MANAGER 143371 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11114 0 154485 0 0 0 KHADY KAMARA ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT 175133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11912 0 187045 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 1A HOUSING ALLOWANCE, IAN POOL, TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION X 35 509265 MKT VAL ON RECEIPT DATE X DONATED TICKETS 670 69792 TICKET VALUE 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CONTROLLER OF THE ORGANIZATION AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH INDIVIDUAL COMPLETES OR UPDATES AN ANNUAL CERTIFICATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS' OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES INCLUDES A REVIEW BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, REVIEW OF COMPENSATION AT COMPARABLE ENTITIES AND DOCUMENTATION IN BOARD MINUTES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: DEBT FORGIVENESS 32,392,291. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.