2016-05-16T15:44:48-05:00 2015-12-31 540504608 Brown Edwards & Company LLP 124 Newman Avenue Harrisonburg VA 22801 990EZ 2015-01-01 521422844 Virginia Theatre Association VIRG 4348457529 PO Box 1160 Lynchburg VA 24505 James A Ackley President 4348457529 2016-05-16 1 James R Fries P01320612 5404346736 2016-05-16 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z X www.vtasite.org X X 195165 X 15153 128442 51536 34 195165 6400 72085 35709 7125 10846 97352 229517 -34352 87811 0 53459 X 82061 48178 5750 5750 87811 53928 0 469 87811 53459 X Virginia Theatre Association is organized and operated as a non-stock corporation, exclusively for non-profit educational, artistic, and charitable purposes. The mission of the Virginia Theatre Association is to connect, develop, nurture and advocate for theatre people of all ages, at every level, from every corner of the Commonwealth, serving as the voice of theatre in Virginia. In 2016, VTA launched its VTAngels Talkback pilot program, offering multi-generational evenings of conversation between young creatives and veteran senior citizens, around theatre happenings in Central Virginia, with the intention to launch a statewide program in 2016-2017. Having been chosen by Imagination Stage as one of three organizations nationwide to benefit from a Kennedy Center Very Special Arts grant, VTA offered Everybody Plays, Inclusion Training for teaching artists working with multi-abled drama students. We advocated for and won a new curriculum option for technical theatre students in Virginia, which makes it possible for non-academic track students to be certified in the trade of technical theatre and go straight to work in the Virginia's robust theatre and film industries. At our October 2015 conference, Virginia Theatre Matters, we again set attendance records beyond our imaginings, raising total attendance to 2,600 members. For the first time we drew major conference sponsors including Disney Theatrical Group, Music Theatre International, Barbizon Lighting, Busch Gardents, Eastern Costume Company, and Pepsi. Our members are theatre people of all ages, from pre-school to retirement, from every corner of Virginia, in our six divisions: College & University, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre (and theatre professionals), Secondary Schools, Technical Theatre, and Theatre for Youth. Virginia thrives when its theatres thrive. A vibrant theatre culture serves to raise up our communities separately and together as a Commonwealth, in the best definition of the word. It is the hope of VTA's leadership that in coming years we will be able to affect increased visibility, dialogue, development and advocacy, resulting in universal appreciation for the influence and impact theatre exerts on our towns. If, as we achieve these goals: we listen, learn, grow and teach; we connect, develop, nurture, and advocate; we embrace, lift up, and encourage Virginia's widespread community of theatre folk and let them see that they can ACT, together, as a big, happy party of one only then will we have changed the way theatre is perceived in Virginia. Our collective soul will grow full to bursting and shine its rays out on the larger world. 6400 229518 229518 X Jeremiah Brophy Technical Division Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Debra Clinton Theatre for Youth Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Stefan Sittig College and University Chair 0.50 0 0 0 James Ackley President 0.50 0 0 0 Joleen Neighbours Secondary Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Mike Hudson SETC State Rep 0.50 0 0 0 Patricia Finn-Rapiejko Membership and Development 0.50 0 0 0 Tracey Lynn Frame Community Theatre Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Matt Joslyn Professional Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Cherry Gardner Va Board of Education Rep 0.50 0 0 0 Matthew Armentrout Vice President 0.50 0 0 0 Lorri Lindberg Secretary/Treasurer 0.50 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Organization 1111 Church St Lynchburg VA 24504 4348457529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 35 57556 51035 66689 175315 107868 143758 104765 141736 128442 626569 107868 143793 162321 192771 195131 801884 0 0 0 801884 163 93 70 34 360 163 93 70 34 360 107868 143956 162414 192841 195165 802244 0.99960 0.99960 0.00040 0.00040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 4 - Other Investment Income Description: Interest Income. Amount: 34. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid Activity Classification: Scholarship. Grantee Name: Individual. Amount Given: 2,000. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid Activity Classification: Awards less than $5,000. Grantee Name: Various. Amount Given: 4,400. Total included on Form 990-EZ, line 10: 6,400. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses Description: Travel . Amount: 22,901. Description: Insurance . Amount: 1,519. Description: Conference . Amount: 49,955. Description: Computer and internet . Amount: 6,443. Description: Miscellaneous . Amount: 7,512. Description: Supplies . Amount: 1,881. Description: Trophies and Prizes . Amount: 2,075. Description: Advertising . Amount: 5,066. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 97,352. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets Description: Other Depreciable Assets. Beg. of Year Amount: 5,750. End of Year Amount: 5,750. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities Description: Payroll Liabilities . Beg. of Year Amount: 0. End of Year Amount: 469. 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.