2015-07-22T11:04:45-05:00 2014-12-31 462013344 Holly C Roundtree CPA PLLC 5001 Spring Valley Road Suite 250-E Dallas TX 75244 990 2014-01-01 364591959 Uptown Players Inc UPTO 2142192718 PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 Jeffrey A Rane Treasurer 2142192718 2015-07-22 1 Holly C Roundtree P00046910 9724044434 2015-07-16 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Jeffrey A Rane PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 731667 0 1 X uptownplayers.org X 2006 TX The mission of Uptown Players is to present professional theater that meets a rising demand in the community for audiences to see their life experiences represented on stage. We offer diverse productions with contemporary and alternative lifestyle themes that explore complex and varied situations such as relationships, family, prejudice, and values. We present plays and musicals that challenge our audiences artistically, build cultural bridges, and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area. 5 5 23 80 0 0 145113 205564 324830 457649 4 4 29980 32831 499927 696048 750 0 0 0 100497 110069 0 0 0 406493 550420 507740 660489 -7813 35559 64497 60312 43176 3432 21321 56880 X The mission of Uptown Players is to present professional theater that meets a rising demand in the community for audiences to see their life experiences represented on stage. We offer diverse productions with contemporary and alternative lifestyle themes that explore complex and varied situations such as relationships, family, prejudice, and values. We present plays and musicals that challenge our audiences artistically, build cultural bridges, and strive to create greater positive public awareness and acceptance through the performing arts. There is no other theater group with this unique mission in the Dallas area. 0 0 633072 457649 Uptown Players offers equity membership candidacy (EMC) program weeks for local artists and stage managers desiring enough credit to join Actors Equity Association. Uptown Players also provided work for 13 local professional (union) actors/actresses and 7 stage managers. TACA's support in 2014 helped Uptown Players continue their tradition of high quality, innovative and challenging theater. During the 2014 season, the theater presented the regional premiere of the 2013 Tony Award Winning Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, as well as the U.S. premiere of a new musical, Soho Cinders, which was a big hit in London in 2011. Uptown Players was also the first theater in the U.S. to acquire the rights to produce The Boy From Oz, after its 2005 Broadway run with Hugh Jackman, which was our most successful musical since The Producers in 2012. Uptown Players also produced its 4th annual Pride Performing Arts Festival, which included productions of From White Plains, Commencing, Mythical Beastie, Falling Man, and The Last Session, including a closing one night special event featuring Dan Savage. The theater also presented the annual fundraising performance of Broadway Our Way with a special holiday version called Christmas Our Way, a huge holiday hit despite its limited four night run.The theater has won over 25 Leon Rabin Awards from the Dallas Theatre League, several hundred The Column Awards and 23 Theater Critics Forum Awards in its first ten seasons. It has also been named the best theatre company by the Dallas Voice Readers and by the Dallas Observer and was also featured in D Magazine and on the WFAA A-list theaters.The program service expenses were play production expenses. These expenses included theater rental, labor for cast and crew, lighting design, sets, costumes, props, travel, and ticketing expenditures.Uptown Players received support via donated services from the following sponsors:Cooper Smith Agency donated public relation services to Uptown Players in 2014 in the amount of $2,500. These services included review of press releases and dissemination of press releases to media outlets. It also included coordination of press ticket requests for reviewers/critics and requests from media outlets for cast/writer/director interviews for press articles.Completely Catered donated light catering for opening night receptions to Uptown Players in 2014 in the amount of $2,500. These services included light appetizers following the opening night performance of each of the 2014 main stage productions.Uptown Players, Inc. productions are also supported by volunteers who help provide labor in various capacities in support of the theater. 633072 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 74 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X Jeff Rane 2142192718 PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 Jeffrey A Rane Treasurer 3.00 X X 2000 0 0 Charles Craig Lynch Vice President 3.00 X X 24005 0 0 Nancy Rubin Secretary 2.00 X X 4590 0 0 Coy Covington Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 M Denise Lee Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Jansen President 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Jerre van den Bent Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kate Newman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chad Ottosen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Rosenberg Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chris-James Cognetta Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Phillip Hearne Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 30595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19944 185620 19944 205564 Ticket Sales 711110 446598 446598 Playbill Sponsorship 711110 11051 11051 457649 4 4 556 0 556 556 556 25359 19944 19944 5415 5415 42535 15675 26860 26860 696048 457649 0 32835 X 30595 30595 55830 55830 1643 1643 14503 14503 7498 7498 11420 11420 67006 67006 1784 1784 40315 40315 125199 116722 8477 21473 18224 3249 8792 8792 29286 28427 859 5591 5591 Supplies - sets & props 31374 31374 Labor - Noncast equity 29770 29770 Labor - Cast/Crew 21255 21255 Labor - Orchestra 18020 18020 139135 137507 1628 660489 633072 27417 0 10329 19659 2484 6060 6060 161464 126871 45624 34593 64497 60312 1305 1349 1791 1791 40080 292 43176 3432 X 0 0 0 0 0 35559 21321 56880 64497 60312 35559 0 X 0 0 0 X 130205 128692 126656 152397 230923 768873 130205 128692 126656 152397 230923 768873 768873 36 9 9 4 560 618 769491 2024520 0.99920 0.99960 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 161464 126871 34593 34593 Silent Auction Jeff Rane Officer and director Fund operations X 216 216 0 1 0 Craig Lynch Officer and director Fund operations X 1575 1575 0 1 0 1791 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 Line 11a explanation - Each board member was provided an electronic copy of the 2014 Form 990, as well as a checklist to assist in each person's separate review of the tax return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Conflicts of interest are required to be reported at monthly board meetings. The only conflict of interest is that one board member also works at another theater. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Compensation of other officers has been limited to payment for the provision of actual theater services, which are paid at the same or a lower rate as non-board members providing the same services. This compensation has not been reviewed by an independent person or group. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Disclosure of governing documents, financial statements, and policies are provided upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 24e Credit card discount fees: Program service expenses 16,566. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,566. Labor - Director: Program service expenses 11,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,800. Ticketing fees: Program service expenses 11,034. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,034. Labor - Set construction: Program service expenses 9,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,800. Labor - Box office: Program service expenses 8,990. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,990. Labor - Costume Designer: Program service expenses 8,250. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,250. Labor - Music Director: Program service expenses 8,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,000. Videographer: Program service expenses 7,803. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,803. Labor - Lighting Design: Program service expenses 6,150. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,150. Delivery and postage: Program service expenses 6,007. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,007. Labor - Set design: Program service expenses 5,850. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,850. Equipment rental: Program service expenses 5,620. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,620. Licenses & permits -- TABC: Program service expenses 4,851. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,851. Supplies - lighting: Program service expenses 4,566. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,566. Outsourced shows - performance fee: Program service expenses 4,250. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,250. Lobby decorations: Program service expenses 3,099. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,099. Labor - Stage manager: Program service expenses 2,984. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,984. Labor - Sound design: Program service expenses 2,835. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,835. Printing and publications: Program service expenses 1,824. Management and general expenses 878. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,702. Intern: Program service expenses 2,500. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,500. Labor - Choreographer: Program service expenses 2,350. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,350. Supplies - sound: Program service expenses 1,270. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,270. Duty Meals: Program service expenses 609. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 609. Bank charges: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 385. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 385. Penalties: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 365. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 365. Equipment repairs: Program service expenses 306. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 306. Supplies - flowers: Program service expenses 193. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 193.