2014-11-04T15:11:39-06:00 2013-12-31 462013344 Holly C Roundtree CPA PLLC 5001 Spring Valley Road Suite 250-E Dallas TX 75244 990 2013-01-01 364591959 Uptown Players Inc UPTO 2142192718 PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 Jeffrey Rane Treasurer 2142192718 2014-11-04 1 Holly C Roundtree P00046910 9724044434 2014-10-29 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Jeffrey A Rane PO Box 192264 Dallas TX 752198516 516788 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 17 85 0 0 126656 145113 369663 324830 9 4 24362 29980 520690 499927 0 750 0 0 98585 100497 0 0 0 420609 406493 519194 507740 1496 -7813 90729 64497 61595 43176 29134 21321 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 489721 324830 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 8 local professional (union)actors/actresses and 4 stage managers. TACA's support in 2013 helped Uptown Players continue their tradition of high quality, innovative and challenging theater. During the 2013 season, the theater presented the regional premier of Yellow, plus two summer musicals, Songs for a New World, and Kiss of the Spider Woman, and its first holiday show, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. Uptown Players also joined with the Turtle Creek Chorale for a Concert Version of Ragtime, and presented the world premiere of Re-Designing Women. The theater also presented the annual fundraising performance of Broadway Our Way.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 2013 in the amount of $2,400. 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.Uptown Players, Inc. productions are also supported by volunteers who help provide labor in various capacities in support of the theater. 750 A grant was made to the Legacy Counseling Center in memoriam of a long-time cast-member, recently deceased. The Center assists in counseling services surrounding HIV/AIDS issues. 489721 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 52 0 17 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 2.00 X X 4500 0 0 Charles Craig Lynch Vice President 3.00 X X 30451 0 0 Nancy Rubin Secretary 2.00 X X 5172 0 0 Coy Covington Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 M Denise Lee Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Jansen President 2.00 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 Mike Luckock Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chad Ottosen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Angel Velasco Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Catherine Carpenter Cox Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Rosenberg Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 40123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9013 136100 9013 145113 Ticket Sales 711110 317470 317470 Playbill Sponsorship 711110 7360 7360 324830 4 4 7284 9013 9776 -2492 -2492 39557 7085 32472 32472 499927 324830 0 29984 X 750 750 40123 40123 38646 38646 3458 3458 11616 11616 6654 6654 9254 9254 35491 35491 1797 1797 29060 29060 100940 97300 3640 6759 5066 1693 11395 11395 21298 20553 745 5296 5296 Labor - Noncast equity 20975 20975 Supplies - sets & props 20075 20075 Outsourced shows - perf 17284 17284 Credit card discount fe 13770 13770 113099 112209 890 507740 489721 18019 0 25183 10329 2084 2484 6060 6060 143209 97585 57402 45624 90729 64497 1199 1305 1790 1791 58606 40080 61595 43176 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 29134 21321 90729 64497 -7813 0 X 0 0 0 X 56811 130205 128692 126656 152397 594761 56811 130205 128692 126656 152397 594761 594761 199 36 9 9 4 257 595018 1865436 0.99960 0.99950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 143209 97585 45624 45624 Silent Auction 16297 9013 7284 9776 16297 9013 7284 9776 9776 -2492 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 2013 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. Compensation of top management personnel has been limited to payment for the provision of actual theater services, which are paid at the same or a lower rate as the 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 Labor - Cast/Crew: Program service expenses 11,105. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 11,105. Labor - Orchestra: Program service expenses 10,890. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,890. Labor - Director: Program service expenses 9,000. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,000. Ticketing fees: Program service expenses 8,521. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 8,521. Videographer: Program service expenses 7,592. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,592. Labor - Lighting Design: Program service expenses 6,800. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,800. Labor - Set construction: Program service expenses 6,455. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,455. Labor - Costume Designer: Program service expenses 6,400. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,400. Supplies - sound: Program service expenses 5,570. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,570. Supplies - lighting: Program service expenses 5,520. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 5,520. Labor - Music Director: Program service expenses 4,920. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,920. Licenses & permits -- TABC: Program service expenses 3,696. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,696. Labor - Set design: Program service expenses 3,500. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,500. Lobby decorations: Program service expenses 3,434. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,434. Labor - Stage manager: Program service expenses 3,275. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,275. Labor - Box office: Program service expenses 2,688. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,688. Intern: Program service expenses 2,300. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,300. Labor - Sound design: Program service expenses 2,300. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,300. Equipment rental: Program service expenses 2,177. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,177. Printing and publications: Program service expenses 1,765. Management and general expenses 265. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,030. Postage and delivery: Program service expenses 1,893. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,893. Labor - Choreographer: Program service expenses 1,400. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,400. Bank charges: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 621. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 621. Duty Meals: Program service expenses 613. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 613. Supplies - flowers: Program service expenses 395. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 395. Penalties: Program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 4. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4.