2012-04-12T11:38:43-05:00 2011-08-31 FRIED AND KOWGIOS PARTNERS CPA'S LLP 441 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2010-09-01 133218253 ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ATLA 2126915919 76 NINTH AVENUE NO 537 NEW YORK NY 10011 JEFFORY LAWSON 2126915919 2012-04-12 2124902200 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z OLAF OLAFSSON 76 NINTH AVENUE NO 537 NEW YORK NY 10011 8055111 0 X WWW.ATLANTICTHEATER.ORG X 1985 VT TO PRODUCE GREAT PLAYS SIMPLY AND TRUTHFULLY UTILIZING AN ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE. 23 20 256 485 0 0 2629122 3142722 4122543 4727013 179 792 153247 79186 6905091 7949713 0 0 0 0 3027726 3531333 0 0 328550 3346017 3509507 6373743 7040840 531348 908873 4663755 7220021 2080903 3728296 2582852 3491725 X ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY IS AN AWARD-WINNING OFF-BROADWAY THEATER FOUNDED IN 1985 BY DAVID MAMET AND WILLIAM H. MACY THAT PRODUCES GREAT PLAYS SIMPLY AND TRUTHFULLY UTILIZING AN ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE. THE STORY OF A PLAY AND THE INTENT OF ITS PLAYWRIGHT ARE AT THE CORE OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. THE PLAYS IN THE ATLANTIC REPERTORY, FROM BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED PLAYWRIGHTS, ARE BOLDLY INTERPRETED BY TODAY'S FINEST THEATER ARTISTS AND RESONATE WITH CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCES.PRODUCING GREAT PLAYS IS ONLY HALF OF ATLANTIC'S MISSION. ATLANTIC PERPETUATES OUR TECHNIQUE TO STUDENTS THRU THE ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL. FOUNDED IN 1983, THE SCHOOL'S METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON A SPECIFIC CREATIVE APPROACH KNOWN AS PRACTICAL AESTHETICS, WHICH EMPHASIZES PRACTICAL STEPS FOR MAKING THEATER, RESPECTFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS, THE STORY OF THE PLAY AND INTENT OF ITS PLAYWRIGHT. THE SCHOOL OFFERS CONSERVATORY AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING IN ADDITION TO IN-SCHOOL ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 0 0 2766204 2990873 ATLANTIC OPERATES ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND RIGOROUS ACTING SCHOOLS IN NYC. THE ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL IS COMPRISED OF AN UNDERGRADUATE DRAMA PROGRAM TAUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, A CONSERVATORY PROGRAM WITH CLASSES IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND VERMONT, AND AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. THE SCHOOL TEACHES APPROXIMATELY 157 FULL-TIME NYU STUDENTS, 79 FULL-TIME CONSERVATORY STUDENTS, 274 PART-TIME PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS, AND 310 SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. WE ALSO OFFER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS EVERY YEAR SO THAT UNDERSERVED YOUNG PEOPLE CAN STUDY WITH US AT LITTLE TO NO COST. FURTHERMORE, ATLANTIC SERVES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM ABOUT 30 NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH ITS ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS INTRODUCE MANY STUDENTS TO THEATER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES CREATIVELY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THESE PROGRAMS GIVE CHILDREN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE, PROFESSIONAL WORK HABITS, AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO SUCCEED BOTH ON AND OFFSTAGE. IN ATLANTIC'S STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS SERIES, STUDENTS RECEIVE TICKETS TO AN AGE-APPROPRIATE ATLANTIC PRODUCTION, A PRE-SHOW CLASSROOM VISIT WITH TEACHING ARTISTS, A STUDY GUIDE, AND A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH THE PLAY'S CAST. AFTER EACH CLASSROOM VISIT, WE ASK PARTICIPATING TEACHERS TO COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT SURVEY THAT HELPS US EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WE ALSO LAUNCHED STAGING SUCCESS, A COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN WHICH WE PROVIDED IN-SCHOOL THEATER CLASSES TO THE ENTIRE 11TH GRADE AT PARK SLOPE COLLEGIATE - A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKLYN. BOTH PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRATED WITH ACADEMIC CURRICULUM AND COMPLY WITH THE NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION'S BLUEPRINT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THEATER. ATLANTIC PRESENTS TWO ATLANTIC FOR KIDS PRODUCTIONS ANNUALLY. THESE CHILDREN'S PLAYS ARE NOTED FOR THEIR EXCITING BLEND OF LANGUAGE, HUMOR, AND SPECTACLE. AT ONLY $5-10 PER STUDENT, THEY ARE AFFORDABLE ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE CITY AND PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN ATLANTIC'S ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE 2010-11 ATLANTIC FOR KIDS SEASON BEGAN WITH A MUSICAL ADAPTION OF THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS MISS NELSON IS MISSING AND MISS NELSON IS BACK BY HARRY ALLARD AND ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES MARSHALL, WITH BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JOAN CUSHING. THE COMPANY ALSO PRESENTED REVOLTING RHYMES - A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON POEMS BY ROALD DAHL, DIRECTED AND COMPOSED BY LIZ SWADOS. 3258057 1551880 EACH SEASON, ATLANTIC PRODUCES 3-4 MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS, TYPICALLY AT OUR 182-SEAT MAINSTAGE THEATER ON WEST 20TH STREET. WITH A GUT RENOVATION OF THAT SPACE UNDERWAY, THE 2010-11 SEASON WAS PRODUCED IN OTHER 199-SEAT OFF-BROADWAY THEATERS IN NEW YORK CITY. ATLANTIC IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR THE CONSISTENT QUALITY AND SCOPE OF THESE PRODUCTIONS WHICH INCLUDE WORLD AND NEW YORK PREMIERES, MODERN ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSIC PLAYS, AND INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS. MANY MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THE STRENGTHS OF ATLANTIC'S ENSEMBLE, WHICH CONSISTS OF 42 ARTISTS WHO'VE WORKED WITH US MULTIPLE TIMES AND SHARE A COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION AND AESTHETIC APPROACH. AS A RESULT, OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY SKILLFUL ACTING AND COMPELLING, STRAIGHT-FORWARD DESIGN CONCEPTS. THE 2010-11 MAINSTAGE SEASON INCLUDED THE COLLECTION AND A KIND OF ALASKA, TWO SHORT PLAYS BY HAROLD PINTER, DIRECTED BY ATLANTIC ENSEMBLE MEMBER KAREN KOHLHAAS AND STARRING LISA EMERY, REBECCA HENDERSON AND DARREN PETTIE AND ENSEMBLE MEMBERS LARRY BRYGGMAN AND MATT MCGRATH. OUR SECOND MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION WAS AN ADAPTATION OF THE 1906 LANGDON MITCHELL PLAY THE NEW YORK IDEA, WHICH ATLANTIC COMMISSIONED FROM PLAYWRIGHT DAVID AUBURN. NEW YORK IDEA WAS DIRECTED BY MARK BROKAW AND FEATURED A CAST OF 12 INCLUDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER PETER MALONEY AND RECENT ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL GRADUATE MIKAELA FEELY-LEHMANN. FINALLY, ATLANTIC PRODUCED THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF A STAGE ADAPTATION OF INGMAR BERGMAN'S FILM THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. ADAPTED BY JENNY WORTON, THE PLAY WAS DIRECTED BY DAVID LEVEAUX AND STARRED CAREY MULLIGAN, CHRIS SARANDON, JASON BUTLER HARNER AND BEN ROSENFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THESE PRODUCTIONS, ATLANTIC MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF ATLANTIC FOUNDER DAVID MAMET'S A LIFE IN THE THEATER, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY ATLANTIC ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER NEIL PEPE. THE BASE OF THE ATLANTIC'S AUDIENCE IN 2010-11 CONSISTED OF 3,643 MEMBERS WHO PAID A MODEST MEMBERSHIP FEE AND WERE ABLE TO BUY TICKETS AT A LOW PRICE ($25-$35). IN ADDITION, ATLANTIC MADE LOW-COST TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH A $15 TICKET PROGRAM, THE THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND, STUDENT DISCOUNTS, SPECIAL OFFERS TO SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.SINCE FORMALLY LAUNCHING ITS STAGE 2 NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM IN 2003, ATLANTIC HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT HOME FOR ARTISTS DEVELOPING NEW WORK. EACH SEASON, WE PRODUCE TWO FULLY-REALIZED PRODUCTIONS AT STAGE 2, OUR 99-SEAT, STATE-OF-THE-ART THEATER ON WEST 16TH STREET. ATLANTIC HELPS EMERGING, MID-CAREER, AND ESTABLISHED WRITERS DEVELOP NEW WORK THROUGH A FULL ROSTER OF PROGRAMS INCLUDING READINGS, WORKSHOPS AND COMMISSIONS. OUR 2010-11 STAGE 2 SEASON BEGAN WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LUCY THURBER'S BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY CAITRIONA MCLAUGHLIN AND FEATURED A DIVERSE ENSEMBLE CAST INCLUDING CRYSTAL A. DICKINSON, PETER MALONEY AND KRISTIN GRIFFITH. NEXT AT STAGE 2, ATLANTIC PRESENTED 10X25, A FESTIVAL OF 10-MINUTE PLAYS COMMISSIONED FROM 25 WRITERS WHO HAVE WORKED AT THE ATLANTIC IN THE LAST 25 YEARS INCLUDING SAM SHEPHERD, ANNIE BAKER, DAVID MAMET, CRAIG LUCAS, AND KIA CORTHRON. 10X25 WAS HELMED BY 14 DIRECTORS AND FEATURED OVER 50 ACTORS INCLUDING KATHERINE ERBE, ZACH GRENIER, MARY BETH PEIL AND MARIA TUCCI. 10X25 INCLUDED THE WORK OF 19 ENSEMBLE MEMBERS: 3 WRITERS, 7 DIRECTORS AND 11 ACTORS. IN ADDITION, ATLANTIC PRESENTED 10 DEVELOPMENTAL READINGS OF NEW PLAYS AND PRODUCED ITS SECOND LATINO MIXFEST, A SEVERAL-DAY NEW PLAY FESTIVAL FEATURING READINGS OF PLAYS BY LATINO WRITERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ATLANTIC ALSO AWARDED NEW PLAYWRIGHTING COMMISSIONS TO DOUG WRIGHT, KENNETH LONERGAN AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER DAVID PITTU. 206781 STUDIO AND THEATER SPACES, WHEN NOT BEING USED FOR ATLANTIC PROGRAMS, ARE AVAILABLE TO RENT. ATLANTIC OFFERS SPACE AT SCALED PRICES TO HELP OUR SCHOOL ALUMNI BUILD THEIR ARTISTIC ENSEMBLES, TO HELP OTHER THEATER EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES THROUGH THE USE OF THEATER, AND TO PROVIDE YOUNG OR UP-AND-COMING NON-PROFIT THEATER COMPANIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR WORK TO THE NEW YORK CITY AUDIENCE. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER INCOME IS RECEIVED FOR VARIOUS PROGRAM RELATED ACTIVITIES. 6024261 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 114 0 256 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 23 20 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY CA X X JAMIE TYROL 2126915919 76 NINTH AVENUE SUITE 537 NEW YORK NY 10011 OLAF OLAFSSON 3.00 X X 0 0 0 MARY MCCANN 40.00 X X 112852 0 11472 ARTHUR ALLEN 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL AUERBACH 2.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS BONEAU 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOEL CITRON 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE CORBELLI 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET GAGLIARDI 1.00 X 0 0 0 CLARK GREGG 1.00 X 1500 0 0 DAN GROSS 2.00 X 0 0 0 GAYE SLATER GROSS 0.50 X 0 0 0 WOLF HENGST 1.00 X 0 0 0 HILARY HINCKLE 1.00 X 22815 0 0 ROGER E KASS 1.50 X 0 0 0 SCOTT KORF 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN R LYLE 2.00 X 0 0 0 LIZZIE ROBERTSHAW 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUSTIN MOHATT 2.00 X 0 0 0 PETER MUNDHEIM 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC VUKMIROVICH 2.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE SLOSBERG 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOANNE R WENIG 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD WEINBERG 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSI WUNSCH 2.00 X 0 0 0 BEN ZINKIN 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN KOHLAAS 1.00 X 12750 0 2682 JEFFORY LAWSON 60.00 X 167329 0 7737 NEIL PEPE 60.00 X 156863 0 7833 474109 0 29724 3 0 1 0 0 202947 414429 610949 1914397 3142722 TUITION INCOME 611600 2990873 2990873 BOX OFFICE REVENUE 711110 1401880 1401880 RENTAL INCOME 532000 184260 184260 PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT 900099 150000 150000 4727013 871 871 56665 56665 6423 6502 -79 -79 -79 98896 414429 98896 0 OTHER INCOME 900099 22521 22521 22521 7949713 4749534 0 57457 564969 316281 159701 88987 2362560 2001450 251139 109971 390829 341063 37796 11970 212975 168249 29817 14909 11636 6795 4841 32232 25586 6646 570677 566032 3097 1548 213897 212894 1003 36317 30841 4012 1464 5302 5302 1052826 961428 82967 8431 44560 27661 15722 1177 926 926 264078 240311 21126 2641 70720 55348 10468 4904 PRODUCTION EXPENSES 597240 595108 2132 FOOD/LODGING/PER DIEM 147013 110946 7663 28404 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS 103121 96273 4565 2283 PRINTING AND COPYING 94283 65437 24121 4725 CC CHARGES/BANK FEES 87987 83687 15 4285 176692 112643 24333 39716 7040840 6024261 688029 328550 1135938 2073066 587508 740735 935637 740091 65671 120645 165350 276264 2464639 1736117 931300 728522 842351 2540698 4663755 7220021 266949 867481 828702 1017081 445056 1245056 540196 598678 2080903 3728296 X 1276768 1495341 1306084 1996384 2582852 3491725 4663755 7220021 908873 0 X X 0 1 1 X 0 X 2151113 2091742 1911720 2629122 3142722 11926419 2151113 2091742 1911720 2629122 3142722 11926419 747917 11178502 371858 497935 620333 309453 241718 2041297 40654 71032 64298 28923 22521 227428 14195144 20779336 0.78750 0.77950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1162067 603898 558169 1272171 1110938 161233 30401 21281 9120 728522 BONDS AND DEPOSITS 109894 DEFERRED LEASING COSTS 250960 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 2179844 2540698 DEFERRED RENT 598678 598678 7949713 7040840 908873 0 908873 7972615 22902 22902 7949713 0 7949713 7063742 22902 22902 7040840 0 7040840 DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X: THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. GALA EVENT 513325 414429 98896 66303 32593 513325 414429 98896 66303 32593 98896 0 X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JEFFORY LAWSON 147329 0 20000 0 0 0 0 0 7737 0 175066 0 163619 0 NEIL PEPE 136863 0 20000 0 0 0 0 0 7833 0 164696 0 158818 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 NEIL PEPE (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND ENSEMBLE MEMBER) AND MARY MCCANN (SCHOOL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD MEMBER, AND FOUNDING ENSEMBLE MEMBER) HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. MIKE SLOSBERG (BOARD MEMBER) AND JACQUIE CORBELLI (BOARD MEMBER) HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS ARE ITS ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS NEW DIRECTORS THROUGH A NOMINATING PROCESS TO THE ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE, A GROUP REPRESENTING THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION APPROVES THE SLATE OF NOMINEES. THE ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FILL THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POSITION ONLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE ORGANIZATION'S ENSEMBLE MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPROVE THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATION AND FORM 990 DISCLOSURE FORM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION FOR THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE COMPENSATION COMMITEE USED COMPARATIVE DATA FROM THE TCG SALARY SURVEY, AND UPDATED FORM 990S OF PEER ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE NEW YORK STATE CHARITIES BUREAU WEBSITE, ALL OTHERS UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C: THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT.