2026-04-17T16:20:02-07:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 741143076 ALLEY THEATRE ALLE 7132289341 615 Texas St Houston TX 770022710 Tasha Criss Chief Financial Officer 7132289341 2025-12-31 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Jennifer Bielstein 615 Texas St Houston TX 77002 39126260 0 X www.alleytheatre.org X 1948 TX Vision: To be an welcoming theatre that is essential to Houston, the nation, and the world; Mission: To inspire and enchant lives through a variety of theatrical experiences at the highest level of artistic excellence with our Resident Acting Company at the center 56 56 388 472 0 0 14011704 23616459 8889491 9915214 3310365 2576921 97621 187458 26309181 36296052 0 0 0 0 14913272 16090495 101150 237457 2246514 10032199 10697936 25046621 27025888 1262560 9270164 101801697 113690152 4282849 5199132 97518848 108491020 To inspire and enchant lives through a variety of theatrical experiences at the highest level of artistic excellence with our Resident Acting Company at the center 0 0 21181797 0 9915214 Arts, Culture & Humanities Programs, General/Other: Professional Resident Theatre Services for the 24/25 Season: Productions - 11; Total Attendance - 152,261; The Alley Theatre, founded in 1947 by Nina Vance in Houston, Texas, is one of the leading professional nonprofit theatre companies in the US. The Alley, which maintains a resident company of actors, directors, playwrights, and designers, performs up to eleven productions a year in two theaters (Hubbard Theatre, 774 seats and Neuhaus Theatre, 296 seats). The Alley produces a wide variety of theatrical productions, including American and European classics, musicals, contemporary plays, and new work. In addition to the theatre performance complex, the Alley has a 75,000 square foot Center for Theatre Production, which contains rehearsal space, offices, and the scene, props, and costume shops. The Alley has earned a national and international reputation for artistic achievement, including the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The Alley supports a robust Education and Community Engagement (ECE) department which strives to become a driving force for arts education, to create an advanced training ground for young and emerging theatre artists, and to provide a forum for community discourse, interaction and understanding. To this end, the department delivers services to local elementary, middle and high schools, provides professional development in arts integration to teachers and school administrators, and offers on-going programming to the Houston community. In the 23/24 Season, ECE delivered 119,751 contact hours of programming to 32,930 students and community members. In August 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area. The Alley suffered significant damage from the storm and a ruptured sprinkler pipe. Acting quickly to pump out the water, clean up the mess, and restore the theatre, the Alley was able to reopen its larger Hubbard Theatre in time for the annual production of A Christmas Carol in November that same year. In January 2018, the Alley hosted its annual Alley All New Festival in the restored Neuhaus Theatre. The Alley has worked with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) to recoup financial losses due to Hurricane Harvey as well as to mitigate future flood damage. In March 2020, the Alley cancelled performances and ceased production for the remainder of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One third of the Alley's artists, artisans, and support staff lost their jobs in June 2020. The entire 20/21 season was canceled, and the theatre remained closed to the public through the end of the fiscal year. Staff and management worked tirelessly to maintain the theatre, the resident company, and the core staff during the shutdown. In October 2021 the Alley reopened to live audiences with some restrictions for audiences and staff. By June 2022, the Alley had returned to pre-pandemic operations. 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The Board believe that memberships for the Managing Director and Artistic Director are essential to fundraising efforts. Schedule J, Part I, Line 4 Sutton Mary - Received severance payment of $94,420.00. Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 In June 2024 the Board voted to award bonuses to the Managing Director and Artistic Director. X 1 1100 FMV X 100 FMV X 10 882907 FMV X Airline vouchers 34 43746 FMV X Catering 1 18180 FMV X Decorating 1 18857 FMV 0 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Audit Committee reviews the Form 990 with management and shares with the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All board members are required to sign the Conflict of Interest Policy on an annual basis. These forms are reviewed by independent auditors. Generally, the Alley complies with this requirement. In the event that a form is missing, an Alley staff member follows up to ensure compliance. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 15(a) - Salaries for all key employees are compared to national and local data from other arts groups and similarly-sized non-profits. The Board directly sets and approves salaries for the Artistic Director and the Managing Director. 15(b) - Based on the Board's approval of the operating budget and the data mentioned above, the Managing Director approves all other salaries for the officers, key employees, and highly compensated employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request Alley Theatre Productions 615 Texas St Houston TX 77002 760473119 Administer royalties TX 501 (c) (3) 509 (a) (3) Alley Theatre 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0