Theatre for a New Audience Annual Report for the 2010-2011 Season

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Founded in 1979 by Jeffrey Horowitz, the mission of Theatre for a New Audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of Shakespeare and classic drama. The Theatre’s 32nd season in 2010-2011 was one of the most successful in the Theatre’s history. The Theatre produced four critically acclaimed and sold-out productions, including a highly successful multi-city national tour of The Merchant of Venice. The Theatre’s productions were seen by nearly 30,000 people in New York City and an additional 32,000 people nationwide. In addition, the Theatre celebrated the Groundbreaking on its new home in Downtown Brooklyn’s BAM Cultural District. The Theatre’s new home, a center for Shakespeare and classic drama, will be completed in 2013. 2010-2011 ARTISTIC SEASON Dedicated to two literary giants and their investigations into malevolence, the Theatre’s 2010-2011 Season began in November with Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of Dostoevsky’s novella, Notes from Underground, directed by leading American director Robert Woodruff and starring Bill Camp. The season continued with three plays by Shakespeare: Cymbeline, in which the Theatre produced the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway debut of Fiasco Theater; a restrained and powerful Macbeth, which reunited director Arin Arbus with John Douglas Thompson; and the remounting of the Theatre’s celebrated 2007 production of The Merchant of Venice directed by Darko Tresnjak and featuring F. Murray Abraham in the role of Shylock. After opening at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, the production traveled to Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles – the Theatre’s first multi-city national tour. Notes from Underground was extended an extra week due to popular demand. The success of the Theatre’s production of Cymbeline led to an Off-Broadway commercial transfer to the Barrow Street Theatre for an 18-week run beginning in late August, which has been extended to January 15, 2012. Partly due to his remarkable performance as Shylock, Abraham received the 2011 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance. For her performance as Portia, Kate MacCluggage received an esteemed Elliot Norton Award (Boston) for “Outstanding Actress.” The production of The Merchant of Venice was also nominated for four other Elliot Norton Awards including “Outstanding Actor” for Abraham. In addition to its theatrical productions, Theatre for a New Audience continued to provide the largest in depth program to introduce Shakespeare and classic drama in New York City Public Schools. In 2010-2011, five Teaching Artists partnered with 32 classroom teachers to guide 909 Public School students in grades 4–12 through an in-depth study of Shakespeare and playwriting. The Theatre’s Teaching Artists made 312 visits to 33 classrooms in 11 schools in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. Over 700 subsidized tickets were provided for students to see the Theatre’s acclaimed production of Cymbeline. In addition to the public school students directly served by our arts in education programs, more than 1,000 students in school groups attended the Theatre’s four productions in New York during the 2010-2011 Season. Since 2005, TFANA has been contracted by the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to provide the theatre curriculum for the DOE’s Summer Arts Institute. In 2011, the program took place from July 5-29 at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens. Twenty-four students at an intermediate

Theatre for a New Audience is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax- deductible to the extent allowed by law. or advanced level in dramatic arts were selected for this highly competitive two-week program, during which a Teaching Artist from the Theatre and a DOE Drama Specialist provided them with a unique opportunity to seriously consider a career in the arts and build their audition skills for their next level of study. As an ensemble, students rehearsed the prologue from Shakespeare’s Henry V. They also chose scenes from contemporary plays to perform, including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff, Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck, My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard and A Young Lady of Property by Horton Foote. The Institute culminated with a showcase of the students’ work on July 21 and 27, 2011. In the summer of 2011, with a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Theatre launched the TFANA Shakespeare Institute, a two-week in-depth program in understanding and teaching Shakespeare’s plays, language and themes. The Theatre was one of a few arts organizations in the nation, and the only theatre, to be awarded a grant in the NEH’s Summer Institutes and Seminars program. A diverse group of 23 teachers, representing a variety of schools and communities from across the country, were selected out of a total of 121 applicants for the program, which took place from August 1-12 at Columbia University. Under the theme of “Becoming a Man,” the teachers studied Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew and Henry V. Morning sessions were led by Associate Professor Molly Murray of Columbia University and Professor Mario DiGangi of Lehman College, CUNY. In the afternoon, participants worked with the Theatre’s Teaching Artists to create and perform interpretations of key scenes from the plays. The immersive program provided these teachers with sustainable pedagogical methods for teaching drama that can be applied in their classrooms. As part of its efforts to reach a broad and diverse audience, the Theatre offers discount tickets through distributors such as the Theater Development Fund (TDF) as well as significant discounts to subscribers (who paid $142 for a three-play package or $189 for a four-show package, a 37% reduction from the full ticket price of $75). In the 2010-2011 season, the Theatre sold a total of 17,887 discounted tickets, which included subscriptions, 2,358 New Deal tickets ($10 walk up and advance tickets to patrons 25 years old and younger and all full-time students with ID), and 4,986 TDF tickets. With group sales are also taken into consideration, approximately 74% of the Theatre’s tickets were sold at a discount in 2010-2011. The number of tickets sold through the New Deal program more than doubled over the prior season. The Theatre also offered eight TFANA Talks post-performance discussions that were free and open to the general public throughout the 2010–2011 Season in conjunction with performances of Notes from Underground, Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice and Macbeth. The panels featured artists, scholars and writers from the fields of education and journalism as well as TFANA artists. Capital Campaign Update: After more than 30 years of itinerancy, in spring 2011 Theatre for a New Audience began construction on its first home, located in Downtown Brooklyn’s BAM Cultural District. The Groundbreaking was celebrated on June 24, 2011 and included an unveiling of leading architect Hugh Hardy’s design, as well as speeches by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris, Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor and Tony Award-winning actor Mark Rylance. Inspired by the Cottesloe Theatre of Britain's Royal National Theatre, The Theatre’s future home will include a multi-level lobby, a fully flexible 299-seat Mainstage capable of different stage and seating configurations and a rehearsal/performance space that will accommodate 50. The total Capital Campaign, including a $10 million program and building endowment, is $62.5 million. Thanks to support from generous donors and The City of New York, $48.3 million has been raised, including a recent $500,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the expansion of Humanities programming in advance of the opening of the new theatre in 2013.

Theatre for a New Audience is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax- deductible to the extent allowed by law. Highlights of the season include:  A total of 29,079 people attended the Theatre’s productions in New York City this season, including 1,791 subscribers (a 26% increase in subscriptions from FY10). An additional 32,402 people attended the Theatre’s tour of The Merchant of Venice in Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles. In all, a total of 61,481 people nationwide attended the Theatre’s productions in 2010-2011;  Box office revenue exceeded its goal for FY11 by 29%, with the national tour in particular surpassing expectations. Box office revenue and fees from the national tour totaled $1,731,804;  With the Lead Sponsorship of Deloitte, the Theatre’s Annual Gala Celebrating Shakespeare raised more than $580,000 to benefit the Theatre's artistic and educational programs. The Theatre presented the 7th annual Samuel H. Scripps Award to Robert Woodruff, called “one of the country’s most adventurous directors” by TimeOut New York. The Master of Ceremonies was actor Obie Award-winning actor Bill Camp, and the Scripps award was presented by National Medal of the Arts recipient Robert Brustein.

The following is an overview of Theatre for a New Audience’s income and expenses for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011. Total Support and Revenue $3,859,395 Program Expenses $2,974,025 Management & General Expenses $383,219 Fundraising Expenses $359,156 Special Event – direct expenses $115,522 Special Event – indirect expenses $27,473

End of Year Net Asset Balance $692,321

Board of Directors

DIRECTORS MEMBERS ARTISTIC COUNCIL Henry Christensen III, Robert Arnow John Berendt Chairman Robert Ascheim, M.D. Cicely Berry, CBE, Hon. D.Lit Jeffrey Horowitz, President Marlène Brody Zoe Caldwell Dorothy Ryan, Vice President Sally Brody Robert Caro and Secretary Dr. Charlotte Frank Merle Debuskey Richard R. Hadar Dr. Sharon Dunn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE William Lloyd Sir Peter Hall Dana Ivey Henry Christensen III Anne Messitte David Scott Kastan Merle Debuskey* Gloria Messinger Catherine Maciariello Jeffrey Horowitz Caroline Niemczyk Mark Rylance John J. Kerr, Jr. Henry F. Owsley Douglas Stein Seymour H. Lesser Theodore C. Rogers Julie Taymor Larry M. Loeb Philip R. Rotner Frederick Wiseman Audrey Heffernan Meyer Dorothy Ryan

Janet C. Olshansky Daryl D. Smith

Robert T. Schaffner Michael Stranahan (Board Members as of 2/2012) Monica G-S. Wambold Jane Wells

Theatre for a New Audience is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax- deductible to the extent allowed by law.