Florida Repertory Company Inc
Florida Repertory Company Inc
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About this organization
Mission
Florida Rep is committed to providing a first-class regional theatre for Southwest Florida; to creating, nurturing and developing an ensemble of theatre professionals who will develop long term relationships working on a wide variety of plays; to helping improve the quality of life in our community through all the arts; and to making the arts, especially theatre, accessible to all.
About
FLORIDA REP IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A FIRST-CLASS REGIONAL THEATRE FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA; TO CREATING, NUTURING AND DEVELOPING AN ENSEMBLE OF THEATRE PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL DEVELOP LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS WORKING ON A WIDE VARIETY OF PLAYS; TO HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ALL THE ARTS; AND TO MAKING THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY THEATRE, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. THE COMPANY PROVIDED THEATRE PATRONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE NEW PROVACTIVE WORKS AMIDST THE COMPANY'S STRONG REINVENTION OF CLASSICAL AND MUSICAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES THAT THEY HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IN THE HEART OF THE FORT MYERS' RIVER DISTRICT. FLORIDA REP PRODUCES ON TWO STAGES IN THE 100+ YEAR OLD ARCADE THEATRE, AND DURING THE 2018-19 SEASON, PATRONS WERE VIRTUALLY WITHOUT AN EVENING WHEN THEY COULD NOT ENJOY PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. FIVE MAIN STAGE (LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) AND FOUR ARTSTAGE (SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) PRODUCTIONS RAN SEPTEMBER TO EARLY MAY, WHICH PROVIDED THEATRICAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AND VISITOR SEASONS. AS THE PERFORMING ARTS ANCHOR IN THE RIVER DISTRICT, FLORIDA REP HAS PROMINENTLY LED THE RIVER DISTRICT ALLIANCE AND ITS CULTURAL PARTNERS IN A RENAISSANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEE COUNTY. FLORIDA REP CONTINUES TO REACH NOT ONLY ITS DEDICATED THEATRE PATRONS, BUT ALSO INVOLVE MORE THAN 45,000 STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ITS MYRIAD OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS (THIRD LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) ACROSS THE FIVE COUNTY REGIONS OF SOUHWEST FLORIDA. CENTRAL TO THE MISSION AT FLORIDA REP, EDUCATION ARTISTS AND PROGRAM STAFF TOURED TWO CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS (REFUGEE AND CAT IN THE HAT) THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SURROUNDING COUNTIES, AND STATEWIDE INTO SHCOOLS, AT COMMUNITY-WIDE CULTURAL EVENTS AND INSTITUTIONS; E.G. THE LEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS (LAA) AND THE EDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, AND OFTEN HOSTED BY THE MANY PARTNERS THAT SHARE A COMMON GOAL TO PROMOTE THE ARTS THROUGHOUT LEE COUNTY. WEEKDAY LUNCHBOX THEATRE AT THE ARCADE, TOURS, PERFORMANCE CLASSES AND CAMPS, AND YEAR-ROUND AND IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES INCREASED YOUTH PARTICIPATION NUMBERS RADICALLY FROM THE SEASON BEFORE. STUDENT MTINEES OF MAIN STAGE SHOWS (FEATURING BAACK STAGE TOURS, ACTOR TALKBACKS AND BEFORE- PERFORMANCE STUDY GUIDES) CONTINUED TO SERVE PRIMARILY YOUTH FROM DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND TITLE 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MORE THAN 45,000 YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PROGRAMMING IN 2018-19. AS FOR ITS APPEAL TO A LARGER REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AUDIENCE, FROM 2009 - 2017 FLORIDA REP RECEIVED ITS NINTH CONSECTUTIVE RAVE FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL FROM CRITIC AND BIOGRAPHER TERRY TEACHOUT WHEN HE PROCLAIMED THAT FLORIDA REP IS "ONE OF THE TOP REGIONAL TROUPES IN THE U.S." MORE THAN 270 VOLUNTEERS WORKED ON BEHALF OF THEATRE PROGRAMS PROVIDING 21,000 HOURS OF SERVICE. AS LEE COUNTY'S LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION, FLORIDA REP BOOSTED THE AREA'S ECONOMIC IMPACT BY OVER 6.25 MILLION FROM THE RIVER DISTRICT OUTWARD WITH NEARLY 100,000 POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND SHOPPERS. IN THE 2018-19 SEASON, FLORIDA REP PRODUCED NINE FULLY STAGED PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS IN OUR 393-SEAT HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE AND OUR 120-SEAT INTIMATE ARTSTAGE STUDIO THEATRE, CONSISTING OF A DIVERSE LINE-UP OF COMEDIES, DRAMAS AND MUSICALS. THE SEASON OPENED IN THE ARTSTAGE STUDIO THEATRE WITH BECOMING DR. RUTH BY MARK ST. GERMAIN, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HARLING'S STEEL MAGNOLIAS ON THE MAINSTAGE. THE SEASON CONTINUED ON IN THE STUDIO THEATRE WITH A WORLD PREMIER OF DAMASCUS BY BENNETT FISHER, WHICH WAS CHOSEN FROM OUR 217 PLAYLAB FESTIVAL PLAY SELECTION. WE CLOSED DECEMBER OF 2018 WITH A WORLD PREMIER OF MARK SHANAHAN'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE TALE OF EBENEZER SCROOGE ON THE ARCADE MAINSTAGE AND IMMEDIATELY OPENED UP IN THE NEW YEAR, TENDERLY, THE ROSEMARY CLOONEY MUSICAL BY JANET YATES AND MARK FRIEDMAN, AS WELL AS AUGUST WILSON'S FENCES ON OUR MAINSTAGE WHICH WAS THEN FOLLOWED UP BY HAY FEVER BY NOEL COWARD AND MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. KAREN ZACARIA'S NATIVE GARDENS THEN CLOSED OUR 2018-19 SEASON. FOLLOWING THE MAINSTAGE SEASON, FLORIDA REP'S NEW PLAYLAB SERIES TOOK OVER BOTH STAGES IN MAY AS SIX NEW PLAYS WERE GIVEN STAGED READINGS AS PART OF THE FLORIDA REP'S COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP NEW YORK. PATRONS THEMSELVES WORKED AS CRITICS AND MENTORS IN CHOOSING ALABASTER FOR FULL PRODUCTION IN 2019-20 AS THE LATEST WORLD PREMIERE AT FLORIDA REP. FLORIDA REP'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING COMPRISED OF FIVE AREAS: 1 - CHILDREN'S THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES. 2 - CAMP FLORIDA REP. 3 - YOUNG ACTORS' CONSERVATORY. 4 - CLASSES FOR YOUTH & ADULTS. 5 - HOME SCHOOL OR IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAMMING. MANY SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS IN NEED IN FORT MYERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR MISSION OF MAKING OUR PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. FLORIDA REP'S CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCED TWO 'THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCE' (TYA) PLAYS, WHICH TOURED IN FORT MYERS SCHOOLS, INCLUDING TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, AND TO SURROUNDING SW FLORIDA SCHOOLS, AND ALSO PERFORMED MATINEES FOR OUR'CHILDREN'S LUNCHBOX SERIES" IN OUR ARCADE THEATRE. DURING SUMMER, FLORIDA REP OFFERED TWO COMPREHENSIVE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS: CAMP MINI-STARS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-3 AND CAMP FLORIDA REP: SUMMER INTENSIVE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-12. AT FLORIDA REP SUMMER CAMP, YOUNG ARTISTS WORK WITH PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS, ACTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSIC DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS AND IN JUST TWO WEEKS PERFOM AN ENTIRE MUSICAL WITH FULL SET & COSTUMES. HOLDIAY CAMPS WERE OFFERED DURING SPRING AND WINTER BREAKS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K- 12, AND CONSIST OF WEEK-LONG ARTS CAMPS EXPLORING DRAMA, DANCE, MUSIC, AND ART. DURING HOLDAY CAMPS, IN JUST A WEEK THEY HAVE IN-DEPTH LESSONS IN ART, MUSIC, DANCE, AND DRAMA, WHICH CULMINATE IN AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF THEIR HARD WORK. FLORDA REP EDUCATION'S CONSERVATORY IS AN AUDTION-ONLY PROGRAM THAT GIVES YOUNG ACTORS OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM ONSTAGE. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR ARTISTS WITH MODERATE TO ADVANCED LEVEL EXPERIENCE AND GIVES STUDENTS WHO WANT TO PURSUE THEATRE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD A REAL-LIFE REGIONAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE. THE CONSERVATORY PROGRAM GIVES THEATRE ARTISTS A CREATIVE OUTLET AND A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CULMINATES WITH A SHORT RUN OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. FLORIDA REP OFFERED TWO CONSERVATORY PRODUTIONS OF A CHORUS LINE AND NEWSIES IN 2018-19. FLORIDA REP EDUCATION WAS ALSO PROUD TO OFFER A WIDE VARIEY OF PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES FOR THE COMMUNITY. THESE CLASSES ARE DISIGNED FOR BOTH BEGINNERS AND SERIOUS YOUNG ARTISTS LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO HONE THEIR CRAFT, CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY WORKING THEATRE PROFESSIONALS AND CLASS SIZES ARE CAPPED AT 10 STUDENTS TO MAXIMIZE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. CLASSES FOR STUDENT'S AGES 4 - 12 WILL RUN FOR SIX WEEK SESSIONS, WHILE TEEN PROGRAMMING ARE DESIGNED FOR BUSY SCHEDULES OFFERING ONE-OFF MASTER CLASSES AND EVENTS. FLORIDA REP'S PRIMARY AUDIENCES AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE RESIDENTS OVER 65-AND UNDER 24-YEARS-OF-AGE. REPRESENTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVELS FROM ACROSS A MULTI-CULTURAL SPECTRUM, FLORIDA REP PATRONS CHOOSE FROM AN ARRAY OF LOW-AND NO-COST OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE WITH GREATLY DISCOUNTED PRICING TIERS (10-49) AND GROUP PURCHASING POWER. STUDENTS AND CHARITIES RECEIVE FREE AND COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEN AND LEARN IN A PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ENVIRONMENT THAT HONE THEIR PERFORMANCE SKILLS AND BOLSTER EDUCATIONAL PROWESS, WHICH REMAINS CORE TO THE THEATRE'S MISSION IN "MAKING HTE ARTS - ESPECIALLY THEATRE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL." FLORIDA REP CONTINUED TO ENJOY A FORMAL AND MUTUALLY BENEFICAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT MYERS. THROUGH THE FORT MYERS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE THEATRE RECEIVED A 50,000 OPERATING GRANT AND SPONSORED ANNUAL USE OF ITS PERFORMANCE SPACES, OFFICES AND GENERAL AREAS. FORMAL MEDIA SPONSORSHIPS WITH THE NEWS-PRESS (GANNETT), WGCU PUBLIC MEDIA, THE FLORIDA WEEKLY AND SERVERAL OTHER REGIONAL MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 60,000 IN PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS REACHING 275,000 CONSUMERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UP TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK. NATIONAL AND LCCAL SUPPORT HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE GRANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE SHUBBERT FOUNDATION, THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, FLORIDA COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THE FRED AND JEAN ALLEGRETTI FOUNDATION, CITY OF FORT MYERS, SWFL COMMUNITY FOIUNDATION, AND SCORES OF DONOR ADVISED FUNDS. FLORIDA REP IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK; A COLLABORATION OF SOME FIFTY REGIONAL THEATRES WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN AMERICAN STAGE. IN 2019, FLORIDA REP PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DAMASCUS BY PLAYWRIGHT BENNETT FISHER AND A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE TALE OF EBENEZER SCROOGE BY MARK SHANAHAN. FLORIDA REP IS COMMITTED TO DOING A WORLD PREMIERE ANNUALLY AND, TO THAT END, HELD ITS SIXTH PLAY READING SEARIES, PLAYLAB, IN MAY 2019. BY OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF PLAYS, BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL PRO
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing sets forth the mission of the non-profit as “Florida rep is committed to providing a first-class regional theatre for southwest florida; to creating, nurturing and developing an ensemble of theatre professionals who will develop long term relationships working on a wide variety of plays; to helping improve the quality of life in our community through all the arts; and to making the arts, especially theatre, accessible to all.”.
When detailing its responsibilities, they were listed as: “Florida rep is committed to providing a first-class regional theatre for southwest florida; to creating, nurturing and developing an ensemble of theatre professionals who will develop long term relationships working on a wide variety of plays; to helping improve the quality of life in our community through all the arts; and to making the arts, especially theatre, accessible to all.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally permitted to operate is FL.
- The address of the non-profit for 2020 according to the filing is PO BOX 2483, FORT MYERS, FL, 339022483.
- The number of employees reported by the non-profit on their form as of 2020 is 0.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $15,593,671.
- The CEO compensation structure within the organization is based on a review and approval from a neutral party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 15 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1998.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $158,461 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $258,103 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a business related organization transaction.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.