Organizations Filed Purposes:
WE BELIEVE THEATRE CREATES AN EXTRAORDINARY CONNECTION BETWEEN ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES THAT ONLY STARTS ON THE STAGE. THEATRE CREATES THE ENERGY THAT FEEDS A CITY, A CULTURE, AND A SOCIETY. THEATRE REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF LOS ANGELES BY PRODUCING AND PRESENTING THEATRE OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER, BY NURTURING NEW ARTISTS, BY ATTRACTING NEW AUDIENCES, AND BY DEVELOPING YOUTH OUTREACH AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AT OUR THREE THEATRES, THE AHMANSON THEATRE, THE MARK TAPER FORUM, AND THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE, WE INVITE AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE THE BROADEST RANGE OF THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN THE COUNTRY. WE PRODUCE AND PRESENT THE MOST CELEBRATED SHOWS STRAIGHT FROM BROADWAY, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND LIVELY STORIES THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR COMPLICATED WORLD, AND ADVENTUROUS NEW PLAYS FROM FRESH VOICES.
AS ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST INFLUENTIAL NONPROFIT THEATRE COMPANIES, LOS ANGELES' CENTER THEATRE GROUP CONTINUES ITS 50-YEAR TRADITION OF USING THE ART OF THEATRE TO BROADEN HORIZONS AND ILLUMINATE NEW PERSPECTIVES AT ITS 3 THEATRES: THE AHMANSON THEATRE, MARK TAPER FORUM AND KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE.
AHMANSON THEATRE: INDECENT (8 PERFORMANCES; 9,296 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (40 PERFORMANCES; 63,561 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (39 PERFORMANCES; 63,025 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); THE NEW ONE (39 PERFORMANCES; 44,725 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); SWAN LAKE (39 PERFORMANCES; 55,884 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); THE LAST SHIP (40 PERFORMANCES; 64,001 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); BOOK OF MORMON (26 PERFORMANCES (22 CANCELLED PERFORMANCES), 51,592 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED); 1776 (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED). NOMINATIONS/AWARDS (**NOMINATION ONLY): SWAN LAKE (OVATION: BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION** ).
MARK TAPER FORUM: A PLAY IS A POEM (38 PERFORMANCES; 20,815 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); JITNEY (40 PERFORMANCES; 25,584 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (50 PERFORMANCES; 37,257 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); ANTIPODES (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED); KING JAMES (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED). NOMINATIONS/AWARDS (**NOMINATION ONLY): JITNEY (OVATION: BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION**); WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (OVATION: BEST PRESENTED PRODUCTION **); A PLAY IS A POEM (OVATION: FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY**).
KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE: ON BECKETT (52 PERFORMANCES; 12,835 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); UNTIL THE FLOOD (35 PERFORMANCES; 8,398 TOTAL ATTENDANCE); BLOCK PARTY (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED); SAKINAS RESTAURANT (ALL PERFORMANCES CANCELLED).
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael Ritchie | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | 45 | $594,302 |
| Yvonne Bell | DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT | 45 | $320,009 |
| Cheryl Shepherd | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 45 | $265,621 |
| Douglas Baker | PRODUCING DIRECTOR | 45 | $264,992 |
| Meghan Pressman | CEO/MANAGING DIRECTOR | 45 | $203,946 |
| Leslie Johnson Thru 11119 | DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL STRATEGY, INNOVATION, AND IMPAC | 45 | $195,296 |
| Michael Ennis | DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT | 45 | $180,333 |
| Deborah Warren | DIRECTOR OF MARKETING | 45 | $167,573 |
| James Sims | DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS | 45 | $155,893 |
| Joseph Hamlin | DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION | 45 | $150,577 |
| Jason Cabral | DIRESTOR OF ADVANCEMENT OPERATIONS & ANALYTICS | 45 | $148,469 |
| Christine Cronin-Hurst | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Thom Beers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michelle A Avan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Walden | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marshall Trenckmann | DIRECTOR,(THRU 9/30/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Bonnie Vitti | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Stern | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn A Sonnenberg | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elliott Sernel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Donna Schweers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carmen Schaye | DIRECTOR, (THRU 6/30/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce L Ross | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Rosenwald | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Pavel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Palmer | DIRECTOR, (THRU 6/30/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Kari Nakama | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Moriarty | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jody Lippman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Paul James | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stanley Iezman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| George V Hausler | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Aliza Karney Guren | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Grode | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Greenblatt | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Manuela Cerri Goren | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia Glaser | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rebecca George | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gary Frischling | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bradford W Edgerton Md | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Susanne Daniels | DIRECTOR, (THRU 6/30/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Chozen | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dannielle Campos Ramirez | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Diana Buckhantz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Betsy Borns | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jana Bezdek | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gail Berman-Masters | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Miles Benickes | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Beck | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Axel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Harry Abrams | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Quigg | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Amy R Forbes | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| William R Lindsay | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Brindell Roberts Gottlieb | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Kiki Ramos Gindler | PRESIDENT | 4 | $0 |
| William H Ahmanson | CHAIRMAN | 4 | $0 |
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