Organizations Filed Purposes:
SERVE AUDIENCE WITH RESTRICTED AVENUES FOR PARTICIPATING IN AND EXPERIENCING ART AND SEEK TO DO THIS IN AS WIDE A RANGE OF COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE THROUGH AN INTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS OF LISTENING AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION ENVISIONS A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE RECOGNITION THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE CAPACITY FOR ARTISTIC CREATIVITY AND A STORY WORTH TELLING.
MAKE NEW PLAYS WITH AND ABOUT COMMUNITIES BY COMBINING THE ARTISTRY OF PEOPLE WITH MANY LEVELS OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. CORNERSTONE ACTS UPON THE CONVICTION THAT ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND THAT ACCESS TO A CREATIVE FORUM IS ESSENTIAL TO THE WELLNESS AND HEALTH OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THE ARTIST PRACTICE OF COMMISSIONING AND PRODUCING NEW PLAYS, BOTH ORIGINAL WORKS AND CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATIONS OF CLASSICS, WHICH COMBINE THE ARTISTRY OF PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS, CORNERSTONE BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES A TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL THEATER MAKERS AND CORNERSTONE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, FROM SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT TO PERFORMANCE TO BACKSTAGE SUPPORT.
CORNERSTONE PROVIDES TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGED THEATER. THE TRAININGS RELY ON PARTICIPANTS' INPUT AND CREATIVITY FOR ACTIVITIES AND CONVERSATIONS THAT INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION TO CORNERSTONE'S THIRTY YEAR HISTORY, HANDS-ON EXERCISES FOR CHOOSING AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, STORY GATHERING, SCRIPT WRITING AND ADAPTATION, AUDITIONS, CASTING AND DESIGN. TWO DAY INTENSIVES ARE HELD TWICE A YEAR AT CORNERSTONE LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION AS TAILORED PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF NON PROFITS, CORPORATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES.
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 |
|---|
| Megan Wanlass | MANAGING DIRECTOR | 50 | $90,000 |
| Michael John Garcs | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | 50 | $90,000 |
| Tena Yatroussis | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Genevieve Riutort | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Sarah Lang | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Kennedy | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Leanna Hallman | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Ellen Gavin | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Mark Valdez | TREASURER/ ARTIST | 5 | $0 |
| Clementine Bordeaux | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| April Ibarra | VICE CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
| Paula Ely | CHAIR | 8 | $0 |
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