Organizations Filed Purposes:
JEWISH WOMEN'S THEATRE (JWT), ALSO KNOWN AS THE BRAID, IS THE NATION'S GO-TO JEWISH STORY COMPANY. OUR PURPOSE IS TO LEAVE NO JEWISH STORY UNTOLD WHILE CELEBRATING THE TRUTHS THAT CONNECT ALL PEOPLE. WE CREATE, PRODUCE, AND PRESERVE STORIES GROUNDED IN JEWISH CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, INSPIRE COMMUNITY, AND BUILD CULTURAL LEGACY.
JEWISH WOMEN'S THEATRE (JWT) WAS FORMED TO CREATE, PRODUCE, AND PRESERVE DIVERSE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH STORIES THAT EMPOWER AND EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS, INSPIRE COMMUNITY, AND BUILD CULTURAL LEGACY. WE STRIVE TO CHALLENGE MINDS, MOVE HEARTS, UNIFY PEOPLE, AND USE THE STRENGTH OF JEWISH CULTURE TO DO SO. OUR VISION IS TO LEAVE NO JEWISH STORY UNTOLD WHILE CELEBRATING THE TRUTHS THAT CONNECT ALL PEOPLE.
JWT IS KNOWN FOR PIONEERING "SALON THEATRE AND CREATING A SHAREABLE LEGACY OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH STORIES THAT CAN BE PERFORMED ANYWEHERE. EACH SEASON JWT PRODUCES 3-5 NEW SHOWS ON VARIED THEMES. OUR COLLECITON OF OVER 60 ACCLAIMED SHOWS SPOTLIGHTLING JEWISH DIVERSITY FEATURES THE WORK OF OVER 350 WRITERS AGES 13-98, AND CHALLENGES ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND CELEBRATE OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY. IN COLLABORATION WITH OVER 100 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE REGULARLY PERFORM IN OUR PERFORMANCE VENUE, MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, ART GALLERIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, AND SYNAGOGUES IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JWT/THE BRAID HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN VOTED "BEST LIVE THEATRE ON THE WESISIDE AND "MOST LOVED BUSINESS". THROUGH ITS DIVERSE AND VARIED PERFORMANCES, WRITER'S WORKSHOPES, CLASSES, SPEAKER'S SERIES, ART TALKS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, JWT/THE BRAID HAS DELIGHTED OVER 100,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE ORGANIZATION'S UNIQUE ARTS AND CULTURE EXPERIENCES ARE NOW ALSO ACCESSIBLE GLOBALLY VIA ZOOM PERFORMANCES, OUR PODCAST, STREAMING ON CHAIFLICKS AND OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS. JWT'S COMMISSIONED SHOW, NOT THAT JEWISH, RAN AT ITS PERFORMANCE VENUE EARNING AN OVATION RECOMMENDATION AND LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATION AND ALSO RAN OFF-BROADWAY FOR 200 PERFORMANCES.
JWT RUNS NEXT, AN EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DIVERSE YOUNG ADULT ARTS LEADERS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO SHOWCASE NEXT GENERATION VOICES AND TALENT. THE PROGRAM, IN ITS 5TH YEAR, CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTS PROFESSIONALS AND AUDIENCES TO DEVELOP AND FLOURISH BY BUILDING AN ARTISTIC PLATFORM AND AND COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE CULTURAL HERITAGE.
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 |
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| Ronda Spinak | DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | 40 | $67,130 |
| Sharon Landau | DIRECTOR/MANAGING DIRECTOR | 20 | $52,975 |
| Jenn Roth Krieger | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Jackie Weintraub | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| Patricia Linden | DIRECTOR/TREASURER/CO-CHAI | 10 | $0 |
| Olivia Cohen-Cutler | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Elisa Wayne | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Jodie Mendelson | DIRECTOR/SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
| Lynne Himelstein | DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR | 10 | $0 |
| Janis Nelson | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
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