FLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC
PO BOX 2483, FORT MYERS, FL 339022483 www.floridarep.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: 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.

FORM 990 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS (CONTINUED): THE COMPANY PROVIDED THEATRE PATRONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE NEW PROVOCATIVE 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 THEATER, AND DURING MOST OF THE 2019- 2020 SEASON, PATRONS WERE VIRTUALLY WITHOUT AN EVENING WHEN THEY COULD NOT ENJOY PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. FIVE MAIN STAGE (LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) AND THREE ARTSTAGE (SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) PRODUCTIONS RAN SEPTEMBER TO MID-MARCH, 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 30,000 STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ITS MYRIAD OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS (THIRD LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE) ACROSS THE FIVE COUNTY REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND OFTEN NORTH TO PINELLAS AND WEST TO PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. DESPITE AN EARLY CLOSE THE FLORIDA REP SEASON IN MARCH 2020, OVER 58,000 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED LIVE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. CENTRAL TO THE MISSION AT FLORIDA REP, EDUCATION ARTISTS AND PROGRAM STAFF TOURED TWO CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SURROUNDING COUNTIES, AND STATEWIDE INTO SCHOOLS, 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. WEEKEND CHILDREN'S LUNCHBOX THEATRE AT THE ARCADE, SCHOOL TOURS, PERFORMANCE CLASSES AND CAMPS, AND YEAR-ROUND AND IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES INCREASED YOUTH PARTICIPATION NUMBERS SEASON AFTER SEASON. STUDENT MATINEES OF MAIN STAGE SHOWS (FEATURING BACK 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. AS FOR ITS APPEAL TO A LARGER REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AUDIENCE, FLORIDA REP RECEIVED A TENTH CONSECUTIVE RAVE IN 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 230 VOLUNTEERS WORKED ON BEHALF OF THEATRE PROGRAMS PROVIDING 14,000 HOURS OF SERVICE. AS LEE COUNTY'S LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION, FLORIDA REP PUMPED 7.15 MILLION FROM THE RIVER DISTRICT OUTWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. IN THE 2019-2020 SEASON, FLORIDA REP PRODUCED EIGHT 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 ALWAYSPATSY CLINE BY TED SWINDLEY, FOLLOWED BY KEN LUDWIG'S THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY ON THE MAINSTAGE. THE SEASON CONTINUED WITH AN INSPECTOR CALLS BY J.B. PREISLEY ON THE MAINSTAGE AND A WORLD PREMIERE, ALABASTER, BY DAVID CALICCHIO EMERGING AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT WINNER AUDREY CEFALY IN THE ARTSTAGE STUDIO THEATRE. THE NEW YEAR RANG IN WITH NEIL SIMON'S BAREFOOT IN THE PARK ON THE MAINSTAGE FOLLOWED BY THE TONY AWARD- WINNING A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ALSO ON THE MAINSTAGE. EVERY BRILLIANT THING BY PLAYWRIGHTS DUNCAN MACMILLIAN AND JOHNNY DONAHOE CLOSED THE ARTSTAGE STUDIO SEASON AS DID A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 BY LUCAS HNATH ON THE MAINSTAGE. ON MARCH 20, 2020, AFTER THREE PREVIEWS, AND ON OPENING NIGHT OF A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ON THE MAINSTAGE, FLORIDA REP WAS FORCED TO HALT ALL IN- PERSON SHOWS ON BOTH STAGES. PRODUCTION QUICKLY PIVOTED BY PROVIDING VIRTUAL AND STREAMING PERFORMANCES OF BOTH A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 AND EVERY BRILLIANT THING IN ARTSTAGE STUDIO. A FULL MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION OF THE FINAL MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PLANNED, RIPCORD, BY THE PULITZER AND TONY AWARD-WINNING DAVID LINDSAY ABAIRE, HAD TO BE CANCELLED COMPLETELY AT THE DIRECTION OF ACTORS' EQUITY WHO REFUSED TO ISSUE CONTRACTS FOR THE PRODUCTION IN LIGHT OF COVID-19. AS A RESULT OF THESE CANCELLATIONS, FLORIDA REP SUFFERED MORE THAN 300,000 LOSSES IN SINGLE TICKET SALES. FLORIDA REP'S 2020 VIRTUAL TALKBACK SERIES, STAGE@HOME, RAN FOR TWELVE WEEKS FROM APRIL TO JUNE DURING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWNS. TOPICS RANGED FROM PRODUCTION SPECIFIC CAST AND CREATIVE TALKBACKS TO HOW TO MAKE NEW PLAYS IN AMERICAN REGIONAL THEATRE. THE SERIES BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM AND THE COMPANY'S FACEBOOK LIVE PAGE - AS WELL AS A WEEKLY PODCAST. FLORIDA REP'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IS COMPRISED OF FIVE AREAS: CHILDREN'S THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES, CAMP FLORIDA REP, YOUNG ACTORS' CONSERVATORY, CLASSES FOR YOUTH & ADULTS, AND HOME-SCHOOL OR IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAMMING. 17 SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS OF NEED IN FORT MYERS TO FULFILL OUR MISSION OF MAKING OUR PROGRAMS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. FLORIDA REP'S CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCED TWO 'THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES' (TYA) PLAYS (JUNIE B. JONE - THE MUSICAL FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS0, WHICH TOURED IN FORT MYERS SCHOOLS, INCLUDING TITLE 1 SCHOOLS, AND TO SURROUNDING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SCHOOLS, AND ALSO PERFORMED MATINEES FOR OUR 'CHILDREN'S LUNCHBOX SERIES' IN OUR ARCADE THEATRE. DURING LATE 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, PERFORM AN ENTIRE MUSICAL WITH FULL SET AND COSTUMES. HOLIDAY CAMPS WERE OFFERED DURING WINTER BREAK FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 AND CONSIST OF WEEK-LONG ARTS CAMPS EXPLORING DRAMA, DANCE, MUSIC, AND VISUAL ART. IN JUST A WEEK, THEY HAVE IN-DEPTH LESSONS IN PERFORMANCE WHICH CULMINATE IN AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF THEIR HARD WORK. FLORIDA REP EDUCATION'S CONSERVATORY IS AN AUDITION-ONLY PROGRAM THAT GIVES YOUNG ADULT 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 WITH A REAL-LIFE REGIONAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE. THE CONSERVATORY PROGRAM GIVES EMERGING THEATRE ARTISTS A CREATIVE OUTLET AND A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CULMINATES WITH A SHORT RUN OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. FLORIDA REP OFFERED TWO CONSERVATORY PRODUCTIONS, MATILDA - THE MUSICAL AND BAT BOY - THE MUSICAL IN 2019-2020. FLORIDA REP EDUCATION WAS ALSO PROUD TO OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES FOR THE COMMUNITY. THESE CLASSES ARE DESIGNED 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 INSTRUCTION. CLASSES FOR STUDENTS AGES 4-12 RAN 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 (10-55) AND GROUP PURCHASING POWER. STUDENTS AND CHARITIES RECEIVE FREE AND COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO PARTICIPATE 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 THE ARTS - ESPECIALLY THEATRE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL". FLORIDA REP CONTINUED TO ENJOY A FORMAL AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL 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 SEVERAL 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 LOCAL SUPPORT HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE GRANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION, THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, FLORIDA COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THE FRED & JEAN ALLEGRETTI FOUNDATION, CITY OF FORT MYERS, SWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND SCORES OF DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS GAVE TO FLORIDA REP IN 2019-2020

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