Organizations Filed Purposes:
DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE PRODUCE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PLAYS AND PROGRAMS WITH WORLD-CLASS WRITERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, AND DESIGNERS IN THE HEART OF DETROIT'S CULTURAL DISTRICT. OUR DIVERSE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES BOLD, RELEVANT PLAYS THAT ILLUMINATE THE THRILS, JOYS, AND CHALLENGES OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY.
DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS - DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE PRODUCES 4-5 BOLD, RELEVANT PLAYS EACH SEASON WITH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY ACCLAIMED ARTISTS IN THE HEART OF MIDTOWN'S THRIVING CULTURAL DISTRICT. DURING THE 2018-2019 SEASON, DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE PRODUCED FOUR MAINSTAGE PLAYS WITH MORE THAN 7,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ENJOYING THE PRODUCTIONS.
SHAKESPEARE IN PRISON - SHAKESPEARE IN PRISON (SIP) USES THEATRE AND SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT TO EMPOWER INCARCERATED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR HUMANITY AND THAT OF OTHERS; TO REFLECT ON THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; AND TO GAIN CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM, AND CRUCIAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO HEAL AND POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES. ESTABLISHED IN 2012 AT WOMEN'S HURON VALLEY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, SHAKESPEARE IN PRISON HAS NOW REACHED APPROXIMATELY 1,800 PEOPLE AT TWO ADULT PRISONS AND THREE YOUTH FACILITIES.
DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE IN DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS - DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH DETROIT SCHOOLS SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2015 AND CREATING ARTS-INTEGRATED CURRICULA FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH CLASSROOMS USING OUR PLAYS AS JUMPING OFF POINTS FOR DIALOGUE AND DEEPER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH SUBJECT MATTER. WE HAVE CREATED A CURRICULUM WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR USE IN HIGH SCHOOL AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSROOMS THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS MORE PROFOUNDLY TO THEIR STUDY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960'S THROUGH DOMINIQUE MORRISSEAU'S ACCLAIMED PLAY "DETROIT '67 AND WE HAVE BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS TO SEE OUR PRODUCTIONS, OFTEN THROUGH SUBSIDIZED TICKET PROGRAMS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL, CASS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS, AND WITH OTHER STUDENTS THROUGH THE MATRIX COMMUNITY CENTER IN OSBORN.
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 |
|---|
| Sarah Clare Corporandy | PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO | 40 | $47,476 |
| Courtney Burkett | PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO | 40 | $47,476 |
| Sarah Winkler | PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTO | 40 | $41,476 |
| Wendy Batiste-Johnson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Gordon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Prues Hecker | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Van Dyke | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Noah Haidle | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nina Essman | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Niki Johnson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marlowe Stoudamire | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Felicia E Molnar | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dominique Morisseau | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Debbie Erb | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| David Jaffe | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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