Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION TO CONNECT, CREATE AND INSPIRE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEATRE IS WHY WE EXIST AS AN ORGANIZATION. OUR VISION TO BECOME RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL COMMUNITY THEATRE LEADER, IS WHAT WE WANT TO BECOME.
GPT'S MISSION IS TO CONNECT, CREATE, AND INSPIRE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEATRE. THE VISION IS TO BE BE RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN COMMUNITY THEATRE THROUGH ARTISTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
(CONTINUED) OUR 360 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS HAD AN ABRUPT HALT TO THEIR YEAR WITH TWO SHOWS TO GO AND YET, HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN INVESTED. OUR CHILDRENS YOUTH THEATRE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL CLASSES INCLUDING A WRAP UP ZOOM PERFORMANCE OF SEVERAL SONGS FROM THEIR PRODUCTION. OVER 50 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR THEATRE EDUCATION DUE TO THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE BOARD AND THE YOUTH ON STAGE INSTRUCTORS. FOR DECADES, GROSSE POINTE THEATRES ARTS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS TO NURTURE THEIR LOVE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GIVEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO PURSUE THE ARTS IN COLLEGE AND TO UNDERCLASSMEN TO ATTEND PERFORMING ARTS SUMMER CAMPS. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, GROSSE POINTE THEATRE GAVE OUT 6,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR, FOCUSING SOLELY ON HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF MOST SUMMER CAMP THEATRE PROGRAMS. AS A 73 YEAR OLD ARTS ORGANIZATION, GPT REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS. SHOW TICKETS ARE DONATED ANNUALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 40 SCHOOLS AND OTHER NONPROFITS TO SUPPORT THEIR FUNDRAISERS. GPT PARTNERED WITH ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS DURING ITS PRODUCTION OF MAMMA MIA AND COLLECTED DONATIONS AND MUCH-NEEDED ITEMS FOR THE DETROIT-BASED ORGANIZATION. TOY COLLECTIONS DURING THE PRODUCTION OF ELF, JR. WERE DONATED TO THE KIDS-TALK COUNSELING CENTERS IN DETROIT. OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH OTHER LOCAL NON- PROFITS ARE NOW A PART OF GPTS CULTURE. AS A COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATIONS, GPT RELIES ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 MANY SUPPORTERS INCLUDING PATRONS (67% DONATED BACK THEIR REMAINING TICKET VALUES) SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, MEMBERS (RAN A SUCCESSFUL MEMBER FUNDRAISER IN MAY) AND, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (100% DONATION PARTICIPATION) HELPED GPT ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL AND OVERALL PROFITABILITY, DESPITE THE PANDEMICS CHALLENGES.
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 |
|---|
| Eddie Tujaka | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Rachel Settlage | TREASURER | 10 | $0 |
| Theresa Selvaggio | DIRECT DEVEL | 40 | $0 |
| Marie Boyle Reinman | VICE PRESIDE | 20 | $0 |
| Dale Pegg | DIRECTOR | 15 | $0 |
| Eric Leszcynski | DIRECTOR | 12 | $0 |
| Tim Higgins | DIRECTOR STR | 30 | $0 |
| Kenneth Freeman | DIRECTOR | 15 | $0 |
| Kevin Fitzhenry | DIRECTOR | 15 | $0 |
| Patricia Ellis | SECRETARY | 25 | $0 |
| Danielle Caralis | PRESIDENT | 30 | $0 |
| Don Bischoff | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
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