Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is a national nonprofit organization with approximately 125,000 student and professional members. EdTA's mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition, and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honorary organization that has inducted more than two million theatre students since its founding in 1929. EdTA also publishes "Dramatics", a monthly magazine for high school theatre students and "Teaching Theatre", a quarterly journal for theatre education professionals.
EdTA is a national nonprofit supporting theatre in schools.
The Association publishes two major periodicals: "Dramatics", a Bi -monthly magazine for theatre students and teachers, and "Teaching Theatre", a quarterly journal for educators. The publications support work by approximately 50,000 students and teachers in the classroom and in theatre productions each year with educational and professional development content.
The annual International Thespian Festival is the largest national theatre festival for middle and high school students and their teachers. Attracting more than 4000 students and teachers each year, the week-long festival provides non-stop performance and technical -theatre educational activities, including workshops for all, college and association scholarship auditions for students, master classes for teachers, one-act plays and daily fully-staged, full-length productions.
Membership activity includes professional memberships for adults and theatre honor society memberships for students. The adult membership supports the leading voice for theatre education policy in the nation, representing the field on a variety of national committees, and provides access to adult education and resources at member rates. Student membership provides students with recognition and induction into the only national honor society for theatre students and with access to scholarship and educational opportunities.
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 |
|---|
| Julie C Theobald | Executive Director | 40 | $242,244 |
| Brian Monk | Chief Operations Officer | 40 | $117,704 |
| Marion Combs | Director of Development | 40 | $112,148 |
| Hans Weichhart | Chief Relationship Officer | 40 | $104,441 |
| Krista Carson Elhai | Elected Director | 4 | $0 |
| Richard Frazier | Elected Director | 4 | $0 |
| Scott Walker | Elected Director | 4 | $0 |
| Hunter Bell | Appointed Director | 4 | $0 |
| John Prignano | Appointed Director - left 6/30/19 | 4 | $0 |
| Laurie Baskin | Appointed Director | 4 | $0 |
| Gai Laing Jones | Vice President | 5 | $0 |
| Matt Conover | Treasurer - left 6/30/19 | 5 | $0 |
| Jeff Whiting | Treasurer - start 7/1/19 | 5 | $0 |
| Debbie Corbin | President - left 6/30/19 | 5 | $0 |
| Scott Wilson | Vice President - start 7/1/19 | 5 | $0 |
| Helen Duranleau-Brennan | Elected Director - Start 7/1/19 | 4 | $0 |
| David Tate Hastings | Elected Director - start 7/1/19 | 4 | $0 |
| Marti Fowler | Appointed Director | 4 | $0 |
| Brian Curl | Elected Director - left 6/30/19 | 4 | $0 |
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