Organizations Filed Purposes:
TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PROFESSIONAL, NOT-FOR- PROFIT (501C3) THEATRE AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION IN MEMPHIS DEDICATED TO LIVE, DIVERSE PERFORMANCES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES PLAYS, AS WELL AS WORKS OF SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE BY CLASSICAL, SOUTHERN, AND MODERN PLAYWRIGHTS/ COMPOSERS; AND TO PROVIDING INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMING.
THE ORGANIZATION IS THE MID-SOUTH'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL, UNION, CLASSICAL THEATRE AND EDUCATION COMPANY PERFORMING THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER CLASSICAL AND SOUTHERN WRITERS; AND PROVIDING INNOVTIVE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMING TO LEARNERS OF ALL AGES. THE 2019-20 PRODUCTIONS INCLUDED JULIUS CAESAR, PERICLES, BROADWAY STORIES AND SONGS WITH ANDREW LIPPA, MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, SOUTHERN LITERARY SALON: UNLIKELY SISTERHOOD OF ZORA NEALE HURSTON AND MARGARET MITCHELL, AND THE ROMEO AND JULIET PROJECT. OVER 12,000 PATRONS AND STUDENTS WERE REACHED ACROSS THE SEASON BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED OVER 300 YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGED OVER 20,000 STUDENT INTERACTIONS IN THE MEMPHIS AREA AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. DURING 2019-20. A NEW ONLINE ACADEMY WAS LAUNCHED CONSISTING OF 40 COURSES, LECTURES, PLAYSHOPS, AND PERFORMANCES TO ASSIST WITH EXPANDED PROGRAM DELIVERY DURING COVID: VIRTUAL/HYBRID/IN-PERSON. PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE NATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED "ROMEO AND JULIET PROJECT", WHICH BRINGS A 90-MINUTE PERFORMANCE OF THE PLAY AND THREE NON-VIOLENCE WORKSHOPS TO EVERY FRESHMAN IN PARTNERING TITLE 1 HIGH SCHOOLS. OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDED MORNING STUDENT MATINEES OF PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS, IN-SCHOOL PLAYSHOPS, ARTS-IN-EDUCATION RESIDENCIES, A VIRTUAL SCHOOLS TOURING PRODUCTION OF BOTH "ROMEO AND JULIET- AND "TWELFTH NIGHT," TWO SUMMER CAMPS, RESIDENCIES FOR ADJUDICATED YOUTH IN TWO MEMPHIS LOCK-UP SYSTEMS, AND LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES FOR MILITARY VETERANS IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY UNITS AT THE MEMPHIS V.A. HOSPITAL.
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 |
|---|
| Dan Mccleary | ART. DIR. EX | 50 | $61,357 |
| Deborah Dunklin Tipton | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| J Walker Sims | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Milton T Schaeffer | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Melanie Stovall Murry | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Michael R Marshall | VICE PRESIDE | 1 | $0 |
| Dorothy O Kirsch | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pat Casserly Kelly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ernest G Kelly Jr | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Elise L Jordan | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| J Fraser Humphreys Iii | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| B Clayton George | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sudha N Ganguli | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kyle Tabor Furr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alicia Davis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Copp | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rhea Clift | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| E Frank Bluestein | EXEC. DIR. E | 3 | $0 |
| Julia Azar | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Barbara B Apperson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
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