Theatre Lab
Theatre Lab
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About this organization
Mission
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts is committed to transforming lives through theatre education. Washington's largest theatre school, The Theatre Lab serves more than 2,600 youth and adults in the Washington, DC area each year through its drama education and outreach programs. Our students include low-income children and teens, incarcerated and severely at risk-youth, seniors in assisted living facilities, wounded veterans, homeless families, and women and teens in addiction recovery. The Theatre Lab also serves a national audience through its Life Stories Institute, in which artists, teachers, and social service providers learn to teach the curriculum of our award-winning Life Stories program in their own communities.
About
The Theatre Lab offers theatre training to children, adults and seniors across the Washington, DC area. Since inception, The Theatre Lab has taught thousands of students at all levels of experience. The Theatre Lab's faculty has grown to include more than 40 of the area's most accomplished professional theatre artists. Major segments of The Theatre Lab's programs are as follows: "Life Stories" outreach - free drama outreach programs for seniors, incarcerated and at-risk youth, veterans, people in addiction recovery, and homeless women and children. "Life Stories" participants receive the acting and storytelling training necessary to create original dramatic works for the stage and screen from their life experiences. In an atmosphere of collaboration and creativity, participants develop advanced communication, problem solving, and teamwork skills that translate into success at home, at work, and in the larger community. Most important, they build confidence in themselves as people who have a story worth telling and a voice that deserves to be heard. Youth programs - The Theatre Lab offers popular summer acting camps and musical theatre institutes for kids and teens. The kids' camp is a unique two-week actor training program for children in 1st-6th grade taught by some of Washington's top theatre professionals, and is designed to immerse young artists in the creative process- from learning the basic techniques of realistic acting to developing mime and improvisational skills. The Theatre Lab also offers four-week programs in musical theatre and devised theatre, culminating in full productions, for children in 7th and 8th grades. The teens' acting institute is a four-week intensive training program for young adults aged 13-19. The program is designed to help teens build fundamental acting skills through classwork and participation in a public performance. The curriculum includes audition seminars, improvisational workshops, voice and movement training, and scene study, as well as special programs designed to give interested students insight into the working of the professional theatre community. The musical theatre institute for teens is a program for 13-19 year-olds, which culminates in a full production of a full-length musical. The program is an intensive four-week training program in which participants rehearse and perform a full musical production. The musical theatre institute is offered twice each summer. The institute provides young artists with intensive voice, movement, and acting training as they explore challenging, socially relevant material from the contemporary musical theatre world. The Theatre Lab also offers a series of Saturday scene study and TV/film classes for kids and teens as well as year-round musical theatre training program for teens offered in partnership with Levine Music. Honors program - in 2006, The Theatre Lab launched a year-long intensive training program for students interested in a professional acting career. The Honors Conservatory serves 10 students each year. During 2018, The Theatre Lab served an enrollment of 1,534 students in its adult curriculum, 497 students in its youth programs, and 10 students in its honors program. The Theatre Lab's Life Stories outreach program reached 721 youth and adults. Most of The Theatre Lab's classes are available at free or reduced price for financially disadvantaged participants. In 2014, The Theatre Lab inaugurated the Life Stories Institute, a four day intensive workshop designed to give theatre artists, educators, and service providers from across the country training in the Life Stories curriculum. The Institute served 14 students in 2018.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing reveals the mission of the non-profit as “The theatre lab school of the dramatic arts is committed to transforming lives through theatre education. founded to make the artistic, personal, and professional benefits of high-quality dramatic arts instruction accessible to adults and youth in the washington metropolitan area, ttl provides exceptional theatre education to students from beginners to professionals; generous need-based scholarships that encourage community participation that is not socio-economically restricted; and innovative drama outreach to traditionally underserved and at-risk youth, adult, and senior populations.”.
When detailing its functions, they were listed as: “The theatre lab school of the dramatic arts is committed to transforming lives through theatre education.”.
- According to the law, the state where the non-profit operates has been reported as DC.
- The filing specifies that the non-profit's address in 2019 was 733 8TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20001.
- As of 2019, the non-profit's form shows they have a total of 66 employees.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $155,383.
- The CEO compensation scheme within the organization is based on a review and endorsement process by a neutral entity.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 14 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $860,018 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $43,822 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.