Horizon Theatre Company Incorporated
Horizon Theatre Company Incorporated
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About this organization
Mission
Horizon's mission is to connect people, inspire hope and promote positive change through contemporary theatre and the stories of ourtimes We strive to be a dynamic leader in the production and development of contemporary theatre in the Southeast We passionately connect our audiences to accessible and relevant plays that are new to our region We also cultivate diverse new artists and audiences for contemporary theatre through innovative artistsic development, education and outreach programs
About
During the past year, Horizon served over 43,000 people with our season of Atlanta, Southeastern and world premieres of contemporary plays and our artistic development, education and free community arts programs (330 performances). Our mission is to connect people, inspire hope and promote positive change through contemporary theatre and the stories of our times. Horizon reaches a racially and age diverse audience in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Main stage plays produced included the Southeastern Premiere of Blackberry Daze, a blues musical about a family of African-American women and a provocative gambler in a small Virginia town just after World War I, written by Ruth P. Watson & Horizon Artistic Associate Thomas W. Jones II which garnered 10 Atlanta Suzi Bass Award nominations (July/August 2017); the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Project Dawn, a daring and vital tour de force about a court that offers a way out to women in the sex trade with seven actresses doubling as victims/participants and Court staff, written by Karen Hartman (Oct/Nov 2017) with auxiliary activities created with 20 community partners to educate audiences about commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking; the U.S. Premiere of The Ballad of Klook and Vinette, a chamber musical in which an African-American drifter and a woman on the run take a stab at love, with a book by writer Ch Walker and music and lyrics by Anoushka Lucas and Omar Lyefook (Jan/Feb 2018); the Atlanta premiere of Disneys Freaky Friday, a musical about a mom and her teenage daughter who magically swap bodies and have just one day to put things right again, based on the Disney film, with music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey and book by Bridget Carpenter (March/April 2018); and the Southeastern Premiere of the first play of our New American Dreams series about new immigrants, Citizens Market by Cori Thomas about a hopeful group of immigrants from all over the world who form an unlikely family in the small supermarket where they work together. This kicked off a three-play series with auxiliary events around the theme, engaging dozens of community partners. Two holiday productions were also produced: Madelines Christmas by Jennifer Kirkeby and Shirley Mier (10th year of this Family Series production, a musical based on the classic childrens book); and The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris (19th year of this popular production for adults). Horizon garners attention on the national scene as a center for development of new plays and writers from our region. Our New South Play Festival, which just completed its 20th year, develops and produces new plays from, for and about the contemporary urban South, with an emphasis on plays by women, writers of color and writers based in the South. We have developed over 70 new works. The Festival has been hailed by Creative Loafing as the place that finds and defines Southern plays. This year, Horizon Theatre brought to the stage works from three playwrights at different stages of development. First, we went into rehearsal for the full production of How Black Mothers Say I Love You by Trey Anthony (Horizon National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence 2017, author of Horizons popular Da Kink in My Hair) which was workshopped over the past two years and opened in July 2018 (FY19). We also workshopped two commissioned new plays this year, Waffle Palace Christmas by comic writing duo Eddie Levi Lee and Larry Larson (writers of the Horizon commissioned hit play The Waffle Palace a comedy set in an all-night Atlanta diner) which is scheduled for production in December 2018, and Nope, That's Just My First Name by Suehyla El-Attar (a one-woman show about her experiences living and working as a first generation Muslim Arab in the South. Horizon Theatre continued its initiative to expand its reach and build new audiences with our third annual production in the major city park, Piedmont Park. Disneys Freaky Friday was remounted for a 4-performance run in the city park and reached 2400 people from across the Metro region. Over 2,000 attended for freemany of whom had never attended a live theatre production.Our education and outreach engages young audiences, families, and developing artists with theatre that speaks to their lives. Programs include our Family Series (plays that combine adult professionals with amateur children on stage for high quality, low cost family programming), New South Young Playwrights Contest and Festival (competitively selected intensive for high school and college age writers to develop skills in writing, critical thinking and creativity), Horizon Playwrights in Schools (playwriting teaching residencies in middle and high schools) and Apprentice & Intern Companies (training for college and post-college early career professionals). We hosted Camp Stardust for children in collaboration with our education partner Atlanta Childrens Theatre. We also partner with The New School, an alternative high school in Atlanta, where we provide both teaching services (headed by Co-Artistic Director Jeff Adler) and space and production support.We were also pleased to continue for the third year our community place-making project, Little Five Arts Alive which brings free outdoor arts events to our neighborhood plazas in Little Five Points (L5P). We provided free arts programming, engaging over 175 artists from all disciplines while increasing community connections between the arts, artists and the public during 17 weekends (July - October 2017 and April -June 2018). The event spurred a groundswell of support for the plazas as a community gathering place, and the L5P Community Improvement District allocated a large city grant to fund major renovations of the plazas to improve their effectiveness as arts and community gathering places.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “Horizon's mission is to connect people, inspire hope and promote positive change through contemporary theatre and the stories of our times. we strive to be a dynamic leader in the production and development of contemporary theatre in the southeast. we passionately connect our audiences to accessible and relevant plays that are new to our region. we also cultivate diverse new artists and audiences for contemporary theatre through innovative artistsic development, education and outreach programs.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “Horizon's mission is to connect people, inspire hope and promote positive change through contemporary theatre and the stories of our times. we strive to be a dynamic leader in the production and development of contemporary theatre in the southeast.”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is GA as per legal requirements.
- The filing reveals that the address of the non-profit in 2019 is PO BOX 5376, ATLANTA, GA, 31107.
- As of 2019, the non-profit has 137 employees reported on their 990 form.
- 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 -$58,103.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is established through a review and endorsement from an independent source.
- The organization has 14 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1984.
- 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 $952,248 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $43,726 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.
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