2024-08-20T16:29:39-07:00 2024-06-30 990EZ 2023-07-01 510479487 TRUE STORY INC TRUE 7819751772 21 Linwood Street Arlington MA 02474 Tonia Maria Pinheiro Treasurer 4134648311 2024-08-20 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X https://truestorytheater.com X X 99550 X 64514 29612 0 5424 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99550 0 0 0 45748 0 0 5566 51314 48236 195214 0 243450 195214 243450 0 0 0 0 195214 243450 0 0 195214 243450 True Story Inc's exempt purpose is cultural, social and artistic theater, and training in creative, social and cultural awareness and skills development. True Story Theater (TST) delivered 24 performances: 17 in-person, 7 online; 674 people attended (incl 2 children). TST show themes included: Neurodivergence; Grieving & Connection; Cancer support; mental health & care professionals. TST delivered 112 Playback Theatre classes online. 371 people learned Playback & theater improvisation, listening skills, Embodied Empathy. Playback North America (PNA) changed its model from memberships to "Friend" donations to increase the number of participants and broaden its base from strictly Playback practitioners (56) and companies (50) to those in kindred fields of expression such as theater improvisers, expressive arts, coaches, teachers of applied theatre, psychodrama, interpersonal communications, Org Dev. consultants, etc. PNA now has 310 individual Friends from the US, Canada and other countries as of 6/30/24. Arts Rising (AR) started The Caravan Theater Legacy Project this FY which aims to tell the story of the experimental, social justice Theater company that produced plays in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA from 1965-1980. This project will research, tell and publicize their history of pioneering performances and post-show male and female consciousness raising groups to educate and inspire the present-day theater community and creative and social activists. 0 30560 30560 Amy Tai Board President 1 0 0 0 Tonia Maria Pinheiro Treasurer 5 6055 0 0 Max Roberts-Zirker Clerk 0.5 0 0 0 Christopher Ellinger Executive Director 25 12000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Tonia Maria Pinheiro 21 Linwood Street Arlington MA 02474 4134648311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 57032 38936 20257 30457 64514 211196 44382 38128 54688 27362 29612 194172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101414 77064 74945 57819 94126 405368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 405368 1904 524 337 1551 5424 9740 0 0 0 0 0 0 1904 524 337 1551 5424 9740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103318 77588 75282 59370 99550 415108 0.97654 0.98341 0.02346 0.01659 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 True Story Theater (TST) Program Expenses 1,032. Arts Rising (AR) Program Expenses $1002. Playback North America (PNA) Program Expenses 1,028. True Story Inc. Admin Expenses 2,504.