2026-02-13T07:06:54-08:00 2025-07-31 132708318 Blitzer Gelfand and Cohen PC 111 Great Neck Rd Ste 304 Great Neck NY 11021 990 2024-08-01 113105457 RATTLESTICK PRODUCTIONS INC RATT 2126272556 224 WAVERLY PLACE 2ND FL NEW YORK NY 10014 WILL DAVIS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 2026-02-13 true true RICHARD E COHEN P00127156 5168294470 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WILL DAVIS 224 WAVERLY PLACE 2ND FL NEW YORK NY 10014 2062240 false X RATTLESTICK.ORG X 1992 NY Rattlestick Theater has been steadfast in producing diverse, challenging, and provocative plays while fostering the future voices of the American theater. Now led by Artistic Director Will Davis, the first transgender person to run an off-Broadway theater, we are proud to make Rattlestick a place that is focused on energetic theater that responds to the complexities of our culture in conversation with community partners. Our mission is to produce ambitious plays to inspire empathy and provoke conversation that will lead to positive social change. 15 14 168 35 0 963300 1758275 47478 220903 89470 72197 5752 10865 1106000 2062240 0 0 615660 668179 0 251746 748290 1190029 1363950 1858208 -257950 204032 4468990 4596994 904183 823155 3564807 3773839 Rattlestick Theaters mission is to produce ambitious plays to inspire empathy and provoke conversation that will lead to positive social change. false false 1277800 From our historic West Village theater since 1992, Rattlestick has produced the first plays and early works of some of todays leading voices, including Annie Baker (The Aliens, Obie for Best New American Play), Bailey Williams and Emma Horwitz (Two Sisters Find A Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods), and Diana Oh (mylingerieplay). We are proud to make Rattlestick a place where some of our nations most celebrated playwrights feel safe to test their new ideas, including Dael Orlandersmith (Until the Flood), Ethan Lipton (We Are Your Robots), and Samuel D. Hunter (Lewiston/Clarkson, nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play).Rattlesticks annual activities are guided by three main programming anchors that re-imagine how we make new work and focus on the unique process each artist needs: PRODUCTIONS, a lineup of new theatrically expansive Off-Broadway plays by innovative theatermakers that are deepened by incubator workshops which adhere to bespoke development timelines shaped by the project as it grows; FELLOWSHIPS, four distinct programs dedicated to serving emerging playwrights and directors along with a new Director-in-Residence initiative launched in FY26; and WORKING ARTIST INITIATIVES which include the new Waverly Performance Studio, a program designed to give our audiences access to artists in process, the Global Forms Theater Festival, a platform for international and immigrant theater artists to share in-progress work, and Rattle On Artist Salons, artist-forward cultivation engagements organized around sharing the behind-the-scenes development process with our community. These programs together serve approximately 10,000 audience members and 500 artists annually. 1277800 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 20 0 true 168 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 14 false true false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X WILL DAVIS 2126272556 224 WAVERLY PLACE 2ND FL NEW YORK NY 10014 WILL DAVIS ARTISTIC DIR. 40.00 0.00 X 92150 0 11399 JEFF THAMKITTIKASEM Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 FAITH CATLIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT LOMISON VICE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRUCE LOVETT Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JOSHUA KAHAN BRODY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DARYL BOREN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RAY BRUNT Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARI FOSTER Vice President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVEN C PHILLIPS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HALLEY FEIFFER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG NEVIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW D'AMICO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN STRICKLER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALANA WEISS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 92150 11399 0 false false false 0 128840 1629435 1758275 CO-PRODUCTION INCOME 711110 75000 75000 OTHER INCOME 711110 24567 24567 RENTAL INCOME 532000 6700 6700 TICKET SALES 711110 114636 114636 220903 72197 72197 0 0 0 0 10865 10865 0 0 0 2062240 293100 0 0 0 0 94121 18824 56473 18824 0 411868 239250 129463 43155 3321 3321 76244 55303 18847 2094 82625 49575 28919 4131 39300 39300 0 11795 11795 0 0 0 183838 26500 157338 44753 44753 0 0 0 157367 145367 11000 1000 19514 12426 5063 2025 0 0 0 0 79249 79249 45319 27191 18128 ARTIST SALARIES 416845 416845 OTHER PRODUCTION EXPENSES 121406 104870 16536 MISCELLANEOUS 25611 24031 275 1305 OFFICE SUPPLIES 14697 8818 4409 1470 30335 21477 4990 3868 1858208 1277800 328662 251746 176993 188962 2073031 1724590 566079 638865 0 0 0 0 0 57253 11271 1461707 241601 753410 1220106 0 0 0 0 842224 813200 4468990 4596994 69157 37612 835026 785543 904183 823155 X 1257745 1546128 2307062 2227711 3564807 3773839 4468990 4596994 204032 5000 X false true X true false X 1420594 2224721 2490837 963300 1758275 8857727 0 0 1420594 2224721 2490837 963300 1758275 8857727 0 8857727 379 361 48402 89470 72197 210809 0 331215 384992 53136 31252 117132 917727 9986263 0.88700 0.87540 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1461707 241601 1220106 1220106 BONDS 9709 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS, CURRENT 43283 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS, NONCURRENT 742260 SECURITY DEPOSITS 17948 813200 LEASE LIABILITIES, CURRENT 43283 LEASE LIABILITIES, NONCURRENT 742260 785543 X 2062240 2062240 2062240 1858208 1858208 1858208 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization is a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from Federal and State income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and is classified as a publicly supported organization as described in Section 509(a). The Organization accounts for uncertainty in income tax positions in the financial statements by applying a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measure of a tax position take or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken and has concluded that as of July 31, 2025, there are no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. If the Organization were to incur an income tax liability in the future, the interest on any tax liability would be reported as interest expense and penalties on any income tax liability would be reported as income taxes. The Organization is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods pending or in progress. The Organizations Forms 990 for the years ending July 31, 2022-2025 are subject to examination. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 MANAGEMENT COMPANY-LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE FOUNDATIONMANAGEMENT DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, PLANNING AND EXECUTING FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND ISSUING AND NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Prior to filing, Form 990 is presented to the Board of Directors for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Executive Committee (CEO and officers/key employees)meets several times a year and discusses various issues including the organization's conflict of interest policy and makes sure there are no conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Committee meets and discusses compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Executive Committee meets and discusses compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Executive Committee (CEO and officers/key employees) meets several times a year to discuss amongst other things the financial position of the organization. An annual audited financial statement is issued after the year end. The Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, governing documents and policies are available to the public upon request.