2026-02-27T15:47:20-06:00 2025-07-31 411534805 CARPENTER EVERT & ASSOCIATES LTD 7760 FRANCE AVE S SUITE 940 BLOOMINGTON MN 55435 990 2024-08-01 270469276 QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP INC QUIN 2159874450 7135 GERMANTOWN AVENUE 2ND FLOOR PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 ERICA EZOLD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2159874450 2026-02-27 1 0 MATT PILLSBURY P01565609 9528310085 2026-02-27 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ERICA EZOLD 7135 GERMANTOWN AVENUE 2ND FLOOR PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 3247473 0 X WWW.QUINTESSENCETHEATRE.ORG X 2009 NY DEDICATED TO THE PERFORMANCE AND ADAPTATION OF EPIC WORKS OF CLASSIC LITERATURE AND DRAMA. 15 14 121 100 0 0 3077310 2389226 515674 699879 75 3201 7320 148893 3600379 3241199 0 0 0 0 980348 1300602 0 0 356346 842240 1179923 1822588 2480525 1777791 760674 5232770 5729221 2489417 2225194 2743353 3504027 X QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP IS DEDICATED TO THE PERFORMANCE AND ADAPTATION OF EPIC WORKS OF CLASSIC LITERATURE AND DRAMA FOR THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE, WHICH IGNITES THE MIND THROUGH THE POWER OF THE ACTOR, DESIGN AND SPOKEN WORD. THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE THEATRE WHICH IS IMMEDIATE AND NECESSARY, AND THAT STRIVES TO ATTRACT NEW AUDIENCES TO THE ART FORM BY CHALLENGING ITS ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE TO CONSIDER WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THEATRE AND IN HUMAN NATURE. 0 0 1926123 699879 QUINTESSENCE'S XV ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE OF AN INTERNATIONALLY CELEBRATED NEW VERSION OF CYRANO DE BERGERAC, DIRECTED BY ALEX BURNS. THE PRODUCTION ATTRACTED 2,300 THEATREGOERS AND RAVE REVIEWS, LEADING TO AN EXTENSION FROM 24 TO 30 PERFORMANCES. FOR THE WINTER FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOLIDAY MUSICAL, WE PRESENTED COLE PORTER'S KISS ME, KATE. THIS PRODUCTION DREW 3,544 ATTENDEES. RETURNING TO OUR ROOTS AS PHILADELPHIA'S ONLY THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCING WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS IN REPERTORY, THE MARCH-APRIL 2025 RECKLESS ROMANCE REPERTORY FEATURED A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM AND ANTONY & CLEOPATRA. NOTABLY, 12% OF THE AUDIENCE AT ANTONY & CLEOPATRA AND 16% AT MIDSUMMER WERE NEW TO QUINTESSENCE, TOTALING 28% NEW AUDIENCES FOR SHAKESPEARE. IN MAY 2025, QUINTESSENCE PRESENTED NAOMI WALLACE AND MARCUS REDIKER'S THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY, MARKING QUINTESSENCE'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL CO-PRODUCTION WITH A THEATRE FROM NYC. IN MAY-JUNE 2025, QUINTESSENCE THEATRE CAPPED ITS XV ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE ESTATE SANCTIONED THEATRICAL ADAPTATION OF JAMES BALDWIN'S GIOVANNI'S ROOM AS PART OF ITS PROGRAMMING PLANS TO PRODUCE CLASSIC STORIES FROM DIVERSE EARLY AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THE ADAPTATION GARNERED SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL ATTENTION, AND ATTRACTED IMPRESSIVE BOX OFFICE NUMBERS, WITH 4,360 ATTENDEES (93% CAPACITY). OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDED COMMUNITY CENTERED EVENTS SUCH AS THE ATTENDANCE OF EGYPTOLOGISTS/CURATORS/PENN MUSEUM PROFESSORS JOSEF WAGNER AND JEN WAGNER AT A POST-SHOW CONVERSATION OF ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, AS WELL AS GREAT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE RETURN OF BENJAMIN LAY INCLUDING WITH PLAYWRIGHT AND HISTORIAN MARCUS REDIKER AND MARK POVINELLI, WHO PORTRAYED BENJAMIN LAY IN THE PRODUCTION. IN FY25, QUINTESSENCE BOOKED SERVICE FOR 1,977 K-12 STUDENTS, INCLUDING 728 FROM NEARBY TITLE 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDED: 25 STUDENT MATINEES AND POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS FOR 1,468 STUDENTS, 4 IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOR 175 STUDENTS, 2 LONG-TERM, AFTER-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES FOR 150 STUDENTS, 6 TOURING PERFORMANCES OF THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT WITH POST-SHOW WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR 135 STUDENTS. 3 WEEKS OF SUMMER CAMP AT THE SEDGWICK FOR 36 CAMPERS (JULY 2024), AND 3 SEMESTERS OF OUR SATURDAY PHOENIX & TURTLE CLUB (FALL, WINTER, SPRING) FOR 13 YOUNG ACTORS. 1926123 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 59 0 1 121 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 PA X THE ORGANIZATION 2159874450 7135 GERMANTOWN AVENUE 2ND FLOOR PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 ALEXANDER BURNS PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 71460 0 2447 ERICA EZOLD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 64038 0 0 PATRICIA STRANAHAN CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DANIEL ROSS VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM WHEELAN TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JANICE BOGEN SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARILOU BUFFUM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE GLUCKMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE HEIMANN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DYLAN LYONS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE MCCLEARY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRANDON SARGENT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JASON TUCKER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANDRA CADWALADER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARA NATKINS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 EBONY WORTHAM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 135498 0 2447 0 0 0 0 0 11850 319092 2058284 123166 2389226 SUBS & TICKET SALES 900099 699879 699879 699879 3201 3201 8100 11850 6274 1826 1826 TENANT RENTAL INCOME 900099 79802 79802 OTHER INCOME 900099 67265 67265 147067 3241199 846946 0 5027 137944 128606 6166 3172 970792 896154 49281 25357 110861 103355 4956 2550 81005 75521 3621 1863 94918 25514 69404 111974 111974 47743 31723 4240 11780 120433 97504 6069 16860 138882 92281 12335 34266 41721 27722 3705 10294 55024 36561 4887 13576 PRODUCTION COSTS 249380 249380 CAMPAIGN EXPENSES 149231 149231 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 68971 68971 BANK AND OTHER SERVICE 50536 33579 4488 12469 51110 16249 28904 5957 2480525 1926123 198056 356346 321520 348181 68449 562084 1625734 1263300 5663 32651 28870 3531162 154340 3044540 3376822 125000 129425 14876 14876 5232770 5729221 117398 132416 44586 42072 1840000 2050706 487433 2489417 2225194 X 662575 735943 2080778 2768084 2743353 3504027 5232770 5729221 760674 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1415985 1200994 1390893 3082305 2389226 9479403 1415985 1200994 1390893 3082305 2389226 9479403 2505491 6973912 174 1955 181 75 3201 5586 7037 8385 155163 170585 9655574 1215553 0.72230 0.70970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3495787 138620 3357167 35375 15720 19655 3376822 X 3396803 149330 149330 3247473 -6274 -6274 3241199 2636129 149330 6274 155604 2480525 0 2480525 PART X, LINE 2: QUINTESSENCE HAS A TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. QUINTESSENCE'S POLICY IS TO EVALUATE UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, AT LEAST ANNUALLY, FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR INCOME TAX EXPOSURE FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME OR FROM LOSS OF NONPROFIT STATUS. QUINTESSENCE CONTINUES TO OPERATE CONSISTENT WITH ITS ORIGINAL EXEMPTION APPLICATION AND EACH YEAR TAKES THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN ITS EXEMPT STATUS. IT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS BY DONORS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS EXEMPT STATUS, QUINTESSENCE ANNUALLY FILES A RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX (FORM 990). PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES A LIFE IN THE THEATRE 19950 11850 8100 5221 1053 19950 11850 8100 5221 1053 6274 1826 X 1 123166 FMV X PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 0 149330 FMV 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SELECT BOARD MEMBERS THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE FORM 990. AFTER THAT REVIEW, AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS MONITORED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON AN ONGOING BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.