2026-02-26T09:35:23-08:00 2025-06-30 Gary S Eisenkraft CPA 271 Madison Avenue Suite 602 New York NY 10016 990 2024-07-01 132694851 THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC THEA 2122541109 155 FIRST AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10003 CRYSTAL FIELD President 2026-02-26 true true Gary S Eisenkraft CPA P00055181 2126892655 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CRYSTAL FIELD 155 FIRST AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10003 1786166 false X www.theaterforthenewcity.net X 1970 NY THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION, INC. PRODUCES AND PERFORMS NEW WORKS, MOSTLY BY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOUR THEATER FACILITY, IT SERVES AS A COMMUNITY-BASED CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE EAST VILLAGE, LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, PROVIDING EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL THEATER PERFORMANCES FOR THE THEATER-GOING PUBLIC. THE THEATER ALSO COMMISSIONS NEW WORKS FROM AMERICAS ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS AND OFFERS A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH AN EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PERFORMERS IN STREET THEATER AS WELL AS A PLAYWRIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INVOLVING WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTION. 16 13 13 200 0 1326174 1320372 349322 445670 0 -24899 -12523 1650597 1753519 100000 84850 0 221484 221997 0 46135 829065 975893 1150549 1282740 500048 470779 3488305 3955293 132306 128515 3355999 3826778 X THE THEATER PRODUCES AND PERFORMS NEW WORK, MOSTLY BY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOUR THEATER FACILITY, IT ALSO PROVIDES EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL THEATER PERFORMANCES FOR THE THEATER-GOING PUBLIC. THE THEATER ALSO COMMISSIONS NEW WORKS FROM AMERICAS ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS AND OFFERS A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH AN EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PERFORMERS IN STREET THEATER AS WELL AS A PLAYWRIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INVOLVING WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTION. false false 655368 39850 303340 THE THEATER NURTURES AND DEVELOPS WRITERS FOR THE AMERICAN STAGE. THE THEATER DOES ONLY NEW WORK - ALL PREMIERS. IT PRODUCES A PLAYWRIGHT MORE THAN ONCE, AS THE WRITER GAINS STRENGTH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IT DOES FULL-LENGTH PLAYS, MANY WITH MUSIC AND SONG AND CHOREOGRAPHY. EACH YEAR, THE THEATER PRODUCES BETWEEN 30-40 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS BY BOTH EMERGING WRITERS, ESTABLISHED WRITERS, AND THEATER COMPANIES THAT HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME. THE RESIDENT THEATER PRODUCES 20-30 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS PER YEAR, PROVIDING A FORUM FOR BOTH NEW AND MID-CAREER WRITERS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THEIR WORK AND DEVELOP AS ARTISTS. 148534 30000 STREET THEATER - THE ANNUAL SUMMER STREET THEATER IS A FREE OPERETTA-FOR-THE-STREETS THAT TOURS 13 LOCATIONS IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY. BEGUN IN THE EARLY 1970S AND EMBODYING THE GRASSROOTS IDEALS OF THAT DECADE, STREET THEATER AIMS TO RAISE SOCIAL AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT PERFORMS IN, CREATING CIVIC DIALOGUE THAT INSPIRES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE COMMUNITIES GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. STREET THEATER PLAYS TO AN ESTIMATED 25,000 PEOPLE EACH SUMMER. 113431 15000 27670 COMMUNITY FESTIVAL - THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL PROGRAM IS A RESULT OF THE THEATERS STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. CONSISTING OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL AND THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, IT GIVES LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND CURIOUS OUT-OF-TOWNERS ALIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE ARTISTIC DIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CITY FOR FREE. THE HALLOWEEN BALL SHOWCASES OVER 200 ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS AT A MULTI-LEVEL THEATRICAL EVENT, SPILL OUT ONTO THE STREET, WHOSE PERFORMANCES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. THE LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IS A FREE THREE-DAY WEEKEND LONG EXTRAVAGANZA CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. ARTS IN EDUCATION - THE THEATERS ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A 10-WEEK AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TEACHING CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH A VARIETY OF THEATRICAL MEDIUMS. THIS PROGRAM IS HELD TWICE A YEAR IN THE FALL AND SPRING. APPROXIMATELY 20 STUDENTS, AGES 8 THROUGH 12, ATTEND THIS PROGRAM EACH SESSION. THIS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE THROUGH DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES OF PERFORMANCE AND MANY STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE THEATER. 110799 114660 PRESENTING THEATER - THE PRESENTING THEATER PROGRAM IS THE THEATERS VEHICLE TO PROVIDING A SHOWCASE FOR PERFORMING GROUPS WITHOUT A PERMANENT BASE. EACH WINTER, THE PRESENTING PROGRAM HOSTS BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER, THE OLDEST CONTINUING EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COMPANY IN AMERICA AND THE THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW, WHICH OFFERS RITUAL AND SOCIAL DANCES FROM 17 TRIBES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW IN THE EAST WHERE NATIVE AMERICANS CAN SEE THE DANCES OF EACH OTHERS TRIBES. NATIVE FOODS AND CRAFTS ARE SOLD IN THE LOBBY. 110799 114660 1028132 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 4 0 true 13 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 16 13 true false false false false true false true false false false true true true true true false false false false NY X Jonathan Weber 2124750108 215 West 98th Street 7F NEW YORK NY 10025 ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF OPS MGR / BOD 30.00 0.00 X X 33600 0 0 MARK MARCANTE Director 40.00 0.00 X 21571 0 0 CRYSTAL FIELD President 40.00 0.00 X X 19875 0 0 JANET COOPER PIONTEK CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PHILIP HACKETT Secretary/tresa 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 joan Kane Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MYRNA DUARTE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEENA HARBURG Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN FREEMAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOEL KUPFERMAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EDUARDO MACHADO Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIM ROBBINS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARY TIERNEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA FULTON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SCOTT PRICE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT GREER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 75046 0 false false false 0 12701 615159 692512 1320372 BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS 711130 265340 265340 OTHER INCOME 711300 50350 50350 RENTAL INCOME 711130 129980 129980 445670 0 0 0 0 0 20124 12701 32647 -12523 0 0 0 1753519 445670 X 0 84850 84850 0 0 62646 42599 12529 7518 0 95586 64999 19117 11470 0 0 63765 43360 12753 7652 0 0 0 0 0 0 19775 19775 71840 48851 14368 8621 45182 30724 9036 5422 0 0 0 25490 17333 5098 3059 0 0 7007 7007 0 76153 60922 15231 40183 40183 Music , Writer& Commissio FEES 126204 126204 UTILITIES 120552 96442 24110 ARTIST FEES 113552 113552 DESIGNERS AND DIRECTORS FEES 85183 85183 244772 213113 29266 2393 1282740 1028132 208473 46135 36337 24946 0 12460 4915 0 0 0 0 0 868 1173 6316170 2391911 3438640 3924259 0 0 0 0 0 3488305 3955293 22969 32470 109337 96045 132306 128515 X 3334179 3801778 21820 25000 3355999 3826778 3488305 3955293 470779 X false false false X 480526 917173 1526266 1339278 1340496 5603739 0 0 480526 917173 1526266 1339278 1340496 5603739 66347 5537392 38862 38525 87397 118164 180330 463278 0 0 6067017 0.91270 0.92770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 459936 459936 5743052 2282229 3460823 113182 109682 3500 3924259 LOAN PAYABLE 96045 96045 1753519 1753519 1753519 1282740 1282740 1282740 false Benefit 32825 12701 20124 32647 32825 12701 20124 32647 32647 -12523 false 0 0 FOR ARTS WORKSHOP 1 84850 FMV Mary Tierney Board member 84850 PROVIDED Arts workshop false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Alexander Bartenieff, Board Member, is the son of Crystal Field. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is distributed first to the board audit committee to review and then upon approval is distributed to the entire board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board member must state any conflicts at a meeting of the board of directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e CAFE: Column (A) - Total = $7669; Column (B) - Program Services = $6135; Column (C) - Management & General = $1534; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e COSTUMES AND WARDROBE: Column (A) - Total = $7868; Column (B) - Program Services = $7868; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Printing and Publications: Column (A) - Total = $19940; Column (B) - Program Services = $13559; Column (C) - Management & General = $3988; Column (D) - Fundraising = $2393 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e PRODUCTION EXPENSES: Column (A) - Total = $55448; Column (B) - Program Services = $55448; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e props and set: Column (A) - Total = $35128; Column (B) - Program Services = $35128; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE: Column (A) - Total = $64003; Column (B) - Program Services = $51202; Column (C) - Management & General = $12801; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e TECHNICAL FEES: Column (A) - Total = $54716; Column (B) - Program Services = $43773; Column (C) - Management & General = $10943; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0