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Nonprofit · EIN 47-1690840

MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC

Tax-exempt · MIAMI, FL 33125

Financials

$4.6M$4.3M2022$4.6M$4.8M2023$4.3M$4.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$4,336,397$4,521,119-$184,722$1,424,048$1,456,249-$32,201
September 30, 2024990$4,571,442$4,818,309-$246,867$1,571,763$1,478,879$92,884
September 30, 2023990$4,637,706$4,347,678$290,028$1,914,747$1,575,885$338,862
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$2,684,700
of which government grants
$1,654,264
Program service revenue
$1,523,686
Investment income
$731
Net income from fundraising events
$23,256
Other revenue
$127,280

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Other salaries and wages
$1,948,096
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,139,048
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$66,684
Travel
$243,415
Depreciation
$106,980
Program services (functional)
$3,738,204
Management and general (functional)
$614,946
Fundraising (functional)
$167,969

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,571,763
Total assets, end of year
$1,424,048
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,456,249
Net assets, end of year
-$32,201
Land, buildings and equipment
$602,299
Publicly traded securities
$31,021
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$258,201
Net assets with donor restrictions
$226,000
Gross receipts
$4,336,397
Employees
155
Volunteers
5
Year formed
2014
State of legal domicile
FL

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHEL HAUSMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
40$121,923
NICHOLAS RICHBERGMANAGING DIR
Officer
40$120,000
RUDY ARAGONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
STEVEN BANDELDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
ALEXANDER GALSKYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
LAWRENCE GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
MAUREEN GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
NICHOLAS GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
JAMES HARRISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
NICK LEONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
HELENE LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
MARTIN LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
STACEY MINDICHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
EDUARDO MULLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
ENRIQUE NORTENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
5 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
CAROLYN PERELMUTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
AMY SCHARLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
DAVID MICHAEL SCHARLINBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0
ANDRE WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
5$0
YAEL MULLERSECRETARY
Officer
5$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 22 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHEL HAUSMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
40$81,538
NICHOLAS RICHBERGMANAGING DIR
Officer
40$81,000
STEVEN BANDELDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GARY FARMERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ALEXANDER GALSKYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
LAWRENCE GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MAUREEN GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICHOLAS GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES HARRISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDREA KREUTZBERGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICIO KREUTZBERGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICK LEONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HELENE LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTIN LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHARLES MILLIONVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
1$0
EDUARDO MULLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ENRIQUE NORTENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AMY SCHARLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID MICHAEL SCHARLINBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
DAVID SCHRADERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDRE WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
YAEL MULLERSECRETARY
Officer
1$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MICHEL HAUSMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
40$128,077
NICHOLAS RICHBERGMANAGING DIR
Officer
40$90,000
RUDOLPH ARAGONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVEN BANDELDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GERRY BARADDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
GARY FARMERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ALEXANDER GALSKYTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
LAWRENCE GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MAUREEN GRAGGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICHOLAS GRIFFINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HELENE LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MARTIN LINDENFELDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CHARLES MILLIONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
EDUARDO MULLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ENRIQUE NORTENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AMY SCHARLINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID MICHAEL SCHARLINBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
DAVID SCHRADERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDRE WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
YAEL MULLERSECRETARY
Officer
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1040 LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI, FL 33125-0000
Mailing address (990-N for 2014)
169 East Flagler Street Penthouse, Miami FL 33131
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
NICHOLAS RICHBERG, 1040 LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI, FL 33139
Principal officer (990-N for 2014)
Michel Hausmann, 169 East Flagler Street Penthouse, Miami FL 33131
Signed the 990
NICHOLAS RICHBERG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Return prepared by
GARCIA SANTA MARIA DE ARMAS TRUJILLO

Mission

MIAMI NEW DRAMA IS A NONPROFIT PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY BASED IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF NEW THEATRICAL WORK AND TO THEATER-MAKING AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, CULTURAL CONVERSATION, AND HUMAN CONNECTION. AS THE NATION'S LARGEST BILINGUAL PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY, AND AS THE RESIDENT COMPANY AND OPERATOR OF THE HISTORIC COLONY THEATRE ON LINCOLN ROAD, MIAMI NEW DRAMA CREATES WORK THAT REFLECTS THE DISTINCTIVE MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL CHARACTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA WHILE CONTRIBUTING NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS TO THE AMERICAN THEATRICAL CANON.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, MIAMI NEW DRAMA PRESENTED 135 PERFORMANCES REACHING APPROXIMATELY 25,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE SEASON MARKED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE COMPANY'S EVOLUTION AS AN ORIGINATING THEATER AND LAUNCHING PLATFORM FOR NEW WORK: EVERY PRODUCTION IN THE MAINSTAGE SEASON WAS DEVELOPED OR COMMISSIONED BY MIAMI NEW DRAMA. THROUGH THIS SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN NEW WORK, THE COMPANY BRINGS TOGETHER LEADING NATIONAL AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PLAYWRIGHTS, DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, ACTORS, MUSICIANS, AND THEATER ARTISTS TO ORIGINATE AMBITIOUS PRODUCTIONS IN MIAMI BEACH WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED LIFE ON STAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE SEASON INCLUDED THREE WORLD PREMIERES. LINCOLN ROAD HUSTLE, WRITTEN BY BILLY CORBEN AND HARLEY ELIAS AND CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHEL HAUSMANN, TRANSFORMED MIAMI BEACH'S ICONIC LINCOLN ROAD INTO A LARGE-SCALE IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL ENVIRONMENT, WITH AUDIENCES MOVING AMONG BUSINESSES, STOREFRONTS, AND PUBLIC SPACES AS INTERCONNECTED STORIES UNFOLDED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PRODUCTION RAN FOR 10 WEEKS, BRINGING THOUSANDS TO LINCOLN ROAD AND DEMONSTRATING MIND'S COMMITMENT TO CREATING WORK THAT ENGAGES DIRECTLY WITH ITS COMMUNITY AND REIMAGINING HOW AND WHERE THEATER CAN TAKE PLACE. MIAMI NEW DRAMA SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENTED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF BAD DOG BY HARLEY ELIAS, A NEW PLAY EXPLORING ART, IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION, AND CULTURAL POLITICS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF MIAMI'S INTERNATIONAL VISUAL-ART WORLD. PRODUCING TWO ORIGINAL WORKS CONCURRENTLY-ONE THROUGHOUT LINCOLN ROAD AND ANOTHER INSIDE THE COLONY THEATRE-REPRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC AND OPERATIONAL UNDERTAKING AND DEMONSTRATED THE COMPANY'S CAPACITY TO DEVELOP AMBITIOUS NEW WORK ACROSS RADICALLY DIFFERENT THEATRICAL FORMS. THE SEASON ALSO FEATURED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF BIRTHRIGHT BY JONATHAN SPECTOR, EXPLORING QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, HISTORY, BELONGING, AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE. THE PRODUCTION CONTINUED MIAMI NEW DRAMA'S JEWISH PLAY INITIATIVE, A COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING SIGNIFICANT NEW AMERICAN PLAYS THAT USE THEATER TO FOSTER DIALOGUE AROUND COMPLEX CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. COMPLETING THE SEASON WAS THE RETURN OF VIVA LA PARRANDA, MIAMI NEW DRAMA'S COMMISSIONED DOCUMENTARY THEATER WORK CREATED BY BETSAYDA MACHADO AND LA PARRANDA EL CLAVO IN COLLABORATION WITH JUAN CARLOS SOUKI. ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND PREMIERED BY MIAMI NEW DRAMA, THE PRODUCTION COMBINES FIRST- PERSON TESTIMONY WITH THE ANCESTRAL MUSIC, DANCE, AND TRADITIONS OF THE MULTIGENERATIONAL AFRO-VENEZUELAN ENSEMBLE LA PARRANDA EL CLAVO. ITS RETURN REFLECTED THE COMPANY'S COMMITMENT BOTH TO CREATING WORK ROOTED IN THE CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES OF MIAMI'S COMMUNITIES AND TO SUSTAINING SIGNIFICANT COMMISSIONED WORKS BEYOND THEIR INITIAL PREMIERES. NEW-WORK DEVELOPMENT IS CENTRAL TO MIAMI NEW DRAMA'S ARTISTIC MODEL AND REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN THEATER. SINCE ITS FOUNDING, MIAMI NEW DRAMA HAS PRODUCED 20 WORLD PREMIERES, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 15 NEW WORKS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THROUGH COMMISSIONS, READINGS, WORKSHOPS, DEVELOPMENTAL PRODUCTIONS, AND FULLY REALIZED WORLD PREMIERES, THE COMPANY PROVIDES PLAYWRIGHTS AND CREATIVE TEAMS WITH THE ARTISTIC RESOURCES AND AUDIENCES NECESSARY TO DEVELOP NEW WORK FROM ITS EARLIEST STAGES THROUGH PRODUCTION. THE NATIONAL TRAJECTORY OF WORK ORIGINATED AT MIAMI NEW DRAMA DEMONSTRATES THE IMPACT OF THIS MODEL. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL, DEVELOPED AND GIVEN ITS WORLD PREMIERE BY MIAMI NEW DRAMA, OPENED ON BROADWAY. ITS JOURNEY FROM MIAMI TO BROADWAY PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF THE COMPANY'S GROWING ROLE AS A LAUNCHING PLATFORM FOR NEW AMERICAN THEATER. TOGETHER WITH A PIPELINE OF NEW WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT, THIS MILESTONE REFLECTS MIAMI NEW DRAMA'S COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING MIAMI NOT SIMPLY AS A DESTINATION FOR THEATER CREATED ELSEWHERE, BUT AS AN IMPORTANT POINT OF ORIGIN FOR NEW AMERICAN THEATER CAPABLE OF REACHING AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE. EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REMAINED CENTRAL TO MIAMI NEW DRAMA'S CHARITABLE MISSION. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE COMPANY SERVED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 STUDENTS AND WORKED DIRECTLY WITH SIX SCHOOLS THROUGH ITS STEAM AND IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THESE SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIPS BRING PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS AND THEATER-BASED LEARNING INTO SCHOOLS, USING THE PERFORMING ARTS TO SUPPORT CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING. STUDENT PERFORMANCES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FURTHER EXPANDED ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL THEATER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. MIAMI NEW DRAMA ALSO CONTINUED ITS STEWARDSHIP AND OPERATION OF THE HISTORIC COLONY THEATRE, MAINTAINING THE LANDMARK VENUE AS AN ACTIVE CULTURAL INSTITUTION SERVING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO MIAMI BEACH. IN ADDITION TO THE COMPANY'S OWN PRODUCTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE COLONY THEATRE PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR VISITING ARTISTS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMMING, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CULTURAL VITALITY OF LINCOLN ROAD AND THE BROADER SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY. THROUGH THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORIGINAL WORK, INVESTMENT IN ARTISTS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE COLONY THEATRE, MIAMI NEW DRAMA CONTINUED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION WHILE STRENGTHENING MIAMI'S PLACE IN THE NATIONAL THEATRICAL LANDSCAPE.
    Expenses $3,738,204

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 16, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 17, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 18, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
47-1690840
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2015
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,424,048
Income (IRS master file)
$4,336,397

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025$4,336,397$4,521,119$1,424,048XML
990September 2024$4,571,442$4,818,309$1,571,763XML
990September 2023$4,637,706$4,347,678$1,914,747XML
990September 2022$5,205,110$5,137,929$596,200IRS
990September 2021–––IRS
990September 2020–––IRS
990September 2019–––IRS
990September 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2014
Officer: Michel Hausmann
August 31, 2015≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-1690840).

Questions about MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC

What is the EIN of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC is 47-1690840.
Is MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
Are donations to MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names NICHOLAS RICHBERG.
Who are the officers and directors of MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 20 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $121,923 (MICHEL HAUSMANN, DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does MIAMI NEW DRAMA INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,336,397, expenses of $4,521,119 and total assets of $1,424,048 at year end.

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