BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

Financials

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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

999 HARRISON ST, BERKELEY, CA 94710-1455

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

TOM PARRISH, 999 HARRISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94710

Signed the 990

LEONARD ROSENBERG, TREASURER

Phone

(510) 647-2900

Website

WWW.BERKELEYREP.ORG

Return prepared by

ARMANINO ADVISORY LLC

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-1679756 or by the name BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers

Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Secretary of State, bizfile Online

Corporation status, entity number, agent for service

Franchise Tax Board

Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)

Mission

PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR THE COMPLETE MISSION STATEMENT.BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE CREATES AMBITIOUS THEATRE THAT ENTERTAINS AND CHALLENGES ITS AUDIENCES, PROVOKES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND INSPIRES PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD IN NEW AND SURPRISING WAYS. KNOWN FOR ITS CORE VALUES OF STORYTELLING, RIGOR, INNOVATION, EQUITY, DISCOVERY, AND SUSTAINABILITY, BERKELEY REP DRAWS THEATRE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL SEVEN-PLAY SEASON AND UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EVENT PRESENTATIONS THAT INVITE AUDIENCES TO ENJOY AN ECLECTIC RANGE OF THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES FEATURING DIVERSE ARTISTIC VOICES, THEMES, AND PERSPECTIVES.

Program accomplishments

• MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS: BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE OPENED ITS 2024/25 SEASON WITH THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF THE ELECTRIFYING LIVE-LOOPED MUSICAL "MEXODUS" FROM MULTITALENTED CREATORS BRIAN QUIJADA AND NYGEL D. ROBINSON, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED OFF-BROADWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE WEST COAST PREMIERES OF MARY ZIMMERMAN'S "THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE AND JOCELYN BIOH'S "JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING." IN FEBRUARY 2025, WE DEBUTED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH," A VISUALLY STUNNING ADAPTATION BY KEITH BUNIN OF ALI BENJAMIN'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL, ALONGSIDE CONOR MCPHERSON'S ACCLAIMED ADAPTATION OF ANTON CHEKOV CLASSIC "UNCLE VANYA" FEATURING HUGH BONNEVILLE IN THE TITLE ROLE. "UNCLE VANYA" WAS A HUGE HIT WITH BERKELEY REP'S AUDIENCES, BREAKING THE HOUSE RECORD FOR (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE PEET'S THEATRE. IN APRIL, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER PLAY THAT RESONATED DEEPLY WITH AUDIENCES, WELCOMING TECTONIC THEATER PROJECT'S "HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES" BY MOISES KAUFMAN AND AMANDA GRONICH ONTO OUR RODA THEATRE STAGE. TO CLOSE OUT THE SEASON, WE PRODUCED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE AVES," A NEW PLAY BY JIEHAE PARK. ALONGSIDE THESE PRODUCTIONS, BERKELEY REP PRESENTED SPECIAL LIMITED ENGAGEMENTS OF COMEDIAN W. KAMAU BELL WITH HIS NEW SHOW "WHO'S WITH ME AND DRAG SUPERSTAR SASHA VELOUR WITH HER SHOW "THE BIG REVEAL LIVE SHOW." OVER THE 352 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES, BERKELEY REP WELCOMED 8,382 SUBSCRIBERS (A 4% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON) AND A TOTAL OF 123,991 AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
  Expenses $17,191,905 · revenue $10,652,093
• BERKELEY REP SCHOOL OF THEATRE: MARKING 40 YEARS OF ARTS EDUCATION AT BERKELEY REP, IN 2024/25, OUR SCHOOL OF THEATRE SERVED OVER 13,000 YOUTH AND LIFE-LONG LEARNERS THROUGH SCHOOL OF THEATRE PROGRAMMING. A THROUGHLINE ACROSS OUR WORK THIS YEAR WAS A FOCUS ON DEEPENING CONNECTIONS WITH AND BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, GROWING EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOL PARTNERS, CONNECTING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH STORYTELLING, AND BUILDING POINTS OF CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR TEEN LEADERS AND MAINSTAGE AUDIENCE. THROUGH IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES, THE SCHOOL REACHED OVER 1,500 STUDENTS ACROSS 41 BAY AREA SCHOOLS, PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING SEVERAL TITLE 1 SCHOOLS. OUR STUDENT MATINEES WELCOMED OVER 1,400 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ATTEND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS, AUGMENTED WITH PRE-SHOW WORKSHOPS AND POST-SHOW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARTISTS. WE HOSTED OUR THIRD ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE FESTIVAL, IN WHICH 115 STUDENTS FROM FOUR AREA HIGH SCHOOLS RECEIVED PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, AS WELL AS DEVISED AND SHOWCASED ONE-ACT PERFORMANCES TO NEARLY 250 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. OUR TEEN COUNCIL PROGRAMS ENGAGED NEARLY 600 PARTICIPANTS, RANGING FROM OUR TEEN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL'S POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK TO THE SHEPHERDING OF THE WORK OF THE FOUR TEENAGE PLAYWRIGHTS IN OUR YOUNG WRITERS OF COLOR COLLECTIVE, CULMINATING IN A PUBLIC READING BY PROFESSIONAL ACTORS. OUR NEXT GENERATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDED 13 EARLY-CAREER THEATER PROFESSIONALS WITH IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP OVER AN 11-MONTH PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM. AND, NEARLY 1,500 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES--YOUTH, TEEN, AND ADULT--EXPLORED HANDS-ON CREATIVE PRACTICE IN OVER 130 UNIQUE CLASSES AND SUMMER CAMPS OFFERED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
  Expenses $1,336,492 · revenue $576,912
• THE GROUND FLOOR: BERKELEY REP'S CENTER FOR THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK HAS GROWN INTO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM AND LEADING THEATRICAL INCUBATOR THAT HAS SERVED OVER 1,000 ARTISTS AND BEEN PART OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEY OF HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE APPEARED ON STAGES AT BERKELEY REP, ON BROADWAY, AND AROUND THE WORLD. SELECTED FROM NEARLY 800 APPLICANT PROJECTS, BERKELEY REP'S 2025 GROUND FLOOR SUMMER RESIDENCY LAB BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 120 LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTISTS OVER FOUR WEEKS TO DEVELOP 24 PROJECTS IN A FLEXIBLE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. ONE SUCH WORK WAS "MOTHER OF EXILES," WHICH WILL HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT BERKELEY REP IN THE 2025/26 SEASON. NEARLY 600 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ENGAGED WITH WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWINGS DURING THE SUMMER RESIDENCY LAB. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THROUGH THE GROUND FLOOR, BERKELEY REP ALSO PRODUCED A PRE-BROADWAY WORKSHOP OF THE MUSICAL "GALILEO," WHICH PREMIERED AT BERKELEY REP IN THE 2023/24 SEASON, ALLOWING THE CREATIVE TEAM TO FURTHER REFINE THE PIECE. DUE TO THE ROBUST ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT OFFERED THROUGH THE GROUND FLOOR, FIVE PRODUCTIONS DEVELOPED AND/OR PREMIERED BY BERKELEY REP HAVE GONE ON TO BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY RUNS THIS YEAR, WITH OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDING A BERKELEY REP PRODUCTION ON BROADWAY IN THE 2024/25 SEASON ("SWEPT AWAY AND "CULT OF LOVE").
  Expenses $1,062,460
• ALL OTHER PROGRAMS: BERKELEY REP'S IN DIALOGUE PROGRAM PARTNERED WITH 28 CREATIVES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN 2024/25. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, WE ENGAGED 2,500 AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS. OUR SIX COMMUNITY CELEBRATION NIGHTS DURING THE 2024/25 SEASON FILLED OUR SPACES WITH MUSIC, FOOD, COMMUNITY, AND JOY. THESE FREE, PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDED PRE-SHOW PERFORMANCES FEATURING LOCAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS WITH REFRESHMENTS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES; POST-SHOW CONVERSATIONS; AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS. WE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE IN PRE- AND POST-SHOW DIALOGUES THAT CONNECTED THE THEMES EXPLORED IN OUR ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS TO REAL-LIFE ISSUES AFFECTING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUED RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONGOING PARTNERS TO OFFER STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS AND TO MAKE OUR SPACES AVAILABLE AS REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE VENUES.
  Expenses $286,660 · grants $175,251 · revenue $5,437

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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

94-1679756

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1969

Accounting year ends

August

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A650)

Assets (IRS master file)

$86,521,661

Income (IRS master file)

$24,011,242

Filing history

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 94-1679756).

Questions about BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

What is the EIN of BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE?

The employer identification number (EIN) of BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE is 94-1679756.

Is BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1969.

Are donations to BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE 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 BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Who is the principal officer of BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names TOM PARRISH.

Who are the officers and directors of BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 42 people; 10 received compensation from the organization, the highest $358,879 (JOHANNA PFAELZER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE have?

On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $21,221,432, expenses of $23,289,718 and total assets of $86,521,661 at year end.

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