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COLONNADES THEATRE LAB INC: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization
COLONNADES THEATRE LAB INC (EIN 23-7293173)
Tax period
2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed
2024-05-13
IRS object ID
202401349349304010
Schema version
2022v5.0
Source
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DescOUR AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS HAVE SPANNED MORE THAN 47 CITIES AND 12 COUNTRIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS, REACHING OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AND FACILITATING RECONCILIATION WORKSHOPS FOR MORE THAN 15,000 PARTICIPANTS. MOST RECENTLY, WE SUPPORTED A GROUP OF 19 YOUNG CAMBODIAN CIRCUS PERFORMERS TO CREATE A STAGE PRODUCTION, SEE YOU YESTERDAY, AS A WAY TO MOVE BACKWARDS IN TIME ACROSS GENERATIONS SEPARATED BY GENOCIDE. USING THEIR PRODUCTION AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE PAST, THEY UNCOVERED DIMENSIONS OF THEMSELVES IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMA OF THEIR ELDERS AND ANCESTORS. THEY THEN TOOK THEIR LEARNINGS ON THE ROAD, PERFORMING ACROSS CAMBODIA, THE US, AND THEN IN AFRICA, INCLUDING A GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE TO 18,000 PEOPLE IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN RWANDA. THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND TOURING THIS PRODUCTION WAS DOCUMENTED IN A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THE JOURNEY BACK TO NOW. SINCE THEN, GLOBAL ARTS CORPS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS CHILDREN'S RADIO EXCHANGE, A MULTIYEAR INITIATIVE AIMED AT SUPPORTING KIDS AROUND THE WORLD TO COLLECTIVELY CRAFT THEIR OWN STORIES WITHOUT ADULT INTERVENTION. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH GROUPS OF KIDS, MOSTLY IN THE PRE-TEEN AGE RANGE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING EXERCISES TO FACILITATE STORYTELLING PROCESSES. WORKING ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, WE ARE DEVELOPING RADIO PRODUCTIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.Desc
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Facts And Circumstances TestTHE ORGANIZATION MEETS THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: 1. PREVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SUPPORT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN GREATER THAN 10%. FOR THE 2015 AND 2016 TAX YEAR'S PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS 48.06% AND 66.66%, RESPECTIVELY. 2. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE PROGRAM FOR SOLICITING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 3. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC CONTRIBUTORS AND NOT JUST FROM A SINGLE FAMILY. 4. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY IS COMPRISED OF A GROUP OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THE BROAD INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE GOVERNING BODY INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND GLOBAL SOCIETAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION. 5. THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO USE THEATRE AS A CATALYST FOR DIALOGUE, AS A WAY TO SHIFT PERSPECTIVES, AND AS A MEANS THROUGH WHICH TO BRING ABOUT UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY IN CONFLICT ZONES ACROSS THE GLOBE. GLOBAL ARTS CORPS USES THEATER AND STORYTELLING AS A PROCESS TO DEVELOP GROUP TRUST AND BELONGING, AND NOW WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT THEM CREATING THEIR OWN PRODUCTIONS AND CONNECT THEM ACROSS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL DIVIDES USING THEIR STORIES AS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR COMMUNICATION. ITS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER MICHAEL LESSAC, ALONG WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND CO-FOUNDER JACQUELINE LESSAC DEFER ANY SALARY. AS HAS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER ROBERT LEAR IN 2023.FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

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ExplanationTHE ORGANIZATION MEETS THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: 1. PREVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SUPPORT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN GREATER THAN 10%. FOR THE 2015 AND 2016 TAX YEAR'S PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS 48.06% AND 66.66%, RESPECTIVELY. 2. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE PROGRAM FOR SOLICITING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 3. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC CONTRIBUTORS AND NOT JUST FROM A SINGLE FAMILY. 4. THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY IS COMPRISED OF A GROUP OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THE BROAD INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE GOVERNING BODY INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND GLOBAL SOCIETAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION. 5. THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO USE THEATRE AS A CATALYST FOR DIALOGUE, AS A WAY TO SHIFT PERSPECTIVES, AND AS A MEANS THROUGH WHICH TO BRING ABOUT UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY IN CONFLICT ZONES ACROSS THE GLOBE. GLOBAL ARTS CORPS USES THEATER AND STORYTELLING AS A PROCESS TO DEVELOP GROUP TRUST AND BELONGING, AND NOW WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT THEM CREATING THEIR OWN PRODUCTIONS AND CONNECT THEM ACROSS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL DIVIDES USING THEIR STORIES AS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR COMMUNICATION. ITS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER MICHAEL LESSAC, ALONG WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND CO-FOUNDER JACQUELINE LESSAC DEFER ANY SALARY. AS HAS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER ROBERT LEAR IN 2023.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONGLOBAL ARTS CORPS (GAC) USES THEATER AND STORYTELLING AS A PROCESS TO DEVELOP GROUP TRUST AND BELONGING, AND NOW WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT THEM CREATING THEIR OWN PRODUCTIONS AND CONNECT THEM ACROSS POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND RACIAL DIVIDES USING THEIR STORIES AS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR COMMUNICATION. IN 2023, THIS PROJECT CONTINUED, IN ISNIQ, KOSOVO AS WELL AS WIND RIVER RESERVATION IN WYOMING USA. WORKING WITH KIDS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING RADIO STORIES AS ENSEMBLES. THE FIRST PILOT OF THIS INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN ISNIQ, KOSOVO LAST FALL. OVER THREE PHASES OF SEVERAL WEEKS EACH, MORE THAN 70 KIDS HAVE BEEN COMING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE AND IN SMALLER GROUPS TO BEGIN THE MESSY PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE STORY CREATION. EXPERIMENTING IN SOUND EFFECTS, MUSIC, JUGGLING, AND MORE, THESE KIDS HAVE BEGUN TO STRUCTURE STORIES THAT ARE BOTH SEEPED IN THEIR HISTORY AND ALSO INFORMED AND HELD IN THE PRESENT MOMENT OF THEIR REALITY. AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE BEGUN A PARALLEL PROCESS AT THE WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION IN WYOMING AND HAVE BEGUN TO FACILITATE EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO DISPARATE COMMUNITIES OF KIDS.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4AOUR AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS HAVE SPANNED MORE THAN 47 CITIES AND 12 COUNTRIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS, REACHING OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AND FACILITATING RECONCILIATION WORKSHOPS FOR MORE THAN 15,000 PARTICIPANTS. MOST RECENTLY, WE SUPPORTED A GROUP OF 19 YOUNG CAMBODIAN CIRCUS PERFORMERS TO CREATE A STAGE PRODUCTION, SEE YOU YESTERDAY, AS A WAY TO MOVE BACKWARDS IN TIME ACROSS GENERATIONS SEPARATED BY GENOCIDE. USING THEIR PRODUCTION AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE PAST, THEY UNCOVERED DIMENSIONS OF THEMSELVES IN RELATION TO THE TRAUMA OF THEIR ELDERS AND ANCESTORS. THEY THEN TOOK THEIR LEARNINGS ON THE ROAD, PERFORMING ACROSS CAMBODIA, THE US, AND THEN IN AFRICA, INCLUDING A GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE TO 18,000 PEOPLE IN A CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMP IN RWANDA. THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND TOURING THIS PRODUCTION WAS DOCUMENTED IN A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THE JOURNEY BACK TO NOW. SINCE THEN, GLOBAL ARTS CORPS HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ITS CHILDREN'S RADIO EXCHANGE, A MULTIYEAR INITIATIVE AIMED AT SUPPORTING KIDS AROUND THE WORLD TO COLLECTIVELY CRAFT THEIR OWN STORIES WITHOUT ADULT INTERVENTION. TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH GROUPS OF KIDS, MOSTLY IN THE PRE-TEEN AGE RANGE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING EXERCISES TO FACILITATE STORYTELLING PROCESSES. WORKING ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, WE ARE DEVELOPING RADIO PRODUCTIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BNO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
FORM 990, PART VIISECTION B - INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS NO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS RECEIVED MORE THAN 100,000 IN COMPENSATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ROBERT BERKY, GRANT ROSENBERG AND FREYA YOST RECEIVE FIXED MONTHLY COMPENSATION FOR THEIR WORK IN HELPING TO RUN GLOBAL ARTS CORPS.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GCONTRACT LABOR 156,003 0 0 CONTRACT LABOR 1,437 1,437 0 TOTAL 157,440 1,437 0