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AMERICAN THEATER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS INC
AUSTERLITZ, NY · EIN 842028986 · Form 990EZ · FY2022 · NTEE A65 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · Micro (<$100K)
revenue
$11K
expenses
$26K
net assets
$62K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

THE AMERICAN THEATER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING PUPPETRY IN THE UNITED STATES BY INTRODUCING THE ART FORM AND VOCATION TO BROADER AND MORE DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES THE NONPROFIT THEATER WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS PURPOSE AND MISSION BY DEVELOPING BUILDING AND PRESENTING ORIGINAL PUPPET-CENTRIC PLAYS MUSICALS AND IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF PUPPET DIRECTORS WRITERS DESIGNERS BUILDERS PUPPETEERS AND THEATER ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL HANDS-ON RESIDENCIES INTERNSHIPS WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS INCUBATING AND ADVANCING PUPPET-CENTRIC PRODUCTIONS CREATED BY INDEPENDENT PUPPETEERS AND ARTISTS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANIES CELEBRATING THE LEGACIES OF GREAT AMERICAN PUPPETEERS AND PUPPET THEATERS AND SERVING AS AN AMBASSADOR OF PUPPETRY WITH PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS AND THEATRICAL PRODUCERS AND PRESENTERS

profile · synthesized from sources

The American Theater for Puppetry Arts is a nonprofit theater dedicated to advancing puppetry in the United States by creating and presenting original puppet-centric plays, musicals, and immersive experiences. It trains emerging artists through hands-on residencies, workshops, and internships in puppetry arts and supports independent puppeteers by incubating new productions. The organization also promotes the legacy of American puppetry and serves as an ambassador to arts presenters and funders.

named programs · 4 · from sources

What they call their work

Artist Training Programs
Offers hands-on residencies, internships, workshops, and camps to train emerging puppet directors, writers, designers, builders, and puppeteers
Legacy & Advocacy Program
Celebrates the history of American puppetry and serves as an ambassador to funders, producers, and presenters in the performing arts field
Original Puppet-Centric Productions
Develops, builds, and presents original puppet-centric plays, musicals, and immersive theatrical experiences
Puppetry Incubator
Incubates and advances new puppet-centric productions by independent artists and nonprofit theater companies
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • Puppetry and Improv Theater Programs 4 activities
    • Advocating for puppetry in the performing arts
      Serves as an ambassador of puppetry to performing arts organizations, leaders, funders, and theatrical producers and presenters.
    • Incubating independent puppetry productions
      Incubates and advances puppet-centric productions created by independent puppeteers, artists, and nonprofit theater companies.
    • Preserving American puppetry heritage
      Celebrates the legacies of notable American puppeteers and puppet theaters.
    • Producing original puppetry performances
      Develops, builds, and presents original puppet-centric plays, musicals, and immersive theatrical experiences.
  • Youth Theater Arts Education 1 activity
    • Training puppetry professionals
      Provides hands-on training for puppet directors, writers, designers, builders, puppeteers, and theater administrators through residencies, internships, workshops, and camps.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$11K
Contributions & grants$11K100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$6
expenses
Total expenses$26K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$1K
balance sheet
Total assets$62K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$62K
2 years on record · 2021–2022 · YoY revenue -88.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

Who runs it

board members · 4
  • DARIN E JOHNSON — CEO AND BOARD PRESIDENT
  • NATHANIAL BOHRER — BOARD TRUSTEE AND TREASURER
  • RICK MIRAMONTEZ — BOARD TRUSTEE
  • THOMAS SCHUMACHER — BOARD TRUSTEE
relationships · 3

Who they work with

  • PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS Partner — Collaborates with performing arts organizations as part of its ambassador role for puppetry.
  • PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS Government — Works with public and private funders in its role as ambassador of puppetry.
  • THEATRICAL PRODUCERS AND PRESENTERS Partner — Engages with theatrical producers and presenters to promote and advance puppetry.
strategies · 2

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Apprenticeship Model for Puppetry Training
    methodology: apprenticeship-model
    By providing hands-on educational programs such as residencies, internships, workshops, and camps, we develop skilled emerging professionals in puppetry, because experiential learning fosters mastery and career readiness.
  • Arts Outreach for Puppetry
    methodology: arts-outreach
    By introducing puppetry to broader and more diverse audiences, we increase public engagement and cultural accessibility, because exposure to the art form fosters appreciation and inclusion.