ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CLEVELAND
EIN 34-1335563 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A65Z)
What they do
THE THEATER is COMMITTED to NON-TRADITIONAL CASTING and to PROVIDING CULTURALLY DIVERSE PROGRAMMING THAT SPEAKS to ISSUES of CONTEMPORARY LIFE. EDUCATION and OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, ENGAGE YOUTH and LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH ON SITE PROGRAMMING, RESIDENCIES, and TOURING PERFORMANCES. ENSEMBLE THEATRE BELIEVES THAT THE ARTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL and MEANINGFUL PART of LIFE. THE THEATRE OFFERS AN IMPORTANT FORUM for STIMULATING and PROVOKING THOUGHT ABOUT THE ISSUES of CONTEMPORARY LIFE, and IT is A PLACE for COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE. INTRODUCING FUTURE GENERATIONS to THE ARTS WILL ENLIGHTEN THEM ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION and PROVIDE THEM WITH A RESOURCE to NOURISH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. ALL ART, INCLUDING THEATRE, SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION of DIVERSITY and HUMAN DIGNITY. ENSEMBLE ADHERES to A CREDO WITH A POLICY of NON-TRADITIONAL, CASTING. THIS is THE USE of ACTORS of ANY RACE, SEX, ETHNICITY or DEGREE of DISABILITIES IN ROLES for WHICH SUCH FACTORS ARE NOT GERMANE to THE DEVELOPMENT of S
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CELESTE COSENTINOEXEC ARTISTI
ANNE BLUMCHAIR
BENOY JOSEPHDIRECTOR
CYNTHIA DETTLEBACHSECRETARY
LAWANNA WHITEDIRECTOR
MICHAEL BEYERDIRECTOR
MIKE RUSEKTREASURER
RANNIGAN WALSHVICE CHAIR
SCOTT ESPOSITODIRECTOR
THOMAS MOOREDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1981
- Location
- PO BOX 181309, CLEVELAND HTS, OH 44118-7309
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- CELESTE COSENTINO
- Primary officer
- CELESTE COSENTINO, EXEC ARTISTIC DIR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- H & J CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS INC
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A65Z)
- IRS tax category
- Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters