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Theaters

There are 8,750 theaters in the United States. Combined, these theaters employ 113,033 people, earn more than $4 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $8 billion.
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Job trends for Theaters

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
1,017
1-10
 
878
11-25
 
353
26-100
 
446
101 to 1,000
 
249
1,000+
 
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Sizes of theaters

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,920
$250k to $1M
 
1,208
$1M to $5M
 
489
$5M to $25M
 
128
$25M to $100M
 
22
$100M+
 
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Directory of theaters

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1-20 of 8,750

American Repertory Theatre (ART)

American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) produces groundbreaking theater, engages communities, fosters artistic talent, and serves as a vital cultural resource both locally and internationally.
Revenue
$25.9m
Assets
$40.4m
Employees
270
EIN
04-2665867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Roundabout Theatre Company

Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to producing the highest-quality theatre with the finest artists, sharing stories that endure and providing accessibility to all audiences.
Revenue
$84.6m
Assets
$195.4m
Employees
1,126
EIN
13-6192346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seattle Theatre Group

Seattle Theatre Group presents diverse performances, stewards historic theatres, and advances inclusive arts education and community engagement through camps, workshops, and professional development.
Revenue
$111.1m
Assets
$100.4m
Employees
824
EIN
94-3130227
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paper Mill Playhouse

Paper Mill Playhouse produces acclaimed musical theatre and expands arts access through inclusive performances, education, and outreach programs that inspire audiences and students.
Revenue
$31.4m
Assets
$60.4m
Employees
881
EIN
22-1550515
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pittsburgh CLO

Dedicated to the preservation, creation and promotion of the American musical theater art form, the furnishing of arts education and providing outreach and meaningful community service opportunities in Western Pennsylvania and throughout the US.
Revenue
$9.8m
Assets
$11.4m
Employees
357
EIN
25-6000890
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Arena Stage

Arena Stage champions American theater, fostering innovative productions and diverse voices while inspiring community engagement and advancing artistic development.
Revenue
$28.2m
Assets
$123.2m
Employees
605
EIN
53-0246894
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Northlight Theatre

Northlight Theatre produces bold theatrical experiences to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion. Located in Skokie, IL.
Revenue
$12.0m
Assets
$31.0m
Employees
176
EIN
23-7390464
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The New Group

The New Group, is an award-winning, artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater.
Revenue
$5.3m
Assets
$1.3m
Employees
117
EIN
13-3613115
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Shakespeare Theatre (STC)

Shakespeare Theatre Company produces and presents the highest-quality classic theatre productions across genres, bringing them to vibrant life in a provocative, imaginative and accessible style.
Revenue
$20.4m
Assets
$65.5m
Employees
480
EIN
52-1405988
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Studio Theatre

Studio Theatre produces exceptional contemporary theatre in deliberately intimate spaces, fostering a more thoughtful, more empathetic, and more connected community, in Washington DC and beyond.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$33.2m
Employees
204
EIN
52-1136132
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre puts theater at the heart of public life, producing diverse stories, commissioning new works, and delivering youth and adult arts education.
Revenue
$14.6m
Assets
$11.1m
Employees
440
EIN
91-0756535
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is dedicated to cultivating the most important American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, as well as developing and producing their bold new plays and musicals.
Revenue
$14.7m
Assets
$46.6m
Employees
485
EIN
13-2805131
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Goodspeed Musicals

Goodspeed Musicals is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, located in East Haddam, Connecticut.
Revenue
$14.1m
Assets
$31.9m
Employees
465
EIN
13-1969314
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Alley Theatre

Alley Theatre inspires through diverse theatrical experiences, engages the community, and cultivates future artists, fostering empathy and discourse in Houston.
Revenue
$36.3m
Assets
$113.7m
Employees
388
EIN
74-1143076
IRS type
501(c)(3)

A Noise Within

A Noise Within produces classic theatre that enriches community, challenges perspectives, and connects audiences and 18,000+ Southern California students through performances and education.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$14.8m
Employees
204
EIN
95-4443878
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bay Street Theatre Festival

Bay Street Theatre is a regional theater presenting new, classic and contemporary works, with a committment to challenging and entertaining our diverse community.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
155
EIN
13-3628854
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dallas Theater Center

Dallas Theater Center engages the community with diverse theatrical experiences, producing high-quality plays that inspire dialogue and reflect diverse cultural narratives.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$4.2m
Employees
234
EIN
75-0959992
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA)

Founded by award-winning actor Max McLean, Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA) is a not-for-profit New York City-based production company producing theatre from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience.
Revenue
$12.2m
Assets
$29.7m
Employees
15
EIN
52-1739276
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc

The Irish Repertory Theatre provides a context for understanding the contemporary Irish-American experience through evocative works of theater, music, and dance.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$12.0m
Employees
133
EIN
13-3531713
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Citizens Acting Together Can Help (CATCH)

CATCH believes that all individuals deserve a caring community, a place to call home although temporary at times - and most important, a level of personal dignity that comes from functioning as independently as possible.
Revenue
$34.2m
Assets
$22.9m
Employees
391
EIN
23-2097990
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A65: Theater" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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