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Theaters

There are 8,152 theaters in the United States. Combined, these theaters employ 89,710 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
 
913
1-10
 
859
11-25
 
367
26-100
 
439
101 to 1,000
 
245
1,000+
 
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Sizes of theaters

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
2,856
$250k to $1M
 
1,153
$1M to $5M
 
473
$5M to $25M
 
107
$25M to $100M
 
23
$100M+
 
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Directory of theaters

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1-20 of 8,152

American Repertory Theatre (ART)

A.R.T. actively engages more than 10,000 community members and local students annually in project-based partnerships and workshops.
Revenue
$24.3m
Assets
$27.7m
Employees
157
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
$69.9m
Assets
$172.5m
Employees
1,376
EIN
13-6192346
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paper Mill Playhouse

Paper Mill Playhouse produces high-quality musical theater, fosters creativity and inclusion, and engages young people in live theater.
Revenue
$28.6m
Assets
$54.1m
Employees
987
EIN
22-1550515
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
$63.9m
Assets
$124.8m
Employees
378
EIN
53-0246894
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
$5.4m
Assets
$2.2m
Employees
142
EIN
13-3628854
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
$14.1m
Assets
$47.0m
Employees
455
EIN
13-2805131
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre collaborates with artists to create productions that reflect and elevate the diverse culture, with related educational programs.
Revenue
$17.3m
Assets
$13.6m
Employees
529
EIN
91-0756535
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
$26.3m
Assets
$101.8m
Employees
419
EIN
74-1143076
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
$6.8m
Assets
$34.8m
Employees
209
EIN
52-1136132
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
$7.4m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
220
EIN
75-0959992
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
$9.8m
Assets
$21.5m
Employees
158
EIN
23-7390464
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lookingglass Theatre Company

We are nationwide leader in the creation and presentation of new, cutting-edge theatrical works and in sharing its ensemble-based theatrical techniques with Chicago-area students and teachers through Education and Community Programs.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$7.4m
Employees
78
EIN
36-3653114
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
$11.3m
Assets
$25.1m
Employees
12
EIN
52-1739276
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
$28.7m
Assets
$67.7m
Employees
423
EIN
52-1405988
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Musical Theatre West

Musical Theatre West enriches the community through live musical theatre, youth programs, and a travel club.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$6.9m
Employees
295
EIN
95-6100108
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
$12.1m
Assets
$32.6m
Employees
432
EIN
13-1969314
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
$32.6m
Assets
$22.4m
Employees
364
EIN
23-2097990
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Broadway Dallas

Dallas Summer Musicals presents excellent year-round Broadway theater productions in Texas, educating the public on music appreciation and fine arts.
Revenue
$27.8m
Assets
$21.3m
Employees
196
EIN
75-1104793
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Muny's Second Century Campaign

The Muny's Second Century Campaign enriches lives through exceptional musical theatre, education programs, and community access while honoring its Forest Park tradition.
Revenue
$37.2m
Assets
$127.6m
Employees
960
EIN
43-0662485
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Theatre Development Fund (TDF)

Theatre Development Fund (TDF) identifies and provides support, including financial assistance, to theatrical works of artistic merit and encourages and enables diverse audiences to attend live theatre and dance in all their venues.
Revenue
$17.5m
Assets
$16.2m
Employees
151
EIN
13-6216919
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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