2024-05-14T12:35:36-07:00 2023-06-30 202747426 RICH AND BANDER LLP 79 Madison Avenue 2nd Floor New York NY 10016 990 2022-07-01 813772510 EPIC PLAYERS INC EPIC 7576198224 138 S OXFORD STREET BROOKLYN NY 11217 AUBRIE THERRIEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7576198224 2024-05-14 true AUBRIE THERRIEN XXX-XX-XXXX true JONATHAN A BANDER P00561220 2126842470 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z AUBRIE THERRIEN 138 S OXFORD STREET BROOKLYN NY 11217 778013 false X www.epicplayersnyc.org X 2016 NY SEE SCHEDULE O 9 8 22 25 0 0 435398 642948 58409 126228 0 4715 669 498522 769845 0 0 159829 365220 0 50793 278882 352129 438711 717349 59811 52496 269273 383771 14718 76720 254555 307051 SEE SCHEDULE O false false 602172 0 120227 SEE SCHEDULE O 602172 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 68 0 true 22 true false false false false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false true false false false false NY X X AUBRIE THERRIEN 3476877610 138 S OXFORD STREET 3D BROOKLYN NY 11217 AUBRIE THERRIEN MEMBER/EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 20.00 X X 61539 0 0 TALIA EAPEN MEMBER/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 10.00 X 29589 0 0 KATHRYN IVIE CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 DR DAN GARFINKEL CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 STACY NETTLETON SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 VINCENT CESARE MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BELINDA LERNER MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 VIRGINIA HOFFMAN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL FEGAN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 91128 0 0 false false false 11117 180674 451157 642948 Contracted Workshops/Services 711110 77262 0 0 Ticket Sales 711110 48966 0 0 126228 8168 11117 8168 0 0 0 669 669 669 769845 126228 0 669 62968 31484 15742 15742 269758 230944 14158 24656 32494 25629 2920 3945 14954 0 14954 0 4037 3333 704 0 275 217 25 33 80321 78949 737 635 5111 4031 459 621 413 326 37 50 1704 1344 153 207 ARTISTIC AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL COMP 160005 160005 0 0 DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES 5700 1136 0 4564 PRODUCTION EXPENSES 58827 58827 0 0 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 89 0 89 0 20693 5947 14406 340 717349 602172 64384 50793 259460 286887 5607 12800 2645 23019 787 550 2068 1707 774 361 60154 269273 383771 14718 76720 14718 76720 X 254555 307051 254555 307051 269273 383771 X 52496 X false true X true false X 0 0 150622 173137 317785 435398 642948 1719890 55695 31307 51146 58409 126228 322785 0 0 206317 204444 368931 493807 769176 2042675 11179 83168 204042 298389 20204 12500 51855 84559 31383 95668 255897 382948 1659727 2042675 0.81250 0.91140 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 2068 1707 361 361 SECURITY DEPOSITS 3000 FEDERAL CREDITS ACCRUED 57154 60154 X 769845 769845 769845 717349 717349 717349 Pt X, Line 2 THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS CURRENT TAX POSITIONS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT AS OF JUNE 30, 2023, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR WHICH A RESERVE WOULD BE NECESSARY. GALA 19285 11117 8168 8168 19285 11117 8168 8168 8168 0 Other PART III, LINE 1: ORGANIZATION'S MISSION EPIC PLAYERS, INC. FOUNDED ON AUGUST 15, 2016 IS A 501 (C) (3) NON-PROFIT, NEURO DIVERSE THEATRE COMPANY DEDICATED TO CREATEING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THOUGH OUR INCLUSIVE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS, MUSICAL CABARETS, ORIGINAL SHOWCASES, SKILLS-BASED CLASSES AND CAREER RESOURCES, WE HOPE TO INCREASE CRITICAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PIONEER INCREASED INCLUSION IN THE ARTS, AND BREAK DOWN SOCIAL STIGMAS SURROUNDING NEURO-DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. Pt XI PART III, LINE 4A: PROGRAM SERVICE ACOMPLISHMENTS EPIC offers free programming to our growing company of more than 100 rotating members, year-round. Our membership has more than tripled since our founding company of 22 members in 2016. Our programming consists of four main tracks: the mainstage season, musical cabarets, devised works, and a robust roster of free classes. EPIC Plays Internal Education Classes: EPIC provides its community with over 100 free classes per year in performing arts skills, professional development, and social community-building. Class offerings this year included: personal narrative, scene study, musical theatre, improvisation, EPIC Plays variety class, , EPIC Essentials, and playwriting. All classes are completely free for our members to experience. EPIC's teaching method is adapted to ensure all lessons are accessible to the learner, regardless of ability. Each class has a lead teacher, an assistant teacher, and two EPIC "mentors" who function as adaptive coaches and one-on-one instructors for individuals who may require extra assistance. Students are always paired together neuro-diversely, to break down stereotypes and to promote a supportive community for all learners. In addition, EPIC pairs each player with a 1:1 Coach and Advocate to help them navigate EPIC programming. Each Player has up to twenty, 45 minute sessions per year with their Advocate to help with things like class homework, audition preparation, production and performance preparation, professional development, self-taping and more. EPIC Mainstage Productions: EPIC produces two mainstage, neuro-inclusive, paid shows per year through our mainstage season, reaching audiences of over7600 people with each production. EPIC works neuro-inclusively, meaning that our cast and crew is comprised of neuro-typical artists and artists living with disabilities who work together to create each production, collaboratively learning from each other and creating a culture of equity. This year, EPIC produced Moliere's Tartuffe in the fall and Stephen Sondhiem's Into the Woods, in the spring, hiring over 50 neurodivergent artists. Musical Cabarets: In addition to our mainstage line-up, EPIC holds two musical cabarets per year that feature vocalists living with and without disabilities, sharing the stage. Directed by Broadway professionals, our cabarets take place at several established venues in the city. This year, we hosted two Cabarets: one at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in the fall and one at 54 Below in the spring. Our cabarets serve both as an outlet for our Players to express themselves musically and as a professional opportunity to share the stage with Broadway talent. The EPIC Underground: EPIC also works to develop original performance pieces created by our members. Yearly, we produce a show called The EPIC Underground, which includes our class members from our personal narrative class and other writers at EPIC who'd like to tell their personal stories through a stylist medium like stand-up comedy, spoken word or slam poetry. This year, our show was produced at The Stand Comedy Center in NYC. EPIC In-School and Trainings Each year, EPIC partners with the Department of Education to work in-school's and provide Disabled youth with access to inclusive theater programming. In addition, EPIC provides other non-profits, institutions, and corporations with inclusive leadership training and workshops, in an effort to promote neurodiversity in other sectors. This year, we worked with Adelphi University to teach their educators how to build "invisible ramps" for their neurodiverse students in the theater department. EPIC Junior: This year, EPIC launched EPIC Junior, a neuro-inclusive ensemble for Disabled and Neurodivergent teens aged 12-18. About 1 in 6 children in the U.S. also have one or more developmental disabilities or other developmental delays. Children with developmental disabilities and other learning disabilities experience higher rates of low self-esteem and lack of confidence, as well as feelings of frustration, anger, sadness, or shame that can lead to psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Research has shown that developing a special skill or talent can help students with disabilities to foster responsibility and peer relationships, increase life skills, and feel successful, seen, and appreciated for their contributions. EPC Junior is a program created for students with developmental disabilities to take the stage in a small ensemble format and learn performing arts skills that will arm them with the tools needed to pursue their passions professionally. Access to the arts will additionally allow for talented students with developmental disabilities to express themselves in a safe and supportive environment while learning skills such as time management, team work, responsibility to tasks, language and communication skills, listening and empathy, and self-confidence. The program meets weekly and culminates with a show produced off-Broadway, this year at ART/NY Theaters. Pt VI, Line 11b A MEETING AMONG THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BOOKKEEPERS AND ACCOUNTANT TAKES PLACE TO DISCUSS ALL ASPECTS OF TAX RETURN PRIOR TO FILING. Pt VI, Line 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.