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Organizations Arts, Culture & Humanities Washington Drama Society Inc.

Washington Drama Society Inc.

Fiscal year ending 2024. Filed on May 7, 2025.

1101 6th Street SW
Washington, District of Columbia 20024

Washington Drama Society Inc. (EIN: 53-0246894), also known as Arena Stage, has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2024 IRS Form 990 filing, Washington Drama Society Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 10 out of 378 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $194,755. The highest compensated employee at Washington Drama Society Inc. is Edgar Dobie with fiscal year 2024 compensation of $423,225.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$63,868,263

Expenses

$26,422,281

Employee compensation

$12,050,278
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Edgar Dobie
President/Exec. Producer
$423,225
$414,046 No related comp$9,179
Molly Smith
Former Artistic Director - to 6/2023
$312,573
$312,405 No related comp$168
Shonali Burke
Chief Marketing Officer
$193,977
$193,515 No related comp$462
Ryan Merkel
Chief Development Officer
$181,347
$172,045 No related comp$9,302
Joseph Berardelli
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
$181,343
$172,141 No related comp$9,202
Hana Sharif
Artistic Director
$171,066
$168,786 No related comp$2,280
Maria Lee Lewis
Interim Director, HR
$131,879
$122,577 No related comp$9,302
John K Monnett
Controller/Interim Director, Finance
$130,852
$121,560 No related comp$9,292
Robert Hand
Production Director
$120,690
$111,414 No related comp$9,276
Alison Irvin
Leadership Office Manager / Secretary
$100,601
$100,229 No related comp$372

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Alethia Jackson
Vice Chair
Andrew R Ammerman
Trustee
B Thomas Mansbach
Trustee
Beth Newburger Schwartz
Life Trustee
Catherine Guttman-McCabe
Chair
Celandra Deane-Bess
Trustee
David B H Martin
Trustee
David E Shiffrin
Vice Chair
David Fisher
Trustee
Deborah E Bowles
Trustee
Decker Anstrom
Former Chair
Dr Donald Wallace Jones
Trustee

Contractors

Aka NYC Limited
Media and Marketing
$635,788
Gigawatt Group LLC
Media and Marketing
$373,563
Harris
HVAC
$368,692
Willis Towers Watson Southeast Inc.
Advisory
$323,040
Vomela Commercial
Graphic Design
$258,247

Mission Statement

ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY IN DRAMA; PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE IN, AND THE FACILITIES FOR, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND PRESENTATION OF DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS; AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF THE FOREGOING BY EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION.

Revisions to this organization profile

May 7, 2025:
2024 Washington Drama Society Inc. 990 filed
May 14, 2024:
2023 Washington Drama Society Inc. 990 filed
May 10, 2023:
2022 Washington Drama Society Inc. 990 filed

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