As each season draws to a close, we compile data to reflect our work. Our annual reports offer a broad summary of that data and other organizational facts. Click on the links below to access any of our annual reports from the last four seasons in PDF form:

• 2010-2011 Annual Report
• 2009-2010 Annual Report
• 2008-2009 Annual Report
• 2007-2008 Annual Report
• 2006-2007 Annual Report

While we did not publish annual reports prior to 2006-07, we have collected and tracked data about each season since our inception in 1973.  If you would like more information about our program activity in any earlier season, please contact Matt Neufeld (Managing  Director) at matt@metrotheatercompany.org or 314-997-6777 ext. 102.

Financial Statements

Our fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30, and we submit to an external audit of our finances every fall. Click on the links below to access our audited financial statements in PDF form:

• FY11 Audited Statement of Activities (for year ending June 30, 2011)
• FY10 Audited Statement of Activities (for year ending June 30, 2010)
• FY10 Form 990 part 1 and part 2 (for year ending June 30, 2010)

Financial statements prior to FY10 are also available for public review.  If you would like access to any financial statements for years prior, please contact Matt Neufeld (Managing Director) at matt@metrotheatercompany.org or 314-997-6777 ext. 102.

CHARACTERplus

A project of the Cooperating School District, CHARACTERplus works to advance character education and sustain its impact on the lives of educators and students.  Metro Theater Company has been designing collaborative programs with CHARACTERplus since 2004.

Clayton Chamber of Commerce

The Clayton Chamber of Commerce provides leadership, information, and advocacy to present and sponsor programs and events that sustain the economic environment and quality of life in Clayton.  Metro Theater Company has been a member since 2008.

Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative

This arts education collaborative between schools and arts agencies supports fine arts teachers in the delivery and promotion of arts curricula by funding participation in high-quality experiences in the arts.  Metro Theater Company has been a member of the Collaborative since 2007.

Edison Theatre

On the campus of Washington University, Edison Theatre has been a co-producing partner of ours for three successful collaborations: Hana’s Suitcase in 2007, To Kill a Mockingbird in 2009, and The Giver in 2011.

Interchange

Interchange is an arts education collaboration that brings together more than 30 area arts and cultural partners with the St. Louis Public Schools working to bring arts-integrated programming to the city schools.  Metro Theater Company has been involved with this initiative since the planning stage and regularly works with city schools as part of the collaborative.

Maryville University

With a national reputation for its rigorous and innovative programs, the School of Education at Maryville University has been a long-time institutional partner of ours in professional development. For 20 years, Metro Theater Company has worked closely with the school to provide opportunities for teachers to learn about arts-integrated teaching models.

Missouri Citizens for the Arts

Metro Theater Company is a proud member of this statewide advocacy group that is dedicated to promoting Missouri’s arts industry to the public and private sectors.

Professional Theatre Awards Council / Kevin Kline Awards

Involved since the inception of the PTAC in 2004, Metro Theater Company is honored to participate with over 40 other local companies in the annual Kevin Kline Awards, intended to promote and celebrate excellence in St. Louis professional theater.

School District of Clayton

In 2008, Metro Theater Company entered into a 3-year agreement to serve as a cultural partner to the Clayton School District.  In exchange for the use of its theater facilities and other district resources, Metro Theater Company provides a wide range of programming to the district.

Theatre Communications Group

Metro Theater Company is a proud constituent member of this national service organization, which is dedicated to strengthening, nurturing, and promoting the professional, not-for-profit American theater.

TYA/USA

Metro Theater Company is a proud member of this national service organization, which promotes the power of professional theater for young audiences through excellence, collaboration, and innovation across cultural and international boundaries.

Awards and Honors

• “The Giver” named winner of “Best Children’s Theater Production” by St. Louis Riverfront Times “Best of” Awards (2011)
• Invited to be one of only three St. Louis arts institutions to participate in “New Pathways for the Arts Core Program”, funded by the Regional Arts Commission and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and facilitated by EmcArts (2011)
• “Delilah’s Wish” named winner of the Kevin Kline Award for “Outstanding Production for Young Audiences” (2010)
• Nominated for 5 Kevin Kline Awards for “Best Theatre for Young Audiences” (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006)
• Cited on The Riverfront Times’ “Best of St. Louis” list as one of St. Louis’s best theaters for young audiences (2008, 2007, 2006, 1999)
• Received FOCUS St. Louis’ “What’s Right with the Region” Award for Creating Quality Educational Opportunities (2006)
• Recognized for excellence on St. Louis Magazine’s “A-List” (2006, 1999)
• Carol North honored with Mickey Miners Lifetime Achievement Award by International Performing Arts for Youth (2005)
• Carol North received inaugural Grand Center Visionary Award for Outstanding Professional Artist (2003)
• Carol North received Frederick Laas Memorial Award from Missouri Citizens for the Arts (2003)
• Honored with the “Excellence in the Arts” Award from the Arts and Education Council (1998)
• Won Missouri Arts Award for Outstanding Artistic Contributions to the State (1997)
• Carol North received YWCA Women in Leadership Award (1996)
• Received three national awards for excellence from the American Alliance for Theater and Education (1987, 1981, 1974)

Special Invitations:

• Carol North conducted workshops and lectures in Taiwan on children’s theater (2003)
• Performed at the Taipei International Children’s Arts Festival in Taiwan (2002)
• Opened “One Theatre World” Festival, an international event at the Kennedy Center (2000)
• Toured Japan as only U.S. theater invited to International Festival for Young Audiences (1999)
• Carol North attended U.S./Netherlands Touring and Exchange Program as an artist/delegate (1997)
• Performed as only U.S. participant at Stregagatto Festival in Italy (1994)
• Performed at the Kennedy Center four times (1991, 1988, 1982, 1978)

Prestigious National Funding:

• Acknowledged for artistic excellence with 29 consecutive years of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with 12 consecutive years of funding from the Shubert Foundation (2011)
• Awarded $50,000 ARRA Stimulus Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, one of only two theaters throughout Missouri to be selected for funding (2009)
• Received $67,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to establish the New Works / Future Fund, a cash reserve to support new work development (1998)
• Received two major collaborative grants from the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, one of only eight recipients across the country to be selected for funding (1993, 1992)

Below are contributors whose support we received between July 1, 2009 and August 15, 2010.

$20,000 and above

Arts and Education Council

Missouri Arts Council

National Endowment for the Arts and the Recovery Act

Regional Arts Commission

Anabeth C. and John D. Weil

$10,000 – $19,999

Emerson
Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation
Kresge Arts in St. Louis
Monsanto Fund
The Saigh Foundation
The Trio Foundation of St. Louis
The Westin St. Louis, Official Hotel of Metro Theater Company
Whitaker Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999

Mary Ellen Finch
Elizabeth L. Green
Mary and James Moog
PNC Foundation
The Saigh Foundation
Target
In honor of Loretta I. Valentine
Whole Foods Market

$2,500 – $4,999

Cardinals Care
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
Mary Ellen Finch
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation
Susan Z. and James P. Gamble
Camille and James Greenwald
Heartland Bank
Katy and Joe Kaufman*
Ellen L. Livingston**

$1,000 – $2,499

AT&T Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Terry Bloomberg**
Children’s Theatre Foundation of America
Susan and Christopher Fox
Nancy and Tom Garvey
Jane and Ken Jones
Suzy Gorman*
Marcia Kerz
Mary Ann Lazarus and Daniel G. Jay
Kim Lloyd*
Bridget and Earl McDaniel
Margaret O’Brien
Janet Schoedinger and Jim Mann

$500 – $999

Britni Eggers*
Mr. and Mrs. James Elsesser
Kevin Farrell and Molly Walsh
Christopher Gurr
Barbara Harris
Nancy and Ken Kranzberg
Jack J. Lane
Margaret McDonald
Gail Thoele

$250 – $499

Lenore Albee and Charles Daniel
Christine and John Berg
Marlene Ann Birkman
Megan and Deever Bradley
Judie Courtney
Mark Deany
Lawrence and Karen Goering
Lois J. Gould
Samuel Hausfather
Martha A. Henry
Kristy Jackson
Phyllis and David Kim
Sandra and H. Davis McCarty
Monsanto Matching Gift Program
Carol North and Nicholas Kryah
Margaret North
Janaki and Gary Patrik
Kathe and Edgar Rasch
Don Senti
Nancy Tonkins and Laurie Whelan
Dr. and Mrs. Lionel G. Warren
Lisa Orden Zarin

$100 – $249

Marcia and Neil Bernstein
Sally Boggeman
Jocelyn Botkin
Joan T. Briccetti and Kathy Greminger
Janet Brown and Paul Reuter
Dr. Wanda C. Clay
Laura Cohen
Anne Cohn
Milly Cohn
Patricia A. Corrigan
Betty and Richard Crumpton
Kitty and Tim Daly
Diane and Roger Davenport
Mary Dicken
Larry Dunphy
Sara and Fred Epstein
Linda and Joseph Ferro
Marilyn Fox
Frankie M. Freeman
Connie and Jerry Fritz
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Emily L. and Michael P. Grady
Susan and Ed Grooms
Judy and Scott Guerrero
Nancy and Bruce Halverson
Ruth and Scott Hanson
Barb and Jeff Homar
Joanne G. and Joel S. Iskiwitch
Jim Jost
Lynne Kipnis and Steven Rothman
Kuna Foodservice
Dianne Ladendecker
Carolyn and Joseph Losos
Marylen Mann and Franklin Jacobs
Phyllis M. Maritz
Virginia and David McDonald
Stacey, Patrick, Conor, and Harlan McMackin
MEDEX
Leonard Landsbaum and Donna Moog
Patricia and Philip W. Moses
Charles Dean Mueller
Dr. Julia Muller and Mr. Earl Shreckengast
Susan W. Nall
Shelli Netherton
Juli Niemann
Cynthia and Stephen Patton
Julie and Steve Plax
Gerry Puglisi and Tom Krauska
Helen Rager
Beth and Rick Remming
Greg Roberts
Lynn and Robert Rubright
Lydia Ruffin and Bonnie Taylor
Sonja and David Saar
Robert N. Sandberg and Virginia A. Zakian
JoAnn and Ted Sanditz
Teresa Sarai
Leslie Scheuler
Chris and Al Schmiz
Ann M. Shaw
Pat Simons
Rose-Lynn Sokol
Lucie and Steve Springmeyer
Joan and George Thomas
Robin and Dan Wald
Pat and Larry Walter
Nadine and Ray Whelan
Paige and Daniel Whelan
Sue Wilde
Nancy L. Williams and Mary E. Hizer
Steven Woolf
Kim and John Wylie and Family

$99 and below

Drama Department, Affton High School
Maryellen and Bill Amos
Jim Andris and Steve Nichols
Linda S. Atwell
Bank of America Foundation
Nancy Berg and Stan Braude
Barbara and Bob Bishop
Deb Bixler
Alice Bloch
Marilyn and Donald Blum
Elaine and Eric Bly
Drs. Nanci and James Bobrow
Martha and Mark J. Bogart
Lynn Bolin
Sherry and Terry Brakhane
Margaret and Christopher Brooks
Louise C. Bullock
Anne and Jerry Capps
Beverly Clarkson
Annie Watts Cloncs
Mary Ann Coker
Suzanne Costello
Michael Daft
Diane and Roger Davenport
Joan Dellbringge
Jackie and David Dimmitt
Pat Dolan
Allison Felter
Vernon Flakes
Robin and Rich Frank
Janet and Paul Fredstrom
Scott, Ashley and Alison Gill
Denise R. Giuffrida
Golterman Historics, LLC
William Grivna
Frances R. Hamilton
Jackie Heitland
Myrna and Arnold Hershman
Gary and Mimi Hirshberg
Cindy and Robert Kahn
Jeanne Klein
Kathy and Geoffrey Knapp
Katherine A. and Charles F. Kneedler
Kohl Wholesale
Joanne and Alan Kohn
Kopytek, Inc.
John Langfeld and Dennis Grabowski
Hannah S. and Lawrence E. Langsam
Bill Larson
Peggy Ledbetter
Barbara Lehocky and Samuel Marwit
Liz Lippa
Ariel Lyons-Warren
Reta A. Madsen
Annelise Mertz
Jill Meyers
Mark Moloney
Matthew Neufeld
Yuvonnia and Aubrey Owen
Sarah Anne Patz and Howard Nathanson
Virginia L. and Myron Peck
Donna and Richard Pelikan
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Fund
Cliff Price and Nedra Price Hinchman
Laura Rainey
Diane and F. Scott Regan
Eloise and Kent Reynolds
Rudin Trust
Ann Marie and Andy Ruhlin
Betty Schmelzer
Ben Senturia and Bronwen Zwirner
Sylvia Silver
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Silvermintz
Grace Spruiell
L. Marie and Wayne Stafford
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey R. Standing
Alice and Perrin Stifel
James Still
Geri Sullivan
Judy Sweeney
Tina Telthorst
The Rome Group
Diane Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott Thompson
Barbara and John Tolch
Enid D. and Orlin D. Vandeventer
Nancy and Bob Wagoner
Ayako and Haruka Watanabe
Dorothy Webb
Eddie Webb
Ms. Patricia Weiss
Sharon and Robert Whitely
Alys and Terry Wilmot
Susan and Mark Wolf
Pat and Mike Wolff
Colleen Wyss
Arlene Zarembka and Zuleyma Tang-Martinez
Luanne and Steve Zwolak

*Includes in-kind support

** Includes generous support of New Works / Future Fund

Tribute Gifts

In Memory of Marsha Bandy
Geri Sullivan
In Memory of Linda Behrends
Maryellen and Bill Amos
Linda S. Atwell
Barbara and Bob Bishop
Elaine and Eric Bly
Martha and Mark J. Bogart
Anne and Jerry Capps
Beverly Clarkson
Annie Watts Cloncs
Shirley M. Cordry
Betty and Richard Crumpton
Larry Dunphy
Connie and Jerry Fritz
Cliff Price and Nedra Price Hinchman
Katy and Joe Kaufman
Katherine A. and Charles F. Kneedler
Kohl Wholesale
Kuna Meat Company
Sandra and H. Davis McCarty
Tomi Norris
Carol North and Nicholas Kryah
Yuvonnia and Aubrey Owen
Janaki and Gary Patrik
JoAnn and Ted Sanditz
L. Marie and Wayne E. Stafford
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey R. Standing
Joan and George Thomas
Enid D. and Orlin D. Vandeventer
Pat and Larry Walter
Sue Wilde
Alys and Terry Wilmot
Pat and Mike Wolff
In Memory of Alexis Carlson Curry
Diane and Roger Davenport
Katy and Joe Kaufman
Carol North and Nicholas Kryah
In Honor of Camille Greenwald
Rose-Lynn and Dan Sokol
Lisa Orden Zarin
In Honor of Jane and Ken Jones
Ben Senturia and Bronwen Zwirner
In Honor of Emily Kohring
Katy and Joe Kaufman
In Honor of Margaret McDonald
Virginia A. and David P. McDonald
In memory of Dorothy Moog
The Trio Foundation of St. Louis
In Honor of Peggy O’Brien’s Birthday
Pat Dolan
In Honor of Stephanie Strohman
Eddie Webb
In Memory of Loretta I. Valentine
Carol North and Nicholas Kryah
In Honor of David Warren
Ariel Lyons-Warren

(We apologize if we have inadvertently omitted anyone who should have been included or have spelled any names incorrectly.  If you note an error, please contact David Warren (development director) at david@metrotheatercompany.org or 314-997-6777 ext. 105, so that we can correct future listings.