ART FACTORY HOUSTON INC

Programs

1. Live Performances of Established Plays and Musicals for the Public and Community -Art Factory maintains a deliberately intimate space to connect Houston theatre patrons to art in a fearless, face-to-face manner. Each moment spent in the Art Factory immerses Houston theatre-goers in a full artistic experience, and binds spectators to their humanity, allowing art to unite our community. -The core of Art Factory's productions is its re-staging and re-envisioning of existing works of theatre, giving Houston audiences a brand new theatrical experience. We strive to hold firmly to the nostalgia and familiarity of existing musicals by maintaining their integrity, while creating inventive aesthetics for each piece. In 2023, we produced six large scale musicals; Pippin, 9 to 5 The Musical, Hair, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Reefer Madness the Musical, and Into the Woods. These productions included a highly conceptualized productions created volunteer opportunities for local actors, who gave their time and talent for the community and only accepted a small stipend to cover the expense to travel to rehearsals and performances. This show had a large group of volunteer actors,…

   $67,450 spent
   74% of program spending

2. Live Performances of Lesser Known Established Plays and Musicals for the Public and Community -Art Factory maintains a deliberately intimate space to connect Houston theatre patrons to art in a fearless, face-to-face manner. Each moment spent in the Art Factory immerses Houston theatre-goers in a full artistic experience, and binds spectators to their humanity, allowing art to unite our community. -The core of Art Factory's productions is its re-staging and re-envisioning of existing works of theatre, giving Houston audiences a brand new theatrical experience. We strive to hold firmly to the nostalgia and familiarity of existing musicals by maintaining their integrity, while creating inventive aesthetics for each piece. These productions are shows are rarely produced in Houston, or shows that are appearing for a Houston audience for the first time! The plays produced in 2023 includes Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, the regional premiere of Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. These shows had a large group of volunteer actors, technicians, stage management, crew, and other opportunities for people in our community to get involved with a…

   $14,082 spent
   15% of program spending

3. New Works of Original Musical Theatre - Art Factory provides a brand new theatrical experience with the opportunity to witness the development of pieces from across the country that have not yet been presented in our area, as well as original works helmed directly by the artists of our company. Art Factory Founders Luke Hamilton and Colton Berry helmed two new productions in 2023. These productions included a Broadway Cabaret of show tunes featuring live vocalists and musicians, and a concert focusing on the music of Adele. Expenses incurred for creating new work involved purchases of sheet music, rights for songs, costumes, props, wigs, makeup, lighting and sound equipment, and other things necessary to put the productions together. Additionally, purchases were made for building supplies including cleaning supplies, water and beverages we provided at no cost to volunteers, and wood to construct the sets. As these works were original creations of new theatrical work, no rights and royalties costs were required beyond purchase of sheet music and arrangements.

   $10,200 spent
   11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $91,732.