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Filing year 2023

MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY

Princeton, New Jersey·EIN 21-0724198·NTEE A610 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$13.9M
Total assets
$36.6M
Total expenses
$14.6M
Reported officers
39
Mission

MCCARTER IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FLAGSHIP THEATRES AND A CULTURAL ASSET FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. A NATIONALLY RENOWNED, INDEPENDENT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE COMPANY IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CREATIVE HUB OF ARTS AND IDEAS OFFERING THEATER, MUSIC, DANCE, SPOKEN WORD, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. KNOWN FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY AND EXCELLENCE, AS WELL AS ITS THOUGHTFUL AND ENGAGED AUDIENCE, MCCARTER HAS PROVIDED A HOME FOR ARTISTS SINCE ITS INCORPORATION. THORNTON WILDER'S OUR TOWN, KAUFMANN & HART'S YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, AND WILLIAM INGE'S BUS STOP, ALL HAD THEIR PREMIERES ON MCCARTER'S STAGE. THE COMPANY IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE REGIONAL THEATRE TONY AWARD, AND WON AGAIN FOR BEST PLAY FOR CHRISTOPHER DURANG'S VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE. MCCARTER IS CO-LED TODAY BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SARAH RASMUSSEN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARTIN MILLER.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Artistic Director
director (operational)
$409k
$456k
Base
$350k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$40k
Director of Presented Programming
highest compensated employee
$190k
$212k
Base
$154k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Director of Mktg & Audience Strategy
highest compensated employee
$174k
$195k
Base
$136k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$30k
Base
$145k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of University & Artistic Partnerships
highest compensated employee
$154k
$172k
Base
$131k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Director of Production
highest compensated employee
$148k
$165k
Director of IT
chief information officer
$143k
$160k
Executive Director (began 9/23)
$115k
$129k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 31 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 9%
from 2022

From $373k in 2022 to $409k in 2023.

$373k
2022
$409k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 6% in real terms$431k to $456k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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