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What has the City paid Shakespeare by the Sea Inc?

$134K in City payments across 15 checks, from February 8, 2018 to May 27, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA INC

Recorded under 2 spellings

The Controller records vendor names as free text, so this firm appears under 2 different spellings. They are added together here, and listed in full so the arithmetic is checkable:

  • SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA
  • SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA INC
$134KTotal paid
15Payments
$8,921Average payment
FY2022-23Peak full year · $38K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$17K
FY2019-20
$20K
FY2020-21
$7K
FY2021-22
$14K
FY2022-23
$38K
FY2023-24
$24K
FY2024-25
$5K
FY2025-26
$10K

Who pays them

Cultural Affairs$119K
City Council$15K

What for

Cultural Grants for Family and Youth$114K

11 payments

CD 4 Redevelopment Fund$15K

3 payments

Council Civic Fund$5K

1 payment

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
May 27, 2026CD 4 Redevelopment FundCity CouncilINV# CD04NR26050526-7 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND OUTREACH SUPPORT FOR FREE DENIM DAY AWARENESS AGAINS$5,000
October 15, 2025Council Civic FundCultural AffairsCD 15: 28TH ADMISSION FREE SUMMER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ON 6/26/25 AND 7/12/25$5,000
June 6, 2025CD 4 Redevelopment FundCity CouncilINV # 25-CLK-191, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DRILL COSTS AND STORAGE UNIT FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SUPPL$5,000
February 28, 2024Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural Affairs6 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS IN CD5$18,960
September 13, 2023CD 4 Redevelopment FundCity CouncilINV # 24-SBTS-01 / CD 4$5,000
May 17, 2023Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsPRESENT TWO PERFORMANCES IN COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) 5 AND /OR 15$14,730
August 25, 2022Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsGRANT TO PRODUCE AND PRESENT SIX OR MORE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF ONE OR MORE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS$22,930
July 28, 2021Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR$13,780
September 21, 2020Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR$6,850
March 2, 2020Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR$6,850
August 30, 2019Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR$6,575
July 5, 2019Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR$6,575
March 27, 2018Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsSHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA$6,000
February 14, 2018Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsSHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA$6,000
February 8, 2018Cultural Grants for Family and YouthCultural AffairsREFER TO APPENDIX B (II) OF THE GRANTS CONTRACT FOR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR.$4,560

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.