Renew Theaters, Inc. is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt, cinema management company. Renew was created to allow the same management team to operate multiple theaters, while allowing each theater to maintain its own separate, local identity. Renew makes no profit — it is a “pass through” company that supplies the services at cost.

County

Ambler

Hiway

Princeton Garden

Renew currently operates four historic, small-town movie theaters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey:
• the County Theater in Doylestown, PA (since 1993),
• the Ambler Theater in Ambler, PA (since 2003),
• the Hiway Theater in Jenkintown, PA (since 2013),
• and the Garden Theatre in Princeton, NJ (since 2014).
Renew also helped reopen the Bryn Mawr Film Institute in 2005 and ran its movie operations until 2009. Each of our theaters is a separate, 501c3 tax-exempt corporation. Each theater has its own local Board of Directors and its own separate finances.

Our Mission.

Renew manages each theater according to the mission to:

Exhibit art, independent and world films that offer the community an opportunity to experience a broad range of artistic and alternative expressions;

Educate the community about the film and media arts through a diverse program of educational activities that seek to develop a lifelong involvement with the arts;

Serve as a community and charitable resource for the arts, and to promote and effect access to the arts for all members of the community; and

Preserve as a cultural resource the historic County, Ambler, Hiway and Garden theaters.

Administrative Staff.

Leadership

Chris Collier
Executive Director
John Toner
Founding Director

Administration

Kristi Romspert
Finance Director
Jon Dumoff
Managing Director
Justin Jagoe
Administrative Coordinator

Design

KC Biedlingmaier
Design Director
Abby Forkell
Marketing Coordinator
J.C. Wenhold
Design Associate

Development and Membership

Lauren Nonini
Development Director
Kate Gross
Membership Director
Mary Bingler
Business Sponsorship Coordinator
Cassie Borchers
Development Coordinator
Julia Ivanovski
Donor Outreach Coordinator
Carolyn Wombough
Membership Coordinator

Education

Andrew J. Douglas, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Education
Julia Mahony
Educational Programs Director

Operations and Facilities

Jesse Crooks
Operations Director
Marissa Lesnick
Facilities Administrator
Kali Van Nostrand
Head Manager

Programming

Brendan Joyce
Co-Director of Programming
Shannon Quinty
Co-Director of Programming
Grant Gow
Assistant Programmer
Theater Managers
Selena Adams
Francesco Fogliano
Gabriel Gibboni
Tony McCall
Madison Shea
Mersha Wambua

Board of Directors.

Ken Roos - Chair
Leigh Lockwood - Vice Chair
Kim Rainey - Secretary
John Toner - Treasurer


Randy Hill
Wynn Lee
James Steward
Jonathan Wilt

Charitable Information.

Legal Name: Renew Theaters, Inc.
EIN: 76-0731613
Charitable Documents
501(c)3 Letter
FY24 Audit
FY24 Form 990
Mailing Address:
Administrative Office
106 E. Butler Ave.
Ambler, PA 19002