21-22 Annual Report

FROM LEADERSHIP FROM BOARD CHAIR

FRIENDS,

Studio’s 43rd season, captured in this report, was both incredibly taxing and uncommonly gratifying. When measured by number of productions, it was our smallest season since the early 1980s. Surprising as it sounds given its size, it was also one of the most challenging to produce. The sources of that difficulty are numerous and familiar-sounding: COVID cases that yanked cast and crew members at a moment’s notice, supply chain disruptions for production materials, a smaller staff, labor market challenges, hybrid work environment challenges, audience hesitancy to return, vanishing predictability, and all of the ways that routine things became difficult. It was a year during which the formerly unthinkable began to feel almost routine—we canceled ten performances because of COVID positives and production delays, and postponed one production to fall 2022.

And yet, it was in many ways a season to remember. We reopened our renovated building, welcoming audiences back to reconfigured public spaces and the glorious new Victor Shargai Theatre. We produced a play in that theatre, learning daily about its possibilities and its quirks. Our season included perhaps the most outside-the-box theatrical experience in Studio’s history, one of the most indelible world premieres we’ve ever produced, and two resonant plays about the contemporary Black experience, one as confrontational as the other was heart-warming. We were buoyed by the steadfastness of our supporters. We began to practice changes designed to make Studio a more welcoming, more anti-racist place. And every day, we got to work with theatre professionals who were reconnecting with their passion after an unwelcome hiatus.

The biggest surprise of the pandemic is how long it has lasted. The biggest lesson of this season is how long our reemergence and recovery from it will take. But we’re lucky to be able to rebuild alongside our audiences and our staff, in our city, and with the help of the remarkable artists who pass through this place. For whatever role you played in helping us return, albeit haltingly, to the stage: our everlasting thanks.

Yours,

DEAR STUDIO SUPPORTERS,

This year presented its share of challenges. But thanks to amazing staff, our community of artists, our Board, and the commitment of our supporters, we were able to reopen for in-person performances for the first time since 2020 and to complete our transformative Open Studio renovation!

Returning to in-person productions, we prioritized safety for staff, artists, and audiences. Our rigorous health protocols were responsive to the evolving situations of the pandemic; when necessary, we had to cancel some performances and pivot to streaming. Through generous federal and D.C. government relief funds, however, Studio was able to navigate these hurdles and return to the work that is the core of our mission: producing live theatre that brings us together in thoughtful dialogue.

Open Studio was over five years in the making. This season, we were thrilled to welcome you back to a dynamic new building with vibrant exterior signage, a more accessible box office, brand-new HVAC systems, expanded public space, and a new gender-neutral restroom. A dedicated rehearsal space supports the art, and a state-of-the-art flexible theatre space—our new Victor Shargai Theatre—enables expansive multi-level sets, such as the one for this season’s The Hot Wing King, the space’s inaugural production.

We have also continued our work to make Studio a more equitable and inclusive organization at all levels. At the Board level specifically, we have eliminated a minimum Board gift, prioritized Board diversification, and instituted anti-racism and allyship workshops for the Board.

I want to thank both our longtime and new supporters who stood with Studio while our stages were dark and who helped to make our reopening possible. You believed in the power of Studio to come back with a renewed vigor and in the importance of our work to foster dialogue and connection.

THANK YOU!

Chair

Amy Weinberg Board of Trustees,

David Muse Artistic Director

Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg

Executive Director

flight

BY VOX MOTUS BASED ON THE NOVEL HINTERLAND BY CAROLINE BROTHERS ADAPTED BY OLIVER EMANUEL DIRECTED BY CANDICE EDMUNDS AND JAMIE HARRISON

DECEMBER 16, 2021 – MARCH 6, 2022

DC METRO THEATRE ARTS

Flight, the first show of the season, was an intimate experience for COVID times. Audience members experienced the show wearing headphones at an individual booth where they viewed the story of unaccompanied children Aryan and Kabir, brothers who are attempting to travel from Kabul to London. While listening to the dialogue, audiences watched the scenes play out on a rotating carousel—dioramas that capture the brothers’ harrowing journey and stubborn hope in intricate detail and an invitation to bear witness to the personal stories of two of the 300,000 displaced children who make unaccompanied journeys every year.

BY

JANUARY

14, 2022 – FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In January 2022, Studio produced our first in-person play in 22 months— on a revolving stage—with White Noise, Suzan-Lori Parks’s very funny drama and Reginald L. Douglas’s final production as Associate Artistic Director before taking over Mosaic Theatre Company as its new Artistic Director.

In White Noise, American history casts a long shadow over the friendship of four thirtysomethings: artist Leo, lawyer Dawn, livestreamer Misha, and adjunct professor Ralph. When Leo has an altercation with the police, and fears becoming another Black man whose name is only known because of his death, he makes a proposition that forces all four friends to confront the history living under their own lives, as well as the ways they’re not fully truthful with each other or themselves.

“Flight soars by tackling big issues with miniature models.”

—WASHINGTON POST

“Stunning...a shock to the system and necessary to be seen.”

SUZAN-LORI PARKS DIRECTED BY REGINALD L. DOUGLAS

One diorama scene in Flight Photo by Beth Chalmers.

Katie Kleiger and RJ Brown in White Noise Photo by Margot Shulman.

WASHINGTON POST

JOHN IS THE VILLAIN PROCTOR WORLD PREMIERE

BY KIMBERLY BELFLOWER DIRECTED BY MARTI LYONS

APRIL 27, 2022 – JUNE 16, 2022

COVID delayed Studio’s world premiere of Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain by a year and a half, but Belflower’s look at the ways #MeToo revelations hit the teens of a small Georgian town was both timely and thrilling—and received a passionate audience response. The play, which features a cast of nine, follows high schoolers who are studying The Crucible during a tumultuous spring semester: one student’s father is accused of sexual misconduct, another returns to school after leaving suddenly three months earlier; and a third tries to start a feminism club to try to make sense of the 2018 news. As the teens find new language for their past experiences, they begin to reinterpret canonical stories about honor and shame, desire, and power—fracturing some relationships and finding new allies. A new play from a major new voice, John Proctor is the Villain captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury—writing their own coming of age story. It is a play we expect to see on many other stages, and a playwright we’ll surely be hearing more from, in the seasons to come.

WINNER, 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA

BY KATORI HALL

DIRECTED BY STEVE H. BROADNAX III

JUNE 25, 2022 – AUGUST 7, 2022

The final play of the season was the crowd-pleasing Pulitzer Prize winner The Hot Wing King. Set the night before the Hot Wing Festival in Memphis, the play follows Cordell, who’s just left St. Louis—along with two sons in their 20s and his soon-to-beex-wife—to move in with his boyfriend Dwayne. Backed by his best friends, Cordell has a feeling that this is his year. But then a family emergency brings Dwayne’s nephew into the house, one of the prep crew starts messing with the seasoning, and suddenly things have gone far off course. Inaugurating the Victor Shargai Theatre with a set designed by Michael Carnahan that included four playing spaces and a working kitchen, The Hot Wing King was an event: speed-round cooking, a full dance number, and two basketball skirmishes punctuated Katori Hall’s look at six Black men bumping up against traditional definitions of family, fatherhood, and manhood.

—BROADWAY WORLD

“A knockout...John Proctor is... pushing for a 4.0 GPA.”

Photo: Dave Register and Miranda Rizzolo in John Proctor is the Villain . Photo by Margot Schulman.

“A production to treasure.”

Bjorn DuPaty, Brian Marable, and Blake Morris in The Hot Wing King Photo by Jati Lindsay.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

STUDENT MATINEES

With support from a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities grant, Studio hosts DC public and public charter high school students for free matinees of age-appropriate productions in Studio’s season.

During the 2021-2022 season, Studio offered digital access to a filmed production of John Proctor is the Villain, followed by a filmed post-show conversation between playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Marti Lyons about the play process. To provide educators with another resource to deepen student engagement, Studio distributed a curriculum guide that aligned with local and national educational standards. 145 students—from Dunbar High School, KIPP DC College Preparatory Academy PCS, and McKinley Technical High School—experienced these John Proctor is the Villain matinees.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

PSALM’S SALON

During the 2020-2021 season, as part of our 18-month Building Demand for the Arts grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Studio partnered with DC-based playwright and director Psalmayene 24 to host livestreamed community conversations. A hybrid talk show, each Psalm’s Salon featured Psalmayene 24 in conversation with artists and activists and shout-outs of local Black-owned restaurant partners.

On July 1, 2022, we were able to realize Psalmayene 24’s original vision of live, in-person Psalm’s Salons. The Salon was set to a musical soundtrack provided by DJ Stylus and included a sampling of wings provided by local DC favorite Wingo’s and a discussion between Psalmayene 24 and The Hot Wing King director Steve H. Broadnax III.

Studio Production & Community Engagement Apprentice Maya Shed, Belflower, Lyons, and Studio Directing Apprentice Francesca Sabel.

STUDENT NIGHTS

Designed to bring together college and university students across the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Student Nights are special performances for students who have a strong passion for theatre. Students receive a $10 ticket and an invitation to a postshow discussion where the play’s cast members, creative team, and production team share experiences and tips about working locally and nationally in professional theatre. Studio piloted these events in the 2021-2022 season with student nights for White Noise, John Proctor is the Villain, and The Hot Wing King. Going forward, Studio hopes Student Nights will help us foster lasting relationships between these students and their schools, including American University, Catholic University, Georgetown University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Howard University, Montgomery Community College, and the University of the District of Columbia.

BLACK PRIDE & JOY FESTIVAL

Celebrating the intersection of the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, Studio partnered with Day in the District Events and Team Rayceen, two local Black community organizations, to host the Black Pride & Joy Festival on July 16, 2022. In keeping with Studio’s vision of welcoming new people to our building, admission to the festival was free.

Running between two Saturday performances of The Hot Wing King, the event featured a live set by DJ Tryfe and seven Black-owned vendors, including food and beverage, skincare, and artwork for sale. HeadCount, a voter registration advocacy group, also participated in the event.

Festival attendees meeting the vendors. Photo by Hilary Judis.

STUDIO R&D

Over the course of the 2021-2022 season, Studio workshopped two commissioned plays through Studio R&D, our new play incubator.

These workshops gave each writer a chance to hear their work out loud for the first time and to collaborate with other artists as they honed the plot, pace, and tone of their work.

The Benefit

This season, Studio’s Annual Benefit celebrated our production of Katori Hall’s The Hot Wing King and was inspired by the food and music of Beale Street in Memphis.

Raising nearly $75,000 and drawing over 100 guests, the event featured our very own wing festival and tasting contest featuring three DC restaurants, followed by a Southernstyle

BBQ, dessert reception, and dancing to live R&B standards. (The guests particularly enjoyed the “casual and blue jeans recommended” attire.)

The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago by Brittany K. Allen, a play about a cast rehearsing a production inspired by Judy Chicago’s bedrock second-wave feminist artwork—and an examination of working in an industry that won’t care about you but with people who just might.

The

backyard

event featured director Steve H. Broadnax III via Zoom in the Milton Theatre, where he spoke with Studio’s Artistic Director David Muse about the preparations to bring The Hot Wing King to Studio—its second production after its Off Broadway run in 2020, which closed early due to COVID.

Saint Pigtail by Kimberly Belflower, a play about four young women who come to realize that they can end their forced isolation and sexual assault if they work together—only to see their solidarity unravel as some of the young women recreate power structures along familiar lines.

Steve H. Broadnax III Photo by Lelund Thompson.

Guests in Studio’s Atrium. Photo by Bianca Beckham.

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: DC PUBLIC LIBRARY EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

This season, we began a new partnership with the DC Public Library (DCPL) to help address economic access to cultural events in the city. DCPL had 150 ticket vouchers per production available at branches in neighborhoods with high resource needs and financial barriers to attending Studio’s shows.

Patrons of these branches were able to bring the voucher to Studio and receive a deeply discounted ticket of $10 to a performance of their choice. With the partnership in this early developmental phase, Studio is excited to continue working with DCPL on reaching more patrons and connecting through neighborhood libraries.

Studio’s Land, Labor, & Legacy statement is painted on the wall beside one of the entrances to the new Victor Shargai Theatre. Photo by Jati Lindsay.

In 2022, as part of a two-year long staff-led process of research and relationship building, Studio shared our Land, Labor, & Legacy statement on our website and hired an artist to permanently install it in our first-floor lobby. It recognizes the area’s original Indigenous inhabitants and honors the historical and present contributions of Black residents and Black legacy organizations to the vitality of Logan Circle and DC.

To craft the statement, Studio’s staff Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee consulted historical texts, local histories, land acknowledgments from other arts organizations, and the National Museum of the American Indian. Studio’s Executive Leadership also held conversations with members of the Indigenous community in the DMV-area and leaders of longstanding Black organizations in Logan Circle.

Studio’s long-term EDI commitments include creating a space that welcomes and nurtures BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) theatre-makers and their artistic visions, developing an organization-wide understanding of anti-racism, and building an audience more reflective of the diverse DC area.

Aiming to be a community hub, Studio has partnerships with nonprofits in our Logan Circle neighborhood and local educational institutions such as Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University.

The Shaw library is about a 10-minute walk from Studio. Photo by Paúl Rivera.

OPEN STUDIO REOPENING

Studio has advanced our capacity for artistic innovation and reimagined how the public can engage with our spaces. Studio broke ground on the project in March 2021 and completed it by February 2022.

The newly renovated Victor Shargai Theatre—renamed for fervent champion of DC theatre, and former Studio board member, who passed away in 2019—is a flexible space that can accommodate numerous seating configurations for immersive production designs. Intended to be home to Studio’s most ambitious projects, it includes a state-ofthe-art full tension grid and significantly upgraded production technology. To further support the work on our stages, Studio built our first-ever dedicated rehearsal room. The renovation expanded public lobby spaces, visually unified the exteriors of Studio’s buildings with new signage and paint treatments, relocated the box office to inside the main entrance for easy access to patron services, and invested in hospital-grade filters for HVAC systems. Studio is also partnering with a local café vendor to operate a new, 65-seat neighborhood café that will include an outdoor sidewalk patio on the corners of 14th and P Streets.

Following this public celebration, Studio held an intimate event on April 2, hosted by Open Studio Steering Committee Co-Chairs Susan L. Butler and Amy Weinberg and Studio’s Artistic and Executive Directors, to welcome campaign supporters to our transformed spaces.

Honoring the legacy of Victor Shargai, the city’s theatre advocate, Studio held a dinner in the new Victor Shargai Theatre.

Through Open Studio, a project five years in the making and the organization’s largest public renovation in nearly two decades,

Studio kicked off the celebration of the newly renovated building on March 31, 2022, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who also spoke at the event.

“I am proud to have a city like ours that supports transformative projects like the one here at Studio,” she said.

Exterior photo by Ken Wyner. Studio’s revamped lobby spaces. Photos by Jati Lindsay.

Susan L. Butler and Amy Weinberg talk with DCCAH Chairperson Reggie Van Lee. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Inside the new theatre. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Mayor Bowser begins the celebration. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Studio’s year-long Apprenticeship Program trains early-career theatre professionals.

The eleven apprentices of the 2021-2022 season worked in all areas of theatre operations, including Studio’s production, artistic, and administration departments. Apprentices receive a weekly stipend, live rent-free in a Studio-owned building with paid utilities, and gain exposure to working in a mid-sized, fast-paced regional theatre.

During the 2021-2022 season, Studio Theatre returned to in-person theatre with four productions.

With reduced income from single-ticket and subscription sales due to limited audiences and fewer productions, Studio’s budget relied heavily on contributed income, particularly individual giving from loyal donors and COVID relief funds.

Federal and local government support included the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG); forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA); the Employee Tax Retention Credit; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Grant; and the Entertainment Bridge Fund from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

Without these relief funds, Studio would have faced a significant deficit: earned income was roughly 40% of pre-pandemic levels and covered about one-fifth of Studio’s operating expenses in FY22. With the help of relief funds, however, Studio ended the fiscal year with an approximately $650K surplus.

Studio anticipates operating with a deficit for the next few years as we rely on that surplus to augment our income while we try to reach accelerated income goals in earned and contributed income.

Recent program alumni now work with major theater companies, nonprofits, and cultural institutions including The American Economic Liberties Project, Milwaukee Rep, Roundabout Theatre (NYC), and Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and some are pursuing professional degrees at schools such as Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University.

Former Marketing Multimedia Apprentice Elizabeth Morton reviews show art graphics.

Former Directing Apprentice Marielle Burt reviews script notes for a production.

STUDIO THEATRE EXTENDS OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR 2021-2022 DONORS, WHO SUPPORTED STUDIO’S WORK ON STAGE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SEASON SPONSORS

Susan and Dixon Butler

Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber

David and Jean Heilman Grier

Sari Hornstein

Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig

Albert G. Lauber and Craig Hoffman

Joan and David Maxwell

Teresa and Dan Schwartz

Steve and Linda Skalet

Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz

Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander

Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

Susan and Dixon Butler

Trudy H. Clark

Sheryl and Rick Donaldson

Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber

Hope and Mark Foster

The Galena-Yorktown Foundation

Jinny and Michael Goldstein

Susan L. Gordon

David and Jean Heilman Grier

John and Meg Hauge

Sari Hornstein

Rick Kasten

Arlene and Robert Kogod

Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig

Albert G. Lauber and Craig Hoffman

Joan and David Maxwell

Teresa and Dan Schwartz

Daniel and Irene Simpkins

Steve and Linda Skalet

Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz

Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander

Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

OVATION CIRCLE

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida

Dr. Stewart Aledort and Dr. Sheila Rogovin Jeremías Alvarez

Alan Asay and Mary Sturtevant

Rob Batarla

Jeffrey Bauman and Linda Fienberg

Nan Beckley

Cory and Rachel Capps

John Chester and Betty Shepard

Rick and Gary Copeland

Karen Doyne

George M. Ferris

Gerard Fiala

Wendy and William Garner

George Wasserman Family Foundation

Gari Lister and Matt Gobush

John G. Guffey

Frona Hall

Donald E. Hesse and Jerrilyn Andrews

Linda Lurie Hirsch

John Horman

Lynne and Joseph Horning

Paula and Edward Hughes

Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones

John Keator and Virginia Sullivan

Helen and David Kenney

Arlene and Martin Klepper

Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation

The Kristina And William Catto

Barry Kropf

Vinca and David LaFleur

Stephen A. Saltzburg and Susan Lee

The Lewis and Butler Foundation

B. Thomas Mansbach

Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson

Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss

Mark and Carol Hyman Fund

Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus

Dan and Karen Mayers

The Morningstar Foundation

Morrissette Family Foundation

Ken and Margaret Muse

Larry and Joan Naake

The Nussdorf Family Foundation

Nike Opadiran

Jamie Pate

Pat Lark and Lutz Prager

Lola C. Reinsch

Emily Rosen and Michael Gibbs

Irene Roth and Vicken Poochikian

Dr. April Rubin and Mr. Bruce Ray

Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak

Linda and Stanley Sher

Aimee Smart and Shefa Gordon

Andy and Ed Smith

Spoor Family Fund

Joshua Stiefel

Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez

Robert Tracy and Martha Gross

Carolyn L. Wheeler

Alan and Irene Wurtzel

Judy and Leo Zickler

OPEN CIRCLE

Dean Amel and Terry Savela

Marcia and Larry Arem

R. Joseph Barton

Jason and Nichole Bassingthwaite

Scott Douglas Bellard

Dottie Bennett

Jessica Berman

Robin Berrington

Joe and Sue Bredekamp

Jeffrey Rothstein and Lynn Bristol

Yolanda and Francis Bruno Family Fund

Susan Buffone

Michael Burke and Carl Smith

Jessica Case

Vincent Castellano

Dr. Morris J. Chalick

Nancy Chasen and Don Spero

Will and Carol Cooke

David Cooper and Stephen Nash

Michael Crosswell

Johanna Cummings

Jonathan Cuneo

Carol and Joseph Danks

Laurie Davis and Joseph Sellers

John Driscoll

Ruth A. Dupree

Leon and Miriam Ellsworth

Anne and Marc Feinberg

James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler

The G.A. Files Foundation

Leo S. Fisher and Susan J. Duncan Gift Fund

Trudy Fleisher

Charles Floto

Chris Gattuso

Amy C. Gilbert and Steven Newpol

Paula Seigle Goldman

Sally W. and Stephen W. Gresham

Gail Gulliksen

Jack Hairston Jr.

Sherry Marts and Larry Haller

Bonnie Hammerschlag

James Heegeman

Margaret Freeston Hennessey

Jonathan Hurz and Steven Hill

Richard and Pamela Hinds

John and Gail Howell

THANK YOU

Katherine Howell

Jason Johnston

Thomas Joseph Cary Kadlecek

Joanne Klesten and Jim Weinberg

Christine and Gene Kilby

Robert L. Kimmins

Leslie Kogod

Arlene and Bob Kogod

Stuart Kogod and Denise Garone

Patricia and John Koskinen

Dr. and Mrs. William Kramer

The Lafer Family Foundation

Chad Lash and Caryn Wagner

Marion Ein Lewin

Janet Lewis

Theodore C.M. Li and Courtney Pastorfield

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieberman

Ed Liebow and Erin Younger Lifland-Radmer Fund

Krista Linn

Dr. Richard F. Little

Brian and Judy Madden

Shawn C. Helm and J. Thomas Marchitto

Dan and Susan Mareck

Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation

Paul Martin

Ronald Mason Winton E. Matthews

Lou Mazawey

Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Wallis McClain

Eddie Adkins and Jeff Mendell

Jane Molloy

The Mufson Family Foundation

Carl and Undine Nash

Susan Nash

Martha Newman

Nancy S. Olson

Linda and Peter Parshall

Stan Peabody

Ane Powers

Roger Reeves and Ruth Lammert-Reeves

Julie Rios

Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III

Steve and Ilene Rosenthal

Lynn Rothberg

Alan F. Rothschild Jr.

Carole and Barry Rubin

Dee and Ron Sagall

Frank Sammartino and Ellen Starbird

Christina Samson

Bernard Myers Fund for the Performing Arts

Linda B. Schakel

Sandra and Albert Schlachtmeyer

The Honorable Carol Schwartz

Tucker Scully and Lee Kimball

Lauren Kogod and David Smiley

Cecile Srodes

Jeanne Stovroff

Thomas Strikwerda and Donna Stienstra

Candy and Lawrence Sullivan

Grant P. and Sharon R. Thompson

Timbrel Fund

Randy and Steven Toll Henry and Jessica Townsend

James Turner

Kazuko Uchimura

Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner

Henry Otto and Judy Whalley

Elizabeth B. White

Jack and Sue Whitelaw

Sandy and Jon Willen

Natalie Winston

Robert I. Wise

Ann Yahner

Eleanore Zartman

BENEFIT SUPPORT

Theo Adamstein - TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida

Jeremias Alvarez

Cindy and Mark Aron Susan and Dixon Butler Trudy H. Clark Liz and Tim Cullen Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Jinny and Michael Goldstein

Susan L. Gordon Gail and John Harmon

Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Arlene and Martin Klepper

Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig

Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Larry and Joan Naake

Carl and Undine Nash

Gregory and Belinda Nixon Craig Pascal Jamie Pate

Bob and Nina Randolph Lola Reinsch

Saks Fifth Avenue Checy Chase Teresa and Dan Schwartz

Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Steve and Linda Skalet

Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz

Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez

Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Clark-Winchcole Foundation

Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Dimick Foundation

The Embassy of Australia

Fannie Mae’s Gift Matching Program

The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation

Logan Circle Community Association

Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the US Commission of Fine Arts National Endowment for the Arts

The Nora Roberts Foundation

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Share Fund

The Shubert Foundation Weissberg Foundation

OPEN STUDIO

PILLARS OF THE CAMPAIGN

Susan and Dixon Butler

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Events DC

Sari Hornstein

Arlene and Bob Kogod

Judge Albert Lauber and Prof. Craig Hoffman

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Teresa and Dan Schwartz

Share Fund

Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

SPONSORS OF THE CAMPAIGN

The Adler Family Fund

Peter Bieger and Demian Gaiteri

Trudy H. Clark

Sheryl and Rick Donaldson

Hope and Mark Foster

Galena-Yorktown Foundation

Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi

THANK YOU

Jinny and Mike Goldstein

Susan L. Gordon

David and Jean Heilman Grier

Judy and Steve* Hopkins

Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones

Arlene and Martin Klepper

Kathleen Kunzer and Paul Rosenzweig

Herb and Dianne Lerner

Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss

Joan and David Maxwell

Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins

Nancy and Herbert Milstein*

Morningstar Foundation

Larry and Joan Naake

The Nussdorf Family Foundation

Craig Pascal in memory of Victor Shargai

Steve and Linda Skalet

Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson

Jamie Pate

Steve and Suzanne Swendiman

Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz

Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez

Robert Tracy and Martha Gross

Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander

Jonathan and Joan Tycko

Alan and Irene Wurtzel

FRIENDS OF THE CAMPAIGN

Theo Adamstein

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida

Jeremías Alvarez

Arent Fox

Rob Batarla

Nan Beckley

Scott Douglas Bellard

Don and Nancy Bliss

Katherine and David Bradley

Susan and Steven Bralove

Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher

George and Antoinette Brenkert

Liz and Tim Cullen

Camilla Day

Karen L. Doyne

Mona and Mark Elliot

Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber

The Eugene M. Lang Foundation

Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors

Anne and Burton Fishman

Charles Floto

Carmen and Edward Fox

Hon. Joseph & Mrs. Alma Gildenhorn

Barbara and Bob Hall

Patti Harburger

John and Meg Hauge

Madge Henning and Warren Davis

Maxine isaacs

JM Zell Partners, LTD

Heather Muir Johnson

Leonade D. Jones

Michael B. Kane Rick Kasten

Kay Kendall and Jack Davies

Patricia and John Koskinen

Barry Kropf

Vinca and David LaFleur

Jane Lang

Catherine and Wayne Maffett

B. Thomas Mansbach

Frank Guzzetta and Paul Manville

Renee Matalon and Stephen Marcus

The Drs. Mareck

Lou Mazawey

Kathy McGuire

Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett

Elvi Moore

Carl and Undine Nash

Lou and Sherry Nevins

Juan Otero and Julissa Marenco Otero

Cathy and Bill Pastor

Colin* and Alma Powell

Peter S. Reichertz

Elaine Reuben

Steve and Ilene Rosenthal

Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson

Sandy Spring Bank

Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak

David S. Shrager Foundation

David and Peggy Shiffrin

John and Ann Skeele

Ed and Andy Smith

Patti and Jerry Sowalsky

Cecile Srodes

Dick and Sandy Timmons

George and Trish Vradenburg

Anne and Ernest Wallwork

Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern

Adrian Washington and Donna RattleyWashington

Tom and Carol Wheeler

Dan and Natalie Winston Robert I. Wise Jr Beverly and Christopher With Bruce and Margareta Yarwood

*In memoriam

This list represents contributions made to special events, special initiatives, and the annual fund received August 31, 2022. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. For more information, please contact the Development Office at 202.919.3712.

FY22 BOARD

Amy Weinberg, Chair

Jinny Goldstein, Vice Chair

Rob Batarla, Treasurer

Navroz Gandhi, Secretary

Marc Albert

Jeremías Alvarez

Susan L. Butler CHAIR EMERITUS

Karen Doyne

Dr. Mark Epstein

Mark W. Foster

Susan L. Gordon

Jean Heilman Grier

Martin Klepper

Albert G. Lauber

Stanley Marcuss

Ronald Mason, Jr.

Renee Matalon

Larry Naake CHAIR EMERITUS

Belinda Elvan Nixon

Jamie C. Pate

Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig

Teresa Schwartz

Luz Blancas Sevak

Steven A. Skalet

Bobbi Terkowitz CHAIR EMERITUS

Terry Theologides

Robert Tracy

EX OFFICIO

David Muse

Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg

Photo by Jeff Malet.

Front cover photo by Margot Schulman: Deidre Shaw and Resa Mishina in John Proctor is the Villain.