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PARDON OUR PIXIE DUST - CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
ASU GAMMAGE BEYOND SEASON ANNOUNCED
CABARET REINVENTION AS POWERFUL AS EVER
PARDON OUR PIXIE DUST As we look forward to the new season at ASU Gammage we are happy to announce that we have broken ground on the elevator and restroom expansion project. While we are still fundraising to completely support the initiative, we have raised enough funds to allow the project to start. It is a proud day for all ASU Gammage VIPs as you have helped make possible a new ASU Gammage.
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The Arizona Board of Regents approved the project on June 9 and utility work began June 22 with an anticipated completion date of Spring 2017. Most of the summer was spent doing trenching for new water access to the building and demolition to make way for the expansion.
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ASU Gammage will remain completely operational during the construction project. The construction does mean a few areas of the building will be affected, and this includes the VIP Lounge. The VIP Lounge will be moving to the ASU Gammage promenade during the 2016-17 season and work is being done to transform the space for our VIPs. Any VIPs who require special assistance to get to the new VIP Lounge should contact us, and we’ll be happy to arrange wheelchair service to help you to the new lounge. The decision to move the lounge was made after final construction drawings indicated the Kathryn Gammage Gallery (where the VIP Lounge had been located in the past) would be affected by construction. We appreciate your patience as we work to improve the promenade to meet all of your needs before a show. We are committed to providing a first-class experience at ASU Gammage and can’t wait to share this season with you, and we look forward to Spring 2017 when our new restrooms and elevators will be unveiled. We thank you again for your support and patronage as we begin this new journey.
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Executive Director for ASU Gammage and Associate Vice President Cultural Affairs for ASU
50TH ANNIVERSARY LEADERSHIP BOARD Colleen Jennings-Roggensack William Ahearn Jerry Appell (in memoriam) Felice Appell
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Executive Editor: Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Laurie & Chuck Goldstein
Editor In Chief and Project Manager: Theresa Dickerson
Pat Langlin-Brazil
Managing Editor: Victor Hamburger
Albert Leffler
Creative Director: Sarah Moore
Michael Manning
Editorial Team: Kari Amarosso, Cheryl Amick, Michelle Johnson CAP-OM, Erica Lin
Sarah Nolan Leslie & Jeff Rich, Co-Chairs Bill Way Mary Way, Co-Chair
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Contributing Writers: Jennifer Haaland, Erica Lin, Savanah Yaghsezian Cover: AGUA FURIOSA. Photo: Steve Wylie
CONTENTS 4 Life Is A CABARET
6 ASU Gammage Announces Its 16-17 BEYOND Season
10 The Broadway League’s Spring Road Conference
12 VIP Event Photos
14 CO N T E N T S
Meet The People Behind The Magic— The ASU Gammage Technical Directors
16 Donor Profile: The Circle Of Art
17 Mesa High School Students Take On The Jimmy Awards in NYC
18 ASU Gammage Participates In New Cities, Future Ruins
19 Coffee At Kerr
20 Camp Broadway Alumni Perform At Carnegie Hall ASU Gammage VIP Club
24 Upcoming VIP Events
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Andrea Goss as Sally Bowles, Randy Harrison as the Emcee and the 2016 National Touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s CABARET. Photo: Joan Marcus
LIFE IS A CABARET The audible gasp followed by the deafening silence that often greets the final shattering moment of the national tour of CABARET is a testament to the force of the invigorating Roundabout Theatre Company’s production. Written by John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics) and Joe Masteroff (book), CABARET has long been recognized as one of the best and most important musicals of the 20th century. But if the original production was groundbreaking, Roundabout’s version, directed by Sam Mendes and choreographed and co-directed by Rob Marshall, is seismic. The show turns 50 years old in November, and there’s a good chance that you’ve seen a production somewhere—in regional theaters, colleges, even high schools. And of course there’s the famous, and very different, 1972 film. But regardless of how well you think you know CABARET, nothing quite prepares you for this decadent, riveting, devastating production, which Todd Haimes, Roundabout’s artistic director, calls a “reinvention” of the classic musical. First presented by Roundabout in 1998, the Mendes-Marshall staging of CABARET won the Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical, ran for 2,377 performances and made a star of its Emcee, Alan Cumming, much as the original Hal Prince production made a star of Joel Grey. And the show’s directors caught the attention of Hollywood. Mendes would go on to win the 2000 Oscar® for Best Director for his first film, the Academy Award®-winning “American Beauty,” and Marshall was nominated as Best Director in 2003 for his first film, the Academy Award®-winning “Chicago.” 4
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Randy Harrison as the Emcee and the 2016 National Touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s CABARET. Photo: Joan Marcus
In 2014, a decade after CABARET’S final “à bientôt,” Roundabout brought the production back to Broadway and then sent it on the road as part of the company’s 50th anniversary celebration. “This production changed musical theater,” says Haimes. “It gave us actors doubling as the orchestra and an environmental musical. I brought the show back because I thought a new generation should see the work that Sam and Rob did, which is truly seminal. Without changing the book, they captured the total debauchery of preNazi Germany in the first act, and gave powerful clarity to what was about to happen there in the second act.”
Mendes initially directed the show in 1993 at the 250-seat Donmar Warehouse in London, which he turned into a nightclub. He chose to have the ensemble double as musicians, unsure at the outset how that concept would work, and quickly realized that it served the production well. He and Marshall expanded on the idea for Broadway.
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“Making the ensemble the musicians helped the notion that it was the nightclub putting on the show,” he says. “Everything is done contained within the framework of the Kit Kat Klub. It’s not just that the actors sing and dance and act and play instruments. They also move the furniture and watch the show. And that takes it into a slightly Brechtian, stylized world which seems to jibe with the Weimar cabaret world of the late ’20s and early ’30s. I love the fact that the rhythm of this production is governed entirely by human beings. It’s suffused with a kind of home-made energy that comes directly from a multi-talented cast, which you can only get in the theater. It’s not spectacle in the traditional sense, but I think it proves how little spectacle you need to put on a great show.” Marshall adds, “This particular production is really a celebration of the actor, because there’s nothing there but the acting.”
Lee Aaron Rosen as Clifford Bradshaw, Andrea Goss as Sally Bowles, Mark Nelson as Herr Schultz and Shannon Cochran as Fräulein Schneider in the 2016 National Touring Production of CABARET. Photo: Joan Marcus
Willkommen to Berlin, 1929, and to the Kit Kat Klub, a cabaret that serves as a reflection of the Weimar Republic as it plunges toward Nazism. “The nightclub is a perfect metaphor for the gradual entrapment of the German people within the Nazi regime,” says Mendes. The downward spiral is mirrored in the show’s two doomed love stories. The first is between Sally Bowles, a British singer with limited talent who performs at the club, and Clifford Bradshaw, a bisexual American writer. The other romance is between Fräulein Schneider, who runs a boardinghouse, and Herr Schultz, a German-Jewish shopkeeper. “I first knew CABARET from the movie, and I was astonished to discover the stage show is quite different,” says Mendes. “It was a much more complex piece of work than the movie, and it had many more songs. In fact, it has one of the greatest scores in the history of musical theater, with songs such as ‘Cabaret,’ ‘If You Could See Her Through My Eyes’ and ‘Willkommen.’ However, a score with nothing to say is only half a musical. What Hal Prince did was to create a great piece about the rise of Nazism and the rise of any kind of repressive regime. CABARET is a great piece of theater because it says something about racism, about the intersection of politics and private life – how it’s impossible for Sally Bowles to live the way she attempts to live in that political environment. It refutes the people who think like she does, who say about politics, ‘What does that have to do with us?’ The truth is, it has everything to do with us.”
Each cast brings something new to the piece, which is why it’s not uncommon for someone who saw a previous incarnation of the production to return for another look. “CABARET is one of the great pieces of twentieth-century theater, like LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT or A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE,” says Mendes. “That means that the show is different depending on who’s playing the roles – not better or worse, but different and just as exciting. Every Sally Bowles and every Emcee that I’ve seen has brought something new to the part, in a way that can only happen with a great role. And it enables you to see things in a different perspective.” The theme of the show is as timely and urgent now as it was 50 years ago, and probably will be 50 years from now. “The world today is such a mess,” says Masteroff. “And when you understand what one man did to a sophisticated, intelligent country like Germany, then you wonder what could happen anywhere. It’s really kind of a warning.” Mendes adds, “I hope the show unlocks a period of history in a way that feels totally accessible and available. I hope it answers the questions, ‘How could Hitler have happened? How could fascism have happened?’ And I hope that people are aware enough to see that there are certain things that happened there that are still happening, which therefore makes the show as relevant as ever. I’m delighted that it’s touring, because it’s an incredible piece that deserves to be seen by a maximum number of people.” Don’t miss CABARET at ASU Gammage September 13-18, 2016.
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SPEED KILLED MY COUSIN
ASU GAMMAGE ANNOUNCES ITS 16-17 BEYOND SEASON ASU Gammage’s BEYOND Series is like no other in the country. A completely unique experience Relevant, Moving, Eclectic and Entertaining. This carefully curated live performance series brings adventurous, world-class artists to our stages and communities. These artists immerse themselves by not only performing evocative and exhilarating art, but also by connecting to our Valley residents through engaging Cultural Participation programs. The artist residency programs and master classes foster special connections to the community and leave a lasting legacy. This series is created with today’s realities and tomorrow’s possibilities in mind - a place of discovery, passion, thought and fun.
SPEED KILLED MY COUSIN The Carpetbag Theatre Inc. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 • 7 PM • ASU GAMMAGE The Carpetbag Theatre brings us the acclaimed production of SPEED KILLED MY COUSIN, a moving story of a young African American woman veteran of the Iraq War and her struggle with “Moral Injury,” Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Military Sexual Trauma (MST). A third generation soldier, the central character courts death by vehicular suicide. SPEED explores multiple issues related to war, including the history and otherness of African Americans in the military and the experiences of women in combat. Memories and flashbacks unfold before her, and in her rear-view mirror, as she drives. Ultimately she must decide whether to let go of the wheel or to choose life. REASON TO SEE IT The Carpetbag Theatre tells our human story with courage and unfailing integrity. Telling deeply moving stories of communities of color for over two decades has been the calling card of this award-winning theater gem from Tennessee. We are very proud to host Carpetbag Theatre for their Arizona debut and powerful depiction of issues faced by our deployed military personnel. 6
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AGUA FURIOSA Contra Tiempo SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 • 7 PM • ASU GAMMAGE AGUA FURIOSA, Los Angeles based Contra Tiempo’s newest work, is a burst of energy, passion and physical expression that draws audiences in to confront realities of race in our country. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Oya, the Afro-Cuban deity of wind and storms, Artistic Director and Choreographer Ana Maria Alvarez, harnesses her unique Urban-Latin AGUA FURIOSA movement approach to create a visually stunning and thought provoking evening of dance performance. AGUA FURIOSA merges call and response, a live vocalist, water themes, fierce physicality and the performers’ own personal narratives. Audiences will walk away from AGUA FURIOSA impacted, entertained and inspired to join the complex and transforming conversation of race in America. REASON TO SEE IT Ana Maria Alverez and the artists of Contra Tiempo are a breath of fresh air on the international dance scene, integrating vibrant expression of Latina/o culture, the complexities of contemporary America and passionate, nuanced dance artistry in a signature language all their own.
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AGING MAGICIAN Rinde Eckert & Paola Prestini
IT’S SO LEARNING The Berserker Residents
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017 • 7 PM • ASU GALVIN PLAYHOUSE
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 • 7 PM • ASU GAMMAGE
AGING MAGICIAN is a composite of sonic and visual elements that paints an allegory on time, youth and the peculiar magic of ordinary life, and, perhaps, the ordinary magic of a peculiar life. Accompanied by a string quartet and a choir of young people, AGING MAGICIAN moves us along with Harold, from the surgical repair of a timepiece to the magic show of time itself, lives and deaths, appearances and disappearances. The man’s vibrant last adventure is brought to life by a team of multidisciplinary artists who combine music, theater, puppetry, instrument making and scenic design to create an enduring work for the stage. This work features vocalist Rinde Eckert, a musical set by Mark Stewart and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and string quartet. REASON TO SEE IT Rarely do artists of Rinde Eckert, Paola Prestini and director Julian Crouch’s caliber and imaginations collaborate. The result in AGING MAGICIAN is a richly layered, surreal and transporting multimedia musical meditation on life and the passing of time.
IT’S SO LEARNING is the seventh show from the comedic trio, The Berserker Residents. The show will push and pull you down a crazy, twisting, hilarious and terrifying path of self-reflection that asks the question, “Why do we go to school?” In IT’S SO LEARNING, you’ll be handed a backpack full of the supplies needed to survive inside the classroom; you’ll be hauled through the quizzes, grades, bullies, praises, grades again and hopefully you’ll graduate. Don’t be tardy, as a faculty of eccentrics is taking attendance. Prepare for anything in this interactive classroom experience. REASON TO SEE IT If off the beaten path is where you like to go and ironic, brilliant and just plain wacky humor is your thing, The Berserker Residents are a can’t miss experience. IT’S SO LEARNING will take you on a hilarious, awkward and insightful trip through the familiar absurdities called adolescence and public school.
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DEAREST HOME
DEAREST HOME Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017 • 7 PM • ASU GAMMAGE MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship awardee, choreographer and dance artist Kyle Abraham comes to ASU Gammage for the first time with DEAREST HOME (working title), an interactive dance focused on Love and Loving. Abraham’s beautiful, visceral and unique signature choreography is alive and well in this moving and lush set of mostly solos and duets generated in conversation and collaboration with people of many ages and subcultures. DEAREST HOME interweaves movement, in its most vulnerable or intimate state with an interest in cross-cultural conversation and community action to create an open dialogue on how different demographics view and converse on topics rooted in love and the absence of love. REASON TO SEE IT Kyle Abraham is simply one of the most compelling artists creating dance works today. His rare gift lies in the ability to be completely relevant, exciting and moving through the language of dance ... a movement poet, a visceral social commentator ... for any audience. He is changing the idea of what dance performance is and can be for people from all walks of life. BEYOND tickets are on sale now. l
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Don’t miss exclusive afterparties following each BEYOND performance! Details at asugammage.com AGING MAGICIAN Saturday, January 28, 2017
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Keynote speaker George C. Wolfe
THE BROADWAY LEAGUE’S SPRING ROAD CONFERENCE • By Erica Lin Every May, ASU Gammage takes New York City by storm for The Broadway League’s annual Spring Road Conference. The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry and the Spring Road Conference brings producers and presenters together from all over North America for discussion panels, speakers and round table discussions, all to better the world of Broadway on the road. The 2016 conference was my first one, and the theme was “Innovate, Inspire, Ignite.” As attendees, we learned of new innovations and trends in the Broadway industry, especially in technology and education, heard inspiring speakers, notably George C. Wolfe and Andrew Lloyd Weber, and were ignited to take the innovations and inspirations we learned about and experienced at the conference and connect those insights back to ASU Gammage. “Broadway is the longest road in America and The Broadway League Spring Road Conference is the most important gathering for that road. It is a time to learn innovative methods of presenting, educating and creating Broadway and connecting it to our communities,” says ASU Gammage executive director Colleen Jennings-Roggensack. “This is the chance to build strong positive relationships with the Broadway and Road communities and see work that will be on the ASU Gammage stage.” Playwright and director George C. Wolfe wowed and inspired us with his opening keynote address, touching on the diversity boom currently happening on Broadway. “Theater is a place of refuge and reflection … Diversity is seeing ourselves in each other’s stories.” As a first timer, one of the major highlights was the Creative Conversations, where the cast and crew from currently running Broadway shows were invited to discuss their plays and musicals. These panels fulfilled the “inspire” theme of the conference, since all of the speakers were completely passionate about the projects they were involved in. The
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Creative conversation with the cast of SHUFFLE ALONG
conversations included the cast, director and playwright of THE HUMANS, the cast, choreographer and director of SHUFFLE ALONG, the cast and director of THE CRUCIBLE, a ‘Women in Broadway’ panel and the lyricist and director of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The enthusiasm and lovingness with which all of the speakers talked about their projects made me wish we had another week in NYC so that we could see all of their shows! Notable celebrity appearances included Aaron Sorkin, Andy Cohen, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saoirse Ronan, Ali Stroker, Sara Bareilles, Jeanine Tesori, Danai Gurira, Savion Glover, Billy Porter, Sophie Okonedo, Steve Martin, Jessica Lange, Danielle Brooks and Cynthia Erivo.
As the Digital Marketing Specialist at ASU Gammage, I found one of the most beneficial sessions to be the Round Table session with other professionals in the Broadway industry. Table topics included Group Sales, Digital, Public Relations and several marketing fields. We were able to join with our counterparts in other Broadway communities to discuss common themes that many of us experience. It also gave me the opportunity to connect with other marketing professionals across the country that have similar job duties to what I do here at ASU Gammage. On our first day at the conference, we were able to go to a special Sirius XM town hall conversation with the cast and creative team from HAMILTON! The conversation was moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper at the Richard Rogers Theatre where HAMILTON plays eight shows a week. The conversation featured Howell Binkley, Andy Blankenbuehler, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Thomas Kail, David Korins, Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo and Paul Tazewell, all 2016 Tony Award nominees, along with some winners.
Other speakers and panels over the three-day conference included Robert Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC entertainment in discussion with Seth Meyers on the history and future of live Broadway musicals on network TV, David Pogue, the founder of Yahoo Tech on the future of technology for theater pros and Ben Wellington of I Quant NY on how to use data to effect change. As a first time conference attendee (and probably for every conference attendee), the best experience hands down was the opportunity to see Broadway shows on Broadway! Tony voters have a chance to see nominated shows before they vote, and we had the opportunity to see shows that are coming to ASU Gammage for education and marketing purposes. ASU Gammage staff members were able to see many shows including MATILDA, FINDING NEVERLAND, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and BEAUTIFUL.
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Sirius XM town hall discussion with the cast of HAMILTON
Every night of the conference wrapped up with sponsored cocktail parties, complete with food and drink. I found that they were the best times to network with other presenters from around the country, as well as with press agents and show representatives that until the conference, I only knew through emails and phone calls. It was a fantastic opportunity to unwind after a long day of conference sessions and discuss the shows we had all just seen! I loved the time I was able to spend in New York City for the Spring Road Conference. I feel like I learned so much about the Broadway industry and I appreciated the opportunity to connect with my counterparts around the country. I already can’t wait for the 2017 conference! l Erica Lin • erica.lin@asu.edu THE CRUCIBLE, SHUFFLE ALONG and THE HUMANS Reception
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42ND STREET VIP CAST PARTY
42ND STREET VIP Cast Party at P.F. Chang’s 1. Donors and cast members enjoying the party at P.F. Chang’s 2. VIP donor Lori Weinstein, center, pictured with cast members 3. VIP donor Marilyn Bostic, third from left, is pictured with cast members 4. L to R: Mary Farrington-Lorch, Matthew Taylor (Julian Marsh), Mary-Lou Stephens 5. L to R: Char Augenstein, Matthew Taylor (Julian Marsh), JO Finks 6. VIP donor Alan Augenstein, third from left, and Peter Means, on far right are pictured with cast members Photos: Tim Trumble
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NEWSIES VIP CAST PARTY
42ND STREET VIP LUNCH
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42ND STREET VIP Club benefit lunch ASU Gammage's Rae and Richard S. Love Lobby 1. Lee Bowman lunch co-sponsor pictured with Natalia Lepore Hagan (Annie) 2. Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Violet Toy, Vanessa Mitchell (Lorraine), Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug), Betsy Yee 3. Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Nanci Geres, Natalia Lepore Hagan (Annie), Iris Weiss, Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug) 4. Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Michelle Jung, Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug) 5. Ron Starkman, Natalia Lepore Hagan (Annie), Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug), Susan Starkman 6. Seated: Marc Erpenbeck, Pat Langlin-Brazil, standing: Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Vanessa Mitchell (Lorraine) 7. Carole Lee Randall, Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/ Thug), Natalia Lepore Hagan (Annie), Denise McClain 8. Mallory Nolting (Phyllis), Stephen Smith, Vanessa Mitchell (Lorraine), Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Lorri Smith, Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug) Photos: Denny Collins NEWSIES VIP Cast Party at P.F. Chang’s 1. Nico DeJesus (Romeo), Stephen Michael Langton (Davey), Bailey Smith, Alexia Lorch, Stephen Hernandez (Swing) 2. Leah Pallin-Hill, Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly), Pat Kaufman, Morgan Keene (Katherine), Bryan Hill 3. Krystal Hancock, Zahnie Soe Myint, Joey Barreiro (Jack Kelly), Pat Kaufman, Morgan Keene (Katherine), Dianna Soe Myint 4. Anthony Zas (Elmer, Spot Conlon), Ashley Stys, Brooke Stys, Haley Spracale, Turner Birthisel (Les) Photos: Tim Trumble
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M E E T T H E A S U G A M M AG E T E C H N I C A L D I R E C TO R S
MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MAGIC—THE ASU GAMMAGE TECHNICAL DIRECTORS Have you ever wanted to take a look backstage during a performance at ASU Gammage? We’ve given you the next best thing—an exclusive interview with the people who make the magic happen behind the scenes. Meet ASU Gammage’s technical directors: Lisa Adamsen, Jeffrey Rollins and Shaun Schultz.
Lisa Adamsen How long have you been with ASU Gammage? Since November 1998
What is your theater background like? I did theater in high school and majored in theater and broadcast management in college.
What is your favorite type of show to work on? The BEYOND shows because they are a greater challenge logistically, and I get to be more involved creatively than the other work we present, so for me the end result is a lot more satisfying because I’ve been a part of the creative process.
What has been your favorite Broadway show? MAMMA MIA! Is really fun, really well crafted. My litmus test: if I take the music and the actors and put it in a park without any of the technology and special effects, and it still holds its own then you know you have quality. MAMMA MIA! has a solid arc, it’s well crafted, the music is fun and you can put it in a park and be totally fine.
Jeffrey Rollins How many years have you been with ASU Gammage? Seven and a half years
What is your theater background like? I got involved with theater my junior year in high school. The first show I saw was ASPECTS OF LOVE at ASU Gammage … I was an actor and paid my way through college by doing tech, and that hobby became a career.
Favorite Broadway show? I think probably MARY POPPINS because it was the first really big, intricate show that I did.
What is your favorite celebrity moment at ASU Gammage? During IF/THEN, Idina Menzel wasn’t feeling well and ran off stage left to the stage manager panel. I was standing next to the stage manager and she took a moment. Then you saw her close her eyes, take a breath and run back onstage. She was such a trooper. 14
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L to R: Shaun Schultz, Jeff Rollins and Lisa Adamsen
Shaun Schultz How long have you been with ASU Gammage? 10 months
Where did you work prior to ASU Gammage? I previously worked for Rhino Staging, and I’ve done sound effects for movies, the executive production of radio shows and audio engineering.
What is your favorite Broadway musical to work on? Probably THE BOOK OF MORMON. The show itself is so crazy and the crew was only slightly crazier so that was a fun crew to hang out with. And it was a funny show.
What’s the craziest thing that’s happened to you at ASU Gammage (so far)? “The 2 a.m. phone call saying the building was on fire was pretty interesting ... and I had only been here about five months so I was still relatively new,” said Schultz reflecting back to the underground fire in one of the tunnels that connects ASU Gammage to campus. The fire led to around the clock work by the team as a Broadway show was in the house and caused the entire venue to run on a tractor sized generator for nearly two weeks because as we all know, the show must go on.
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Jeff Rollins giving a backstage tour
Tales from Backstage Every now and then a Broadway show will require some emergency assistance from ASU Gammage’s technical directors. Adamsen recalled the time a fire alarm in the theater had a wiring shortage, causing a production of HAIRSPRAY to come to a halt not once, but twice. “The way that fire code is written is once you start an evacuation (in a public place) you have to finish it,” said Adamsen.
Fortunately, Adamsen said, the cast members were understanding and even made a joke about the fire alarms during an improvised segment once the performance resumed. More recently, ASU Gammage dealt with overhead sprinklers flooding the stage 12 hours before the 2016-17 Season Announcement.
Backstage Secrets Backstage at ASU Gammage may seem like a never-ending maze to the untrained eye. The stairs go down past the dressing rooms, and cast management offices run into the electrical rooms and vast storage spaces. There aren’t any skeletons in ASU Gammage’s closets, but there are a few hidden gems. Many patrons may not know that directly under the orchestra pit there are rows of chairs that can be moved up or down depending on the size of the audience. Up above, the spotlight control room is covered with spray painted stencils of Broadway shows that have toured through ASU Gammage, like permanent posters.
More uniquely to ASU Gammage, there is a “floating” door that leads to nowhere located backstage that originally was part of a second story wardrobe room on stage left that was demolished years ago. It’s about 30 feet in the air and just opens to a piece of plywood on the other side. Also, the carpet in the women’s and men’s chorus dressing rooms is different from the hallway and other dressing rooms because a famous actor requested to have the carpet changed. “His people came in and said ‘No really, we need to change the carpet’ ... It came down to a deal ... we’ll give you the carpet and paint the walls if you pay for it,” said Adamsen. l Savanah Yaghsezian • savanah.yaghsezian@asu.edu VOLUME 11 | 2016
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THE CIRCLE OF ART Almost 50 years ago Jerrye and Tim Van Leer began working in the ASU Gammage box office. Those part-time jobs were the genesis of a shared lifetime focused on performing arts that’s come full circle this month as the Van Leers established a gift to help carry ASU Gammage through another 50 years of arts presentation unequaled.
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“It was just a job, something to do to earn money,” Jerrye recalls of her employment when the two were ASU students in the late 1960s. Over the decades that followed, the performing arts became central to their family, encouraging interests that became the foundation of their future. “ASU Gammage is where we learned about the importance of the arts in everyone’s life.” Tim began in a ticket sales position at newly-constructed ASU Gammage. Shortly thereafter his career blossomed into arts administration and presentation at several impressive venues across the country. His box office experience piqued an interest that led to his service as Event Coordinator at ASU Gammage through 1977. "I was really taken by the conversations I had with the community,” remembers Tim about those early ASU Gammage days. “Their excitement, sharing with me about a certain artist or program, made quite an impression. Their passion and enthusiasm struck me.” As the Event Coordinator, Tim recalls one defining ASU Gammage example of how the arts connect us all. “Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra were playing on the ASU Gammage stage. I remember the utter silence in which we all sat. Captivated. Listening. There was a great deal of personal satisfaction acquiring an artist. To watch the relationship that an artist develops with the community was so rewarding. Then, to be a part of the audience was exceptional because we could witness so many levels of participation.” From events-immersion in Tempe, the couple moved their young family to Ohio State and eventually Lawrence, Kansas, where Van Leer retired in 2013 from his 12-year executive directorship at the Leid Center for Performing Arts at the University of Kansas. Sharing a childhood memory, Tim connected the arts enthusiasm he first encountered in ASU Gammage patrons to what his own had been when an aunt took him to his first symphony concert in Phoenix when he was in third grade. “We were very lucky to have family interested in arts activities,” he says. “Tim and I both grew up in Phoenix. As children we had access to all of the arts in our schools,” says Jerrye, as she contrasts the experience with those of later public education conditions across the country when arts programs began being cut. “In Columbus, Ohio, where our three children grew up, arts weren’t as available. About then, as a generation, we realized we needed to make the arts more accessible. We knew by then—art will change their lives.” 16
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Jerrye and Tim Van Leer
Jerrye, who feels “very fortunate to have had time at home” to raise their children, continued her arts involvement at the Spencer Museum of Art at University of Kansas coordinating tours along with other Visitor Service roles until 2011. “When we retired, we established a fund at the Leid Center at the University of Kansas in support of education activities and expansion of the arts," Tim says. Throughout the years, the couple remained in occasional contact with ASU Gammage executives because of their shared membership and duties in various arts presenting capacities. “In those days we were ‘Concert Managers.’ The term ‘Arts Presenter’ didn't come about until later,” said Van Leer, describing his early interactions with Colleen JenningsRoggensack, ASU Gammage Executive Director of the last two decades. Jerrye says in her concluding thoughts about their ASU Gammage beginnings, “I hate to confess that I had no idea what I was doing as we attended those early concerts. But yet, we went. It took us away. We didn't think about anything else. We would be so involved … we could all rise together in applause at the end.” That very element of naïveté that grew to impassioned involvement is the beauty of Van Leer’s story. Jerrye and Tim Van Leer built a history of arts support from humble beginnings fueled by how art changed lives, their own and those surrounding them. “This is where it all started,” Tim reflects as he thinks back on a long, rewarding career and considers the pivotal role that ASU Gammage provided. l Jennifer Haaland
MESA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE ON THE JIMMY AWARDS IN NYC Usually, actors don’t get the opportunity to perform on Broadway until they’ve “made it” in the world of theatre and spent years struggling in the industry. However, for 62 high school students, their Broadway debut would come before they’ve even moved out of their parents’ houses.
Both Payne and King said they were surprised to hear their names called out on the ASU Gammage stage, announcing that they were heading on to the next round in the big city. “Out of nowhere my name got called out of all that talent on stage,” said King.
Their win also came as a surprise because Payne and King attended the same high school. King said he was expecting the winners to come from different parts of the state. “Holly and I had the unique experience to be together from start to finish,” said King. The contestants had about a month to pack and prepare for the big competition. King, Payne, and 60 other teenagers then headed off to the Great White Way. New York University housed the students in dorms and professional performance coaches were called in to give one-on-one and group training.
Finally, Payne and King had the opportunity to perform on the Minskoff Theatre stage. Although neither of them won the $2,500 scholarship prize, Payne won the Rising Star award for her achievements in the program. Payne’s mother, Brenda Payne, said she knew her daughter had the talent and passion for musical theatre at a young age.
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After winning the ASU Gammage High School Musical Theater Awards, the National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, sent Mesa High School graduates Holly Payne and Noah King to New York City to compete with other high school students across the country for scholarships and other awards.
Holly (L) and Noah (R) outside of Sardi’s in New York City
Payne said she learned quickly and was able to adjust despite having to work with multiple directors at once. “I hope I get to do it again (perform in New York City) … it was an unforgettable experience,” said Payne.
Holly Payne performing as Peter Pan
King said he struggled the most with the dance lessons, but choreographer Kiesha Lalama made sure he could nail every step by the end of the week. She noticed King was struggling and pulled him up to the front of the class so she could monitor him closely. “I went and practiced and got the choreography down,” said King. “I became one of the dancers she (Lalama) could trust.” Although the aspiring actors were in a competitive environment, Payne said no one came to New York with a bad attitude. Both Payne and King made friends and bonded with their fellow performers. “It was a very positive place,” said Payne.
Noah King performing as Captain Hook
Holly and her teacher posing with her Rising Star award
“She was constantly singing and acting,” said Brenda. “We knew she could go far.” As for their futures, Payne hopes to keep theater in her life as she continues to audition for local productions. Eventually, she hopes to return to New York or audition for a performing role in Disneyland. King will be going on a two-year religious mission trip with the Church of of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and afterwards will attend ASU as a business major. What is clear, is that ASU Gammage has to keep an eye on these “Rising Stars.” l Savanah Yaghsezian • savanah. yaghsezian@asu.edu VOLUME 11 | 2016
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NEW CITIES, FUTURE RUINS
ASU GAMMAGE PARTICIPATES IN NEW CITIES, FUTURE RUINS New Cities, Future Ruins is a four-year curatorial initiative inviting artists, designers, and thinkers to re-imagine and engage the extreme urbanism of America’s Western Sun Belt. ASU Gammage is partnering with Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School for the Arts and University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts on the ambitious endeavor led by project Artistic Director Gavin Kroeber. New Cities, Future Ruins will engage the cities of the South West pioneering art and design. The region, stretching from Houston to Denver and from Phoenix to San Diego, is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the country, symbols of opportunity and entrepreneurialism, historic cradles of free market capitalism. Their path, however, may be unsustainable: located in delicate ecosystems, the unprecedented growth of these cities is marked by sprawl and resource overuse, dramatic demographic shifts and struggles over immigration. Some of the most pressing questions of our moment— questions of whether current ways of life can or should persist environmentally, economically and socially—are in few places as clear or as compelling as in these western Sun Belt cities. Suburban in texture, these new cities are 21st century spaces that resist creative traditions inherited from the industrial city. Bringing critical and innovative art and design practice from around the world to bear on this urban landscape, the initiative seeks to foster visionary thought and artistic experimentation at these urgent sites, places that both embody and illuminate global crises of rapid urbanization.
The first convening of this project will take place in Dallas November 11-14, 2016 (with public programming commencing Saturday, November 12). A hybrid conference and festival, the event will be open to the public, featuring artists’ projects, bus tours, and events throughout the city, as well as talks, roundtable discussions, screenings and workshops. A multidisciplinary coalition of practitioners from across the region will convene alongside an international network of artists, designers, researchers, activists, curators and scholars to explore a set of urgent issues manifested in this compelling but often overlooked political geography and parallel global sites. “The project is an important part of fulfilling ASU Gammage’s mission of Connecting Communities™ as we will be seeking to connect local artists, divergent organizations and ASU departments and to create an inclusive, equitable ongoing structure for sustainable urban planning,” said Michael Reed, ASU Gammage’s Senior Director of Programs and Organizational Initiatives. l Theresa Dickerson • theresa.dickerson@asu.edu
For more information visit http://newcitiesfutureruins.com
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COFFEE AT KERR It’s a Wednesday morning at the ASU Kerr Cultural Center, and a welcoming scent of coffee fills the air as a soprano belts out a high note that echoes through the studio. An accompaniment of operatic music follows in perfect harmony. Known as a cultural hub for local artists to hone their skills and perform, it’s no surprise that ASU Kerr Cultural Center partnered with Arizona Opera to bring opera to Scottsdale. What was inspired by a tradition of Louise Kerr providing free coffee at all her events, Coffee at Kerr has become a popular fixture at the historic building since the 90s. A partnership with the Arizona Opera has given first-time and veteran opera listeners the chance to hear samples of classic arias.
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Also, you can’t beat the price. The series is free, but suggested donations of $5 or a can of food are encouraged. “Retirees, students, guests taking an early lunch, tourists from area hotels and adults playing hooky can all be seen at Coffee at Kerr,” said Stacey Bailey, the program coordinator at ASU Kerr. “It’s an affordable and enjoyable way to meet members of the community, get a feel for the historic ASU Kerr Cultural Center and Arizona Opera and experience how we connect communities through accessible, high-quality cultural programs.” The program begins at 9:30 a.m. with coffee from local café Buzzberry and Bistro. Performances start at 10:30 a.m. with a quick introduction from Joshua Borths, the director of education at the Arizona Opera. “Borths does a brilliant job of opening up a more profound understanding of the opera through his in-depth analysis of key components of each work,” said Bailey. Bailey said the actors typically pick which arias they want to perform, but according to the Arizona Opera they make sure the arias they choose will be a good fit for a wide range of audience members. “We try to go with more iconic pieces,” said Caitie Quick, marketing manager for the Arizona Opera. “People can get a sense of what they’re walking into and give people a little bit of a preview if it’s their first time.” Quick said most people have heard some sort of opera before; they just might not have realized it at the time. This season, visitors can attend Coffee at Kerr September 28, November 2, January 25, February 15 and March 22. Actors will be performing segments from Sapphire Celebration, Rusalka, Madama Butterfly, Riders of the Purple Sage and La Ceneretola, respectively. “For anyone who has not been to ASU Kerr Cultural Center, the Coffee at Kerr events are a marvelous opportunity to escape to the tranquil Kerr property, see the one-of-a-kind historic venue and experience a taste of music in the superb acoustics of the studio,” said Bailey. l Savanah Yaghsezian • savanah.yaghsezian@asu.edu Artwork courtesy of Arizona Opera.
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ASU Gammage Camp Broadway participants Zachary & Sarah Astrowsky, Natalie Koch and Zoe & Max Zink performed at the annual New York Pops benefit gala concert at Carnegie Hall.
100K MILESTONE ASU Gammage gratefully acknowledges these individual donors and foundations whose cumulative giving totaled $100,000 or more as of July 2016. The contributions of these generous benefactors, in partnership with those of other visionary patrons, sponsors and volunteers, have incalculably enriched our community.
Abbett Family Foundation American Airlines Arizona Lottery APS Susan & William Ahearn Jerry Appell Carmen & Michael Blank F. Richard Bloechl Family George Brazil Plumbing & Electrical Broadway Across America JO & Harvey Finks Laurie & Chuck Goldstein Joanne & Mark Halberg Patricia Kaufman Patricia Langlin-Brazil Hugh W. Long, Jr. Family Rae & Richard S. Love Robert Machiz Lesley & Paul Monfardini Rosenbluth Family Foundation Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation Margaret T. Morris Foundation Rev. Jenny Norton & Bob Ramsey Nationwide Insurance Foundation Ticketmaster VMI Holdings The Way Family/Way Family Charitable Foundation
CORPORATE/ FOUNDATION SPONSORS $100,000+ Abbett Family Foundation Broadway Across America Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Margaret T. Morris Foundation/J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation $99,999-$50,000 George Brazil Plumbing & Electrical Ticketmaster $49,999-$25,000 Andrew Family Foundation Century Link National Endowment for the Arts
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UPCOMING VIP EVENTS Late August
Friday, October 14
Keep an eye on your mailbox for donor benefit materials like parking passes and VIP Lounge passes.
Open Rehearsal: Carpetbag Theatre – SPEED KILLED MY COUSIN
Supporting Member and above.
12:00-1:00 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy a rare behindthe-scenes look at the upcoming BEYOND performance. Get a glimpse of visiting artists’ and stage technicians’ process, and ask questions directly to the artists during the last 15 minutes. Open to the public.
Saturday, October 15 BEYOND: Carpetbag Theatre – SPEED KILLED MY COUSIN Sarah Bishop as Helga, Andrea Goss as Sally Bowles and Alison Ewing as Fritzie in the 2016 National Tour of CABARET. Photo: Joan Marcus
Tuesday, September 13 Cast Party: CABARET 10:00 p.m. (approx.) Join ASU Gammage and cast members from CABARET for beverages and light hors d’oeuvres on Opening Night Exclusive VIP Club member benefit (Directors Club and above)! Must RSVP.
7:00 p.m. We are very proud to host this award-winning theater gem from Tennessee for their Arizona debut. Tickets are available through the ASU Gammage box office.
Ben Davis as Captain Georg von Trapp with Kerstin Anderson as Maria Rainer and the von Trapp Children in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Photo: Matthew Murphy
Tuesday, October 18 Cast Party: THE SOUND OF MUSIC 10:00 p.m. (approx.) Join ASU Gammage and cast members from THE SOUND OF MUSIC for beverages and light hors d’oeuvres on Opening Night Exclusive VIP Club member benefit (Directors Club and above)! Must RSVP.