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Volume 8 | Winter 2015-2016
IDINA MENZEL LIGHTS UP STAGE IN IF/THEN THIS JANUARY MEET THE ASU GAMMAGE SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS
HERBERGER INSTITUTE AND ASU GAMMAGE UNITE IN FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
AARON LANDSMAN WRAPS UP HIS THREE YEAR ARTIST RESIDENCY AT ASU GAMMAGE
Photo: Tim Trumble
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT
“Miranda’s HAMILTON is the hardest show to get tickets to in New York in years, and the musical is definitely worth all of the hype.”
ASU GAMMAGE INNER CIRCLE Volume 8 | Winter 2015-2016 Executive Editor: Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Editor In Chief and Project Manager: Theresa Dickerson Managing Editor: Victor Hamburger Creative Director: Sarah Moore Editorial Team: Cheryl Amick, Michelle Johnson CAP-OM Contributing Writers: Kari Amarosso, David M. Brown, Jennifer Haaland, Savanah Yaghsezian
Cover Photo: Idina Menzel in IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus.
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Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in HAMILTON. Photo: Joan Marcus
HAMILTON IS HOT ON BROADWAY Once or twice a decade we are lucky enough to have a Broadway show that transcends our perceptions of musical theatre. In the 80s, PHANTOM and LES MISÉRABLES redefined the genre and the concept of touring Broadway. In the 90s in a single year, RENT and THE LION KING inspired new generations of theatergoers. This year, LinManuel Miranda’s HAMILTON has taken Broadway by storm. It is the most celebrated and innovative musical in decades. Miranda previously thrilled audiences at ASU Gammage when he reprised the role of Usnavi in his Tony Award®-winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS for its run in 2010. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Colleen JenningsMiranda’s HAMILTON is the hardest show Roggensack. Photo: Tim Trumble to get tickets to in New York in years, and the musical is definitely worth all of the hype. I got my first peek at HAMILTON several years ago when Miranda performed a few selections from the score at an industry gathering. From the first note the room became electric, and everyone knew that something big was on the horizon for Broadway. Miranda takes the stage as the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on the new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. From orphan to Washington's right-hand man, rebel to war hero, a loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal, to the Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy. George Washington, Eliza Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and Hamilton's lifelong friend/foil Aaron Burr all make their mark in this astonishing new musical exploration of a political mastermind. Miranda was recently bestowed with the honor of becoming a 2015 MacArthur Fellow recipient. His work writing as well as playing HAMILTON, the 10-dollar Founding Father without a father, is truly that, genius!
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Executive Director for ASU Gammage and Associate Vice President Cultural Affairs for ASU
CONTENTS 4 Final Year with ASU Gammage Resident Artist Aaron Landsman
6 IF/THEN, Staring Idina Menzel, Comes to ASU Gammage
8 Under the New ASU Arts Funding Umbrella
10 VIP Event Photos
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Ticketmaster Partnership Vital to ASU Gammage Success
13 Elevate & Alleviate: The Plan for New Women’s Restrooms and Elevators at ASU Gammage
14 ASU Gammage Scholars Innovate and Thrive At ASU
16 New $1.2 Million Sound System installed at ASU Gammage
17 Salute to Service at ASU Gammage
18 The California Institute of Contemporary Arts Helps to Grow Journey Home
19 Kerr Korner
20 Meet the New Development Officer: Elizabeth Reynolds
24 Upcoming VIP Events
THE BOOK OF MORMON star Alexandra Ncube teaches a Master Class with ASU Herberger Institute students.
50TH ANNIVERSARY LEADERSHIP BOARD Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Pat Langlin-Brazil
William Ahearn
Albert Leffler
Jerry Appell (in memoriam)
Michael Manning
Felice Appell
Sarah Nolan
JO Finks
Leslie & Jeff Rich, Co-Chairs
Grady Gammage, Jr.
Bill Way
Laurie & Chuck Goldstein
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FINAL YEAR WITH ASU GAMMAGE RESIDENT ARTIST AARON LANDSMAN • By David M. Brown For Aaron Landsman, all the community is a stage. The New York-based playwright, actor and teacher will complete his three-year ASU Gammage Artist Residency in the spring of 2016. That’s when his drama OPEN HOUSE will be presented at a private home in downtown Phoenix, March 25 and 26, with many local actors performing.
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“For each show we present, I do a city-specific and site-specific rewrite, and as much as possible we involve collaborators from the local community and ASU as well,” says Landsman, a native Minnesotan who graduated from New York University (NYU) in 1991. A Princeton Arts Fellow and an artist-in-residence at Abrams Arts Center on the Lower East Side, he’s coordinated workshops with the Creative Capital Foundation across the country and also taught at Juilliard, NYU and other schools. “Aaron is well-established in New York and other academic communities and is one of the most noted participants of the ground-breaking theater company in NYC, Elevator Repair Service (ERS),” says Mary Way, donor to ASU Gammage’s BEYOND Series and co-chair of the ASU Gammage 50th Anniversary Leadership Board. “ERS is celebrated for its visionary imaginative productions, and Aaron has had a big impact on the success of this company and in everything he does.” Landsman’s three years in Arizona have included performances of his works, class visits and talks on campus, workshops with local high school students, collaborations with local artists and community leaders such as Fatimah Halim, a founder of ASU Gammage’s Journey Home program at the county’s Estrella Jail, and performances at innovative theaters such as Space 55 in Phoenix. For the past three years, ASU Gammage has presented his works as part of its BEYOND Series, which presents cutting-edge works and artists. The first year of his residency, Landsman presented APPOINTMENT, a suite of short performances for an audience member and an actor set in offices in downtown Phoenix. In 2014, it was a monologue, LOVE STORY, which Landsman performed, about a sympathetic stalker who falls in love with a couple at a Greek restaurant in midtown Manhattan, and in March 2016, OPEN HOUSE. “We feel that part of our role here is to support the creation of new work, and our residency program is a vital part of this commitment,” says Michael Reed, Senior Director of Programs and Organizational Initiatives for ASU Gammage.
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Photo: Tim Trumble
Previous ASU Gammage Artist Residency honorees have been Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer, musician, performer and community arts organizer; Anne Bogart/SITI Company, theater director and company; and Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, contemporary dance choreographer, Broadway/theater director and choreographer and film and opera director. “New work is the life blood of the arts, and with artists such as Aaron, we are helping the art form to continue to live and to thrive,” Reed says. “Residencies give us more time for an artist to have a deeper impact on and off campus, and these are essential to our mission of Connecting Communities™— taking theater to new venues and new audiences.”
Theater is Where You Stage It Landsman’s work, which he’s presented since 1993, includes stage plays and monologues, site-specific works performed in offices, homes and buses, and performances made with and performed by community-members nationwide. He often collaborates with artists in other disciplines. His work has been commissioned and produced by The Foundry Theatre, The Chocolate Factory, PS 122, HERE in New York City and other cities. Additionally he has been seen in the United Kingdom, Serbia, Norway, Sweden and Belarus. He’s also published essays and stories in several journals and in a new anthology of work about innovation in theater. He’s had a number of mentors, including Elevator Repair Service’s artistic director John Collins. And, throughout his life, Landsman says music has been vital. “I grew up in a punk rock subculture, and a rich pop music scene, in a musically appreciative family, all of which, in part, made me the artist I am today.” He’s also inspired by jazz, hip-hop, blues and classical music.
“And, as a kid I took long wilderness trips through a local YMCA camp—including a hike of over 30 days in Alaska, which I think gave me a kind of confidence that has served me well in the up-and-down world of theater in New York.” Landsman’s work often involves participant-observer ethnographic interviews and collaboration with people who don’t think of themselves as artists or are theater patrons. In fact, ASU Gammage became interested in Landsman’s work prior to his residency when he enacted CITY COUNCIL MEETING, a participatory performance he co-created with associates Mallory Catlett and Jim Findlay. The ASU Gammage stage was set as a council chamber, and an actual Tempe meeting transcript was performed.
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“We had a homeless person, an English as a Second Language neighbor, business owners, even an actual Tempe council member participate, with audience members becoming the actors and our staff members coaching,” Reed says. “We liked the way Aaron’s work engaged the audience and its experimental, experiential spirit, and we thought that it fit in so well with Connecting Communities™. So we extended the residency to him and worked out details on how he thought he could best serve the campus and the community.” Says Landsman: “CITY COUNCIL involved a lot of site visits and community residencies as well, which was a great way to work into the Gammage residency itself.”
Students and Future Scribes ASU students and faculty have enjoyed and learned from his work. Dr. Lance Gharavi, associate professor at ASU and assistant director of Theatre at the School of Film, Dance & Theatre, teaches Introduction to Storytelling, and for several terms Landsman has been a guest lecturer, teaching the students about storytelling and community-engaged performance. “Aaron is a great model for these students,” Gharavi says. “He shows them a kind of artistic practice that most of them never even considered, a practice that is socially engaged and committed, a practice that doesn’t preach (to the choir or anyone else), a practice that is embedded in a strong democratic ethic, passionate curiosity and love of people and communities. It is a revelation for many of my students.” Many of them are interested in creating transcending entertainment. “Many want to have an impact that changes the world for the better and in targeted ways,” Gharavi says. “So many students today want to find ways to marry the skills, knowledge and practices they are developing in their studies of film and theater to their deeply held desire to work for positive social change.” The first act of a Landsman project is often a question: He asked Gharavi’s students: “What could we never make work? What would be impossible?” The answer to these questions became their project. “I like practicing the art of the
impossible, and I’m grateful to Aaron for the inspiration,” he says. Double ASU alumnus Marcelino Quiñonez worked with Landsman on the CITY COUNCIL MEETING project, and he performed in his ASU Gammage project APPOINTMENT two years ago. “Aaron’s work is important because it engages theater-audience members in unique and provocative ways,” says Quiñonez, who earned his bachelor’s in theatre in 2007 and a master’s of fine arts in theatre performance in 2014. He has since taught as an adjunct professor of acting at ASU. “Audience members are made active participants in the theater experience; their opinions, ideas, feelings and bodies are made to respond in very real situations,” he adds. An active dialogue exists between performer and audience member: “This type of engagement is important in our theater because it means our audience members are brought into the action,” he says. “They have a real memory of the work because they were fully participating.” When he leaves the ASU Gammage Artist Residency and returns to New York City in the spring, Landsman will continue working on his many stages: teaching, acting, engaging the community and finishing work such as PERFECT CITY, a socially engaged art and education project with urban planners and young people on the Lower East Side. Family is an important role, too, for Landsman: “I am looking forward to being home a bit more and hanging out with my wife Johanna, a brilliant contemporary dance choreographer, and our son Harold, who is a firefly.” l Brown is a Valley-based freelancer (azwriter.com).
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IF/THEN
Idina Menzel and the cast of IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
IF/THEN, STARING IDINA MENZEL, COMES TO ASU GAMMAGE • By Savanah Yaghsezian Tony Award®-winner and Broadway superstar Idina Menzel (WICKED, RENT, “Frozen,” and “Glee”) will star in the national tour of IF/THEN. Menzel is reprising her criticallyacclaimed, Tony-nominated performance at ASU Gammage January 12-17, 2016. “IF/THEN is especially meaningful for me because I had the opportunity to develop it for several years with the creative team, whom I have come to consider family,” said Menzel. “I’m so thrilled to launch the show’s National Tour and to send it off across the country and around the world. I am very much looking forward to sharing this original musical with Broadway fans who weren’t able to travel to New York and see it there.” IF/THEN played its final Broadway performance on Sunday, March 22, having played 29 previews and 401 performances.
“And we both know love doesn't make us perfect. It just makes us want to be.” – From the musical IF/THEN 6
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Idina Menzel and James Snyder in IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
Idina Menzel in IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
LaChanze and Anthony Rapp in IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
“If we’re always starting over every brand new morning then we’re always starting out with the end in doubt.” – From the musical IF/THEN
Menzel will play seven cities during the national tour of IF/THEN. Joining her are three other original stars of IF/THEN: LaChanze (THE COLOR PURPLE, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND), Anthony Rapp (RENT, SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN) and James Snyder (CRY BABY, ROCK OF AGES). IF/THEN is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct storylines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New York to restart her life in this city of infinite possibilities. When her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, Elizabeth’s life splits into two parallel paths. IF/THEN follows both stories simultaneously as the modern woman faces the intersection of choice and chance.
“IF/THEN is partly about how the communities we live and work in become our families,” said producer David Stone. “The original Broadway cast was like a family, and I am very excited for the family to be reunited on tour and to give audiences outside of New York the opportunity to see these exceptional Broadway stars in the roles they created.” IF/THEN reunites composer Tom Kitt, book writer/lyricist Brian Yorkery and director Michael Greif, the creative team behind the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning musical, NEXT TO NORMAL. IF/THEN also features choreography by Larry Keigwin, set design by Tony
Award®-nominee Mark Wendland, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Tony Award®winner Kenneth Posner and sound design by Tony Award®-winner Brian Ronan.
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“We are very excited to have Idina Menzel coming to our stage and are thrilled that our audience will get to experience her powerhouse performance!” said Colleen JenningsRoggensack, Executive Director for ASU Gammage & Associate Vice President for Cultural Affairs for ASU.
New York Magazine called IF/THEN “the best musical of the year.” Washington Post said IF/THEN is “a smart, deeply touching and big-hearted new musical.” The Chicago Tribune said IF/THEN is “a thoroughly fascinating, intellectually and musically rich new musical.” Don’t miss IF/THEN at ASU Gammage January 12-17, 2016. Tickets are still available at asugammage.com l
“I've been prudent and cautious most of my life and all of my choices turned out to be wrong.” – From the musical IF/THEN Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp in IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
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ARTS AND DESIGN @ ASU
THE BOOK OF MORMON star Alexandra Ncube speaks to ASU Herberger Institute students. Photos: Tim Trumble
UNDER THE NEW ASU ARTS FUNDING UMBRELLA • By Jennifer Haaland “A confluence of forces in how we fund the arts at ASU,” as Arts and Design @ ASU Sr. Director Development Director Peter Means describes it, is spraying inspiration, generating new program ideas, and making exciting waves of national and international proportion at Arizona State University. Arts and Design @ ASU is a fundraising front that unites ASU Gammage and ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and The Arts, combining the country’s largest arts and design school with the country’s largest arts presenting organization. Under one development umbrella held firmly in his skillful grasp, Means will lead this new entity. Citing three primary forces, Means says, “We want to engage donors who take note of the arts at ASU, those interested in a larger focus on the arts.” He suggests this momentum is gaining particularly on account of broader community awareness in the wake of ASU Gammage’s current public phase of the 50th Anniversary campaign, the Golden Gammage Initiative. “Secondly, we have two true visionaries who lead each of these arts organizations on campus,” he continues. “... And finally, the ASU Foundation is excited by the prospect of Arts and Design @ ASU as a huge national and international force, creating opportunities that welcome major gifts.” According to Gretchen Buhlig, Senior Vice President and Managing Director – Development at the ASU Foundation, her idea for the arts union stems from working separately with each leader. Her recent interaction with the “innovative” new Dean of the Herberger Institute, Dr. Steven Tepper, had similar features to her established working relationship with 8
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longtime powerhouse Executive Director for ASU Gammage, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack. “I could see so much potential synergy.... in style, in vision, in spirit... from a development perspective,” says Buhlig of the two. “Instead of two development silos, it makes so much more sense to combine them. That blended look invites foundational projects by collectively framing the big, large scale investment opportunities.” “My responsibility,” interjects Means, “is to focus on Colleen’s and Steven’s big visions, how they might collaborate. I get to flesh out their dreams and help detail what we can accomplish together. This is also such a catalyst for more crossover opportunities.” For Dean Tepper, a guy who’s out to “shatter mythologies about where art belongs,” the collaborative approach represents endless possibility. Noting he and JenningsRoggensack met a decade ago at a Creative Campus assembly that addressed actively engaging artists in their communities, he says, “We have so much to leverage when we’re standing shoulder to shoulder.” As a starter, they’ve envisioned an Arts & Design Corps within the college, to launch with 100 students as a pilot in fall 2016. Their goal is to involve students directly, as part of their
“Imagine taking any one of ASU Gammage’s extended guest artist programs,” Tepper ventures. “How would adding 12-15 art and design students from the beginning enhance the experience for everyone?” Jennings-Roggensack smiles as she notes, “I think Steven and I were siblings in another life. We both begin to envision the larger picture and can’t contain ourselves. The whole collaboration is more exciting, in part, because Herberger emphasizes creative place-making while ASU Gammage focuses on cultural sustainability.” She suggests an environment that emphasizes storytelling of the people that inhabit our neighborhoods and our state, through art in any number of mediums, furthers the missions of both hers and Dr. Tepper’s programs. Further, those core principles, in Jennings-Roggensack’s mind, are suited perfectly to the method by which she often works with community partners. “It’s an ‘I want. You want. We want together.’ formula,” she explains. “Through it, we explore the vastness of partnership and funnel our common needs into the sweet spot of what we can create together.” Buhlig rejoins by describing a different joint arts vision the two have begun floating. “Another project focuses on reinvigorating downtown Phoenix through the lens of arts and culture. The central idea involves businesses in the communication of art.” “A collaboration projecting all voices, training artists in the cultivation of our diverse population...,” Tepper summarizes regarding the general nature of their collective ideas. He
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program of study, in the long-term process of creating and working on specific works of art. ASU Gammage currently commissions outstanding artists in residence for three years at a time. Tepper is projecting the Arts & Design Corps will grow over five years to 1,000 students strong.
For many years, ASU Gammage traveling artists have been working with ASU students, and now with a synergetic approach to fundraising even more collaborations could develop in the future. Recently, ASU Herberger alumnus and star of THE BOOK OF MORMON, Alexandra Ncube spent two days with School of Music and School of Dance, Film and Theatre students giving them insight on life as a professional actor. follows by wondering aloud what a national arts projects consortium might look like. “It’s all this grand exercise in inventiveness that combines Herberger’s academic side with ASU Gammage’s practice and presentation side,” concludes Jennings-Roggensack. “We’re developing ways for artists to become truly engrained in their community.” “For me,” Tepper says, “the greatest promise this collaboration holds is in the things we haven’t thought of yet. To witness how our endless number of ideas get populated is the part that holds the greatest pleasure.” As these converging ideas rain down, Means is holding the singular umbrella under which all arts funding will henceforward be developed at Arizona State University, the united front that has been newly dubbed Arts and Design @ ASU. Transformative thinking is in the air, the kind that will place fabulous sprays of art in non-routine places with non-routine partners. Onto the Arizona desert the abundant, collaborative precipitation falls, creating a climate of opportunity and a confluence of forces optimum to reinvent and harvest the diversity and beauty of 21st century art. l
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VIP EVENT PHOTOS
WICKED VIP CAST PARTY
WICKED VIP Cast Party at P.F. Chang’s
7. Rebecca Grubaugh pictured with Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard)
2. L to R: Kathleen Mulligan, Dawn Mulligan, and Jake Boyd (Fiyero)
8. L to R: Damon Bolling, Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard), and David Horowitz
3. L to R: Stephen & Lorraine Smith, Carrie St. Louis (Glinda), and Buffie & Ray Anderson 4. L to R: Kelley Flanangen, Jake Boyd (Fiyero), and Tracy Carneal 5. Terese Sanchez pictured with Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard)
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6. Keli Luther, and Keegan Luther pictured with Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard)
1. L to R: Beka Burnham (u/s Glinda), Buffie & Ray Anderson, and Colleen JenningsRoggensack
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THE BOOK OF MORMON VIP Cast Party at P.F. Chang’s 1. L to R: Chuck & Laurie Goldstein, 50th Anniversary Leadership Board members, Mary Shangraw, Alexandra Ncube (Nabulungi), R.F. “Rick” Shangraw Jr., chief
executive officer of the ASU Foundation for A New American University, and Sean Mullaney, Alexandra’s husband 2. Jennifer Chaplin, Amanda Saye & Lisa Saye, from Desert School Federal Credit Union, pictured with Billy Harrigan Tighe (Elder Price). 3. Penni Graham pictured with Alexandra Ncube (Nabulungi) 4. Anita & Alan Handelsman pictured with Alexandra Ncube (Nabulungi) 5. Donors and cast members enjoying the party at P.F. Chang’s
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6. JO Finks and Grady Gammage Jr., 50th Anniversary Leadership Board members, pictured on each end of the cast members 7. A.J. Holmes (Elder Cunningham), Kris Cook, Alexandra Ncube (Nabulungi), Dale Wendt and Billy Harrigan Tighe (Elder Price) 8. Jamil Akim O'Quinn (Ensemble) talking with Andrew Meyer Photos: Tim Trumble
1. Former ASU Gammage Rising Star Award winner Krystina Alabado and TUCK EVERLASTING’s Robert Lenzi attend WICKED with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack. 2. Krystina Alabado and Colleen JenningsRoggensack after the opening of David Bowie’s LAZARUS at New York Theatre Workshop. Alabado can be seen in LAZARUS through January 17. 3. Former ASU Gammage Rising Star Award winners and ASU alums Alexandra Ncube and Nick Cartell connect at THE BOOK OF MORMON.
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DONOR PROFILE
TICKETMASTER PARTNERSHIP VITAL TO ASU GAMMAGE SUCCESS ASU Gammage and Ticketmaster have been partners since 1999. ASU Gammage brings the best in entertainment to the stage, and Ticketmaster provides the best in ticketing services, allowing patrons quick and easy access to tickets. “We are delighted to continue our partnership with Ticketmaster. In an era of prudence, we looked at other ticketing companies and found Ticketmaster is still without doubt the preeminent company in this field. From their state-of-the-art technology to their emphasis in making buying and selling tickets safe and easy, it doesn’t get any better. Ticketmaster is the right fit for us, and we firmly believe, for our patrons too,” says Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Executive Director for ASU Gammage and Associate Vice President Cultural Affairs for ASU. Partnerships can run deep and with ASU Gammage celebrating its 50th anniversary last year, Ticketmaster joined in helping with the Golden Gammage Initiative by making a significant gift to the campaign. “We believe in the future of ASU Gammage and are excited that Ticketmaster is able to financially help in keeping this wonderful building and even more wonderful arts organization at the forefront in this community and nationally,” stated Marla Ostroff, Ticketmaster EVP of Strategic Accounts & Arts & Theatre. As the world’s leading ticketing company now operating in 19 countries, Ticketmaster had its humble start here, in what was then known as the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium. That was over 40 years ago when intern Albert Leffler got together with several others and founded a startup that Albert and his wife Kathy named Ticketmaster. The rest, as they say, is history.
Albert Leffler. Photo: Tim Trumble
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Still, with Ticketmaster and a member of the 50th Anniversary Leadership Board, Leffler has a one-of-akind affinity with ASU Gammage and brings a unique perspective: “I vividly recall the celebration of the first decade when Gammage Auditorium was still almost new. Little did I dream I would be on a Board 40 years later helping to celebrate 50 marvelous years of this
Arts professionals from around the country recently had a tour of ASU Gammage as part of the Ticketmaster Arts Summit.
iconic structure and helping to raise funds for much needed improvements. In a sense, it is about coming full circle - about coming home - about helping in even a small way to keep ASU Gammage at the forefront.” Karie Lurie, Senior Director of Audience Services at ASU Gammage explains why Ticketmaster is such a valued partner. “First of all, Ticketmaster provides the best possible tools to enable our staff to serve our donors, subscribers, single ticket buyers and groups. Ticketmaster also provides services outside of the box office with trusted distribution through ticketmaster.com, the Ticketmaster app, toll-free arts line and retail distribution. Ticketmaster can also handle our volume. It is no wonder why the leading sports and entertainment venues in the Valley have also renewed with Ticketmaster, including the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Coyotes, Arizona Diamondbacks and Arizona Cardinals.” In an ever-evolving world where data and analytics are more important than ever, Ticketmaster is also vital to ASU Gammage’s marketing efforts. ASU Gammage uses Live Analytics, a division of Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment, to enhance its marketing efforts by providing tools that will allow ASU Gammage to target new patrons more effectively. “Live Analytics has been a major part of the growth of ASU Gammage’s subscription base over the past five years. One of the most exciting developments in our relationship is the analytics work they have done with us as part of the Wallace Foundation Grant to create and grow sustainable audiences for our performances. Their participation in the grant research has allowed ASU Gammage to be at the forefront of the industry in using live data to grow our audiences,” says Victor Hamburger, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at ASU Gammage. Ticketmaster operates locally out of SkySong, ASU’s Scottsdale Innovation Center, where nearly 200 employees mostly in the technology field, work to keep Ticketmaster ahead of the curve in this ever-changing field. Ticketmaster now promotes its “Ticketmaster Verified Tickets” which means that tickets purchased or resold through Ticketmaster can be trusted and are guaranteed to be valid protecting customers. l
The Plan for New Women’s Restrooms and Elevators at ASU Gammage ASU Gammage’s Golden Gammage Initiative (GGI) continues toward it $16.2 million goal that will help sustain the landmark performing arts center for future generations. GGI’s capital improvements fund has already allowed for a new sound system to be installed, and now ASU Gammage is setting sights on restroom expansion and accessibility improvements with Elevate & Alleviate.
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ELEVATE & ALLEVIATE:
ELEVATE & ALLEVIATE One of GGI’s most exciting projects is entitled Elevate & Alleviate. This plan calls for additional women’s restrooms and elevators. The elevators will increase the accessibility of the venue by allowing access to all levels. The long lines at the women’s restrooms have been one of the most frequent issues that patrons experience at ASU Gammage. “I’ve always thought the longest lines at ASU Gammage should be reserved for the actors on stage and not for our patrons trying to use the restroom. Now with the support of our patrons that will soon be the case,” says Peter Means, Senior Director of Development for Arts and Design @ ASU. The project will cost $9 million, and ASU Gammage is more than halfway to that goal. Arizona State University is supporting the initiative with a dollar-fordollar matching investment of up to $2.5 million for the public phase
of the initiative. Because of the ASU matching gift we only need to raise $2 million more in public funds to allow construction to begin in summer of 2016. A minimum of 70 additional women’s restrooms will be added as part of the project that will ensure no patron misses the start of the second act due to long lines at the restrooms. These new restrooms and elevators will be added to both sides of ASU Gammage allowing all patrons better access to restrooms as well as better accessibility to all levels of the facility. “During the silent phase of the campaign the project was boosted with a $3 million lead gift from The Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation,” says ASU Gammage Executive Director Colleen Jennings-Roggensack. “The Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation has a long history of supporting great charitable organizations for the people of Arizona, and their funding was a tremendous catalyst in moving us a step closer to preserving ASU Gammage for future
generations,” continued JenningsRoggensack. In addition to The Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation the campaign has been led by major gifts from Broadway Across America, Margaret T. Morris Foundation, Ticketmaster, George Brazil Home Services, Laurie & Chuck Goldstein, Pat Langlin-Brazil, the late Jerry Appell, Susan & Bill Ahearn and Mary & Bill Way. The 50th Anniversary Leadership Board includes co-chairs Mary Way and Leslie & Jeff Rich, William Ahearn, Felice Appell, JO Finks, Grady Gammage, Jr., Laurie & Chuck Goldstein, Pat LanglinBrazil, Albert Leffler, Michael Manning, Sarah Nolan and Bill Way. To help ASU Gammage achieve its goal for the Golden Gammage Initiative or for more information, please contact 480.965.1910 or visit asugammage.com/ elevateandalleviate l Victor Hamburger • victor.hamburger@asu.edu VOLUME 8 | 2016
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ASU GAMMAGE SCHOLARS INNOVATE AND THRIVE AT ASU When you first meet ASU Gammage Scholars Angeline Young and Elisa Gonzales you can see the passion for their art rise up, out and fill the room. Both are in their second year at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts; Angeline is a MFA Dance candidate, and Elisa is a MFA Performance candidate. As graduate students, their lives are packed with more than their education and keeping up with the pressure of school. They also balance incredible schedules of rehearsals, performances and teaching. Additionally, they are committed to making a difference in the community by mentoring students. “It’s important to give back because the performing arts are often thought to be ephemeral. When you engage with the community and youth in a very visceral way you’re able to continue legacies. The person-to-person contact is a performative act in that it records and transmits a sense of memory. That’s how you nurture and continue a legacy,” said Young. Gonzales also believes in the power of being an effective mentor and reaches out to those who are underrepresented in the arts. “I think it’s really important for that community to know that there are people out there advocating for them and telling them that their voice matters. Their stories are as much a part of the American narrative as anybody else’s story,” said Gonzales.
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They exude confidence and a sense of humility demonstrating a genuine appreciation for the support from Arizona State University and ASU Gammage. “ASU has really given me a tremendous amount of resources and opportunities to chase after my dreams. They’ve given me not just financial resources but also professional networking opportunities to really get out into the community and do what I need to do. The faculty here has been amazing,” said Gonzales. Angeline agrees, stating, “There’s an opportunity to create an oasis of culture. If you are so inclined to take the energy of the sun and allow that to nurture and allow that to push you forward to not just make art but make connections. I think ASU Gammage is a place for that. You can see it in the way the ASU Gammage community works. And not just the staff and the people who work here, but also the larger community of donors along with patrons I see pack the auditorium. It’s amazing there are so many people here that support the arts. Because it’s not something you see on campus as a student every day. There is an amazing amount of support. ASU Gammage and the scholarship is the testament to that.” Their advice for young students is to listen, keep creating and take risks. They say to keep an open mind and to try to take a little time out of your day to really listen to what you want— follow that intuition—and the world will open up to you. Lastly, be willing to put in the hard work, be professional and be kind because those attributes will go a long way.
Angeline Young
Elisa Gonzales, originally from Southern California, is a secondyear MFA Performance candidate at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Gonzales received her BFA in Acting from Boston’s Emerson College, and has performed at theater companies across the country such as San Diego Repertory Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and the New York International Fringe Festival. Gonzales’s passion for Latin identity in performance led her to found Teatro Diablo, ASU’s first student-run Latino theater organization. She was also a recipient of the Pave grant, which gave her the opportunity to develop a community arts organization called ¡Habla! AZ, whose mission is to provide Latino/a high school students the opportunity to create original theatre based on their own experiences. In addition to her research interests in Latino/a identity and border issues in performance, Gonzales is committed to furthering her knowledge of voice pedagogy, and is in the process of becoming a certified Fitzmaurice voice teacher, under the guidance of world renowned voice teacher Catherine Fitzmaurice. l Kari Amarosso • kari.amarosso@asu.edu
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Angeline Young is a native of San Francisco, California and has taught dance, piano, and English in the San Francisco Bay area and Rome, Italy. She has worked with Ailey Camp, San Francisco Mime Troupe Youth Theater Project, Out-of-Site Center for the Arts, Dance Mission Theater, Rhinoceros Theater and the Tenderloin YMCA. Her cultural studies have brought her to China and Barbados. Young is interested in the ethos of cultural performance practices that develop as a way to cope with traumas of poverty, cultural displacement, and political, social, and economic inequity. Young has studied various traditional dance forms, but has a deep love for Afro-Haitian dance. As a second-year MFA Dance candidate at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, she is interested in alternative approaches to post-secondary dance pedagogy, conducting appliedpractice research of somatic approaches to dance as a path to embodied self-awareness, exploring the intersection of dance and music as an integrated healing modality, ritual practice in the creative process, critical analysis of Asian-American self-representation in performance, integration of film in choreographic performance, and bringing creative movement opportunities to underserved populations.
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NEW SOUND SYSTEM INSTALLED
NEW $1.2 MILLION SOUND SYSTEM INSTALLED AT ASU GAMMAGE One of the first things people would say when talking about ASU Gammage in recent years is they love the historic venue; they love the performances; but sound for Broadway was less than optimal. This summer all that changed thanks to the installation of a new sound system. This past summer a $1.2 million sound system upgrade was installed. With hard work and determination, the new system was completed on August 12 and put to work for the opening of WICKED on August 26. The team at Sowden and Associates designed the new sound system to improve the sound experience for all patrons and that would work in concert with sound systems that travel with touring shows. Prior to the install, the team performed tests and observations of the current audio system. They discovered that the hall breaks into seven different acoustical spaces with each space requiring its own solution. In no easy feat, they designed plans to solve the problems and had an even greater challenge of completing this project with a timeline of two months. “We had an extremely tight time schedule, and multiple shifts had to be working,” said Terri Cranmer, Senior Director of Facilities. “We had a terrific
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team working on the project, and they worked hard to ensure that the work was seamless.” For those two months, ASU Gammage was filled with sound engineers, electricians, painters and other contracted workers to bring this new sound system to life. All the old audio equipment had to be removed or completely overhauled; a brand new digital audio control console was installed and the number of speakers increased from 20 to 64 all requiring their own section of conduit for the wiring. In addition, two rows of orchestra level delay speakers were installed covering the rear seating rows in the orchestra level; in the hall’s high ceiling, two sided upper balcony delay speakers were installed and center upper balcony delay speakers were added. Each delay was fine tuned to
the millisecond to help clear “muddy sound” that in the past would hit patrons at different times. “We are thrilled with the response from our patrons,” said Colleen JenningsRoggensack, ASU Gammage Executive Director. “We are proud that we were able to accomplish this mammoth goal to make our patron experience better! We always strive to improve the patron experience.” Since the install has been completed the overall patron response has been very positive. ASU Gammage audio technicians will make adjustments to the sound system throughout the 15-16 season in the hall to continue to improve and optimize the sound experience for the Broadway Series. l Theresa Dickerson • theresa.dickerson@asu.edu
ASU Gammage is dedicated to honoring veterans, active members of the military and their families. On the evening of November 10, ASU Gammage was buzzing with energy before the performance by Rhythmic Circus. Parents with their children beamed as they had their photos taken when they entered the theater. The children were ecstatic over the sweet treats provided on the promenade. The families were then blown away by the energetic and electrifying performance. But these are no ordinary families; they are some of the bravest and most honorable people in our nation, people who make sacrifices every day to protect and defend our country. These
are military families. Each year around Veterans Day, Arizona State University dedicates two weeks to honor veterans and active members of the military through a series of events called Salute to Service. At ASU Gammage’s inaugural Salute to Service event more than 500 military members and their families attended Rhythmic Circus: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW. They received tickets to the performance for their families, refreshments on the promenade and an official ASU Salute to Service challenge coin. “We feel so honored to be able to serve those who serve our country. Giving families a night out together, when they
might not get many of those to begin with, may seem really simple, but it’s those simple gestures that often mean the most. It is the least we can do for the brave men and women of our armed forces and their families. We hope that everyone who came to the performance felt at home in the theater and were able to take home memories that will last a lifetime,” said Amanda Arboleda, Program Manager at ASU Gammage and the coordinator of Salute to Service at ASU Gammage.
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For more information on supporting our military programs, please contact Julianne Mate at Julianne.Mate@ asu.edu or 480.965.1910. l Theresa Dickerson • theresa.dickerson@asu.edu
Challenge Coins Members of the U.S. Armed Forces have a long-standing tradition of carrying “Challenge Coins” that symbolize unit identity and brotherhood. ASU has adopted this tradition and has created its own challenge coin.
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THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS HELPS TO GROW JOURNEY HOME
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For the past 16 years, ASU Gammage’s Journey Home program has been changing the lives of incarcerated women. More than 300 women have been impacted by the work though this amazing program and with a new partnership with the California Institute for Contemporary Arts, ASU Gammage will grow that number even higher. The California Institute of Contemporary Arts was founded in 1989. Their mission is to promote the arts through sponsorship of artists and creative programs, educate the public about minorities of all kinds, assist in preserving the heritage, culture and religion of minorities, and inspire research and offer education of different cultures, lifestyles and sexual orientations, all with an emphasis toward promoting respect and understanding for diversity. Since the Journey Home program represents the goals of the California Institute of Contemporary Arts mission statement, this year they are underwriting a new session of Journey Home. This will double the amount of women that will be able to participate, enabling more to be touched by a program that heals so many. “We are very fortunate and grateful that the California Institute of Contemporary Arts has underwritten in full this additional Journey Home program. Each year there are many applicants to this powerful, life-changing arts residency program that do not get to participate due to the number of participants allowed by the prison. Having the opportunity to add another Journey Home doubles its impact,” says Peter Means, Senior Director of Development. For more information on The California Institute of Contemporary Arts, visit: cica.org
About Journey Home Journey Home is an arts residency program designed to enable incarcerated women to discover a personal sense of constructive identity through performance, visual arts, creative writing and storytelling. The program is conducted by local theater/storytelling artist Fatimah Halim of Life Paradigms Inc. and administered in collaboration with ASU Gammage. The team also includes director and choreographer Teniqua Broughton and mental health specialist Imani Muhammad. For six weeks prior to the public performance, the inmates meet weekly and go through training in movement, visual arts, creative writing and storytelling. The intent is to help them build personal skills and self-esteem and demonstrate alternative methods to avert destructive behavior through the arts. The women then begin to see themselves as productive, creative people. l Theresa Dickerson • theresa.dickerson@asu.edu 18
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Las Cafeteras
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KERR KORNER When audiences step into ASU Kerr they often comment that they feel like they’ve been transported far away from the Valley to a space that is relaxing, exhilarating and intimate. The historic adobe venue hosts an eclectic mix of performing arts from around the world and this season is no exception with African rhythms, classical music, theatre and urban folk among the highlight this winter. Ugandan multi-instrumentalist Kinobe invites audiences into his culture, and has dedicated his life to championing a better future for children worldwide and using his global sound as a voice to unite the planet. Acclaimed Congolese musician Jaja Bashengezi joins Kinobe on this journey into the soul of Africa. ASU Kerr’s resident artist Ang Li is ranked among the top classical pianists in the world by The Van Cliburn Competition and has appeared throughout the world at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, National Center for the Performing Arts (China) and more. Li’s residency also embraces the mission of Connecting Communities™ by engaging students, teachers and organizations through master classes, meet-and-greet events and special performances. A portion of Li’s performance will include pieces suggested in advance by the audience. AN ILIAD is a modern-day retelling of Homer’s classic told through poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the wars that have occurred throughout history collide in this captivating contemporary theatrical experience. ASU
Master in Fine Arts performance student Daniel J. Tobin has performed AN ILIAD across the country and in England. Film Composer Brad Fiedel shook up the world of film composing and won international acclaim with his iconic score for “The Terminator.” From James Cameron to Arthur Miller and Hall and Oates, Fiedel has worked with many top actors, writers, filmmakers and musicians. BORROWED TIME is Fiedel’s own witty and inspiring story of his successes with music.
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ASU Kerr is filled with amazing, world-class performances this winter season.
NPR describes Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” His most recent solo album, “Play,” a collection of Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French and American solo classical guitar classics, won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Vieaux has a remarkably wide range of music, and his schedule of performing, teaching and recording commitments is distinguished throughout the world. Las Cafeteras seamlessly fuses traditional Afro-Caribbean music with modern rhythms and lyrically rich storytelling to create an urban folk sound from the streets of East Los Angeles. With a contagious rhythm plus body and soul-moving live performances, Las Cafeteras has crossed countless genre and musical borders, playing with bands such as Mexican icons Caifanes, Colombian superstar Juanes, Los Angeles legends Ozomatli, indie favorites Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. l
Upcoming events at ASU Kerr Cultural Center Kinobe and Jaja • African, world music
BORROWED TIME – A MUSICAL JOURNEY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 • 7:30 P.M.
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY BRAD FIEDEL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 • 7:30 P.M.
Ang Li, pianist • classical music FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 • 7:30 P.M.
AN ILIAD WRITTEN BY LISA PETERSON AND DENIS O’HARE PERFORMED BY DANIEL J. TOBIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 • 7:30 P.M.
Jason Vieaux • classical guitar TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • 7:30 P.M.
Las Cafeteras • Afro-Mexican, urban folk FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 • 7:30 P.M. VOLUME 8 | 2016
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MEET THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: ELIZABETH REYNOLDS ASU Gammage has welcomed a new Associate Director of Development for Arts and Design @ ASU, Elizabeth “Beth” Reynolds
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Personal Background Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Reynolds fell in love with the arts at a young age in dance class. She received her BA from the Cronkite School at Arizona State University with a Minor in Dance from the Herberger Institute. After college, she followed her passion for the theater as a professional actress and choreographer. She’s appeared in more than 25 shows including many right here in the Valley. Reynolds has received awards for her performances, including AriZoni Awards for choreography, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
Professional Experience Reynolds began her work in arts development with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She also served as Director of Development for Phoenix Theatre, and most recently, as the Associate Director of National Advancement for the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles.
Why ASU Gammage? “ASU Gammage is such a cultural gem. It’s precious to this community. As an artist and someone who supports the arts, there’s no better place to be doing what I’m doing now.”
Goals for Gammage “I think the Golden Gammage Initiative is very important. I’m thrilled to join the efforts to support the campaign. At the end, I can join the community and say, ‘Look what we’ve done.’” In addition to the Golden Gammage Initiative, Reynolds hopes to help “bridge” the different arts disciplines at ASU.
Interesting Facts Reynolds favorite Broadway show is WEST SIDE STORY. Her role models are Albert Einstein and Gwen Verdon. Her favorite quote is “I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.” President Kennedy, 1962 Reynolds is a huge Bob Fosse fan and still loves to dance. l
To contact Beth: email elizabeth.reynolds@asu.edu
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100K MILESTONE ASU Gammage gratefully acknowledges these individual donors and foundations whose cumulative giving totaled $100,000 or more as of July 2014. The contributions of these generous benefactors, in partnership with those of other visionary patrons, sponsors and volunteers, have incalculably enriched our community.
American Airlines Arizona Lottery APS Susan & William Ahearn Jerry Appell F. Richard Bloechl Family JO & Harvey Finks George Brazil Home Services Laurie & Chuck Goldstein Patricia Langlin-Brazil Richard S. & Rae Love Robert Machiz Kemper & Ethel Marley Foundation Margaret T. Morris Foundation Rev. Jenny Norton & Bob Ramsey Scottsdale Insurance Company/ Nationwide Insurance Foundation VMI Holdings The Way Family/Way Family Charitable Foundation
CORPORATE/ FOUNDATION SPONSORS $100,000+ Broadway Across America Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Margaret T. Morris Foundation/ J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation $75,000+ George Brazil Home Services $50,000-$25,000 American Airlines Andrew Family Foundation Century Link National Endowment for the Arts $24,999-$10,000 Arizona Lottery APS California Institute of Contemprary Arts Pearson & Company Scottsdale Insurance Company/
Nationwide Insurance Foundation Stinson Leonard Street LLP/ Michael C. Manning The Way Family/Way Family Charitable Foundation $9,999-$2,500 Abbot Downing Arizona Business Bank Arizona Business Magazine Macy’s Foundation The New England Foundation for the Arts Penrose Academy The Reflective Designer Shamrock Foods Target Tim Trumble Photography, Inc.
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INVESTORS GUILD $25,000 and Above Mrs. Frank A. Bowman* Patricia Langlin-Brazil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Goldstein Sarah Nolan Rev. Jenny Norton & Mr. Bob Ramsey
PRODUCERS ACADEMY $10,000 and Above
Susan & William Ahearn* Dr. & Mrs. William Andrew Jerry Appell* Janet & Doug Baughman Carmela & Michael Blank John Breeding Broadway Across America Jeffrey & Marcia Buzzella* James L. Cramer & Allen C. Kalchik Joan Cremin Eileen Curtin* Jane & Clive Cussler JO & Harvey Finks Karen & Grady Gammage Jr. John Gore Peter Harries* Sharron Lewis Robert Machiz Steve & Rhonda Maun Merrily Metzger Andrew & Marcia Meyer Lesley & Paul Monfardini Rod & Julie Rebello* Jeff & Leslie Rich Jana & Charles Sample Joanne Schust
GRADY GAMMAGE SOCIETY $5,000 and Above Anonymous Bill & Cindy Abbott Allen-Heath Memorial Foundation Alan & Char Augenstein Harrison & Laura Bachrach Reginald M. Ballantyne III E.G. & Carol Barmore Mary A. Barrett Oonagh & John Boppart Renee Cermak & Fred Auzenne Dr. & Mrs. Steven Farber Sophia & Mike Fong Fractured Prune Doughnuts Arizona Christine & Luis Gonzalez In Memory of Ada Halbreich Jay & Rojon Hasker* Caroline & Chris Hoeye Jacqueline Hufford-Jensen & Greg Kroenig Patricia Kaufman* Norman & Teresa Klein Family Kathy & Albert Leffler Julie & Herbert Louis Richard S. & Rae Love Mr. & Mrs. Kent McClelland Rebecca Bowman Nassikas
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Nederlander Producing Co. of America, Inc. Jeffrey D. Oliver Arthur & Linda Pelberg Larry & Lisa Rogoff Rosenbluth Family Foundation Richard & Christy Schust Enid & Michael Seiden Lorri & Stephen Smith Roxane Smyer & Bailey Smith Mr. & Mrs. Ron Starkman* Steffie & Millie Marsha & Charles Van Dam Kristi Vasquez & Jeff Roberts Pam & Wayne Wesala Jana & Mark Wilcke Patrick H. Zanzucchi KATHRYN GAMMAGE CIRCLE $2,500 and Above AADS Office Solutions Int’l, LLC & Top Priority Messenger Service, Inc. Kathy Aichele & Fran Tepner & Robert Scrivner Nancy & Warren Alter Anderson, Chavet and Anderson Inc. Buffie & Ray Anderson Anonymous Michael & Betsy Appelbaum Felice Appell Tran & Glenn Appell Tara Bickford Bailey & Glen R. Bailey Craig & Barbara Barrett Barbara, Irv & Jeremy Berger* Karen & Gary Bethune Janet Bioletto Jon & Jennifer Bohnert Tara & Todd Bookspan Susan & David Brachman Dr. & Mrs. Derek Braun Steve & Belinda Brown Cheryl & Lee Brueckel Jim Cairns & Dani Stanton Linda Carneal Rick & Kathy Cartell Dr. David & Mrs. Georgiana Cave Jacqueline Chadwick, MD Children’s Dental Village Marilee & David Clarke Carol & Larry Clemmensen Les & Becky Coates/Lawns by Les Dr. & Mrs. Lance Cohen John H. Cole III M.D. & Patrick T. Boyhan Marilyn & Bob Colvert Angela & David Conwell Kris Cook & Dale Wendt, Jr. Barbi Crisp & Mark Nemscoff Cyndi & Terry DeBoer Mr. & Mrs. Tom DeBonis Bob Demaine Laurie Dennhardt & Anna de Jesus Erika & Russ Dickey Todd & Wendy Dickerson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Donat Laura Dornbush Rebecca Driggs Kerry & Jim Engbarth Michele & Chris England Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Ensor Ardie & Steve Evans Jane & Andrew Evans II Lyn & Bruce Everette
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Arlynne & Michael Striplin Trisa Summers Orin & Mary Svarc Chris & Geri Swahn Audreyetta Swanson In Memory of Ralph Thomas Lisa Thompson Marty Thorsen Linda Toner Josephine Torrez Jennifer Turner Rebecca Van Doren Robert Van Marter Celia Vasfaret Joel Wallace Katherina & Harold Watson Marty Westfall Margot White Barbara Whitman Christine Woodson Felice Yocopis Lisa Zelasko Gayle Zerkel
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Anonymous George Abrams Wendy & Ian Ackerman Andrea Alley Robyn & Robert Anderson In memory of Jerry Appell Lory Baraz & Robert Zucker Darbi & David Barnett Ross & Shirley Berg In Memory of Nan Beyer Lisa Black Miriam & Brian Boegel Arlene Busch Stephanie & Brad Butler Kelly Calhoun Sophia Chiang & Wayne Gaafar Steven & Shari Cohen Catherine M. Comer Carl J. Cross Shelly & Mark Detmer Janice Donnelly & John King Kimberly Dorris Don Dotts Cheryl Eames & William Achtenberg Bob & Frankie Ellis Margaret & Marc Erpenbeck Barbara Estrada Karen Felts & Amanda Felts Fifth College Consulting, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Armando Flores Jane & Bob Franek Ira Gaines Mary Ann Graf MaryLee Hanson Jill Hart Ronald H. Harten Cathleen & Scott Hartman Col. Paul Harwood Beth & Bill Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Hoffer Patty & Ronnie Horn Kathy & Kenneth Hudson Michelle Louise Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Jozoff Patricia & William Jump Dr. & Mrs. Dean Kile Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kirby Sr. Joan & Walt Koppenbrink Alisa & Michael Lacey Lisa & William Leighton Linda & Ken Levin Donna & Marc Levison Michael & Daisy Levitt Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Beth & Rob Marsh Alice Mason Marianne & John McGuire Elizabeth & Peter Means Karen Nackard Vickie & Ron Neill Neiman Marcus Kathy & James O’Brien Michael O’Meara Pam & Gary Passey Valerie & Gregory Patten MaryLee & Glen Poole Toni Ramsey & Mark Mulligan Michael Rego Lauren Reid Ronald & Beverly Richards Kristine Romine Ed Sandler Dawn & Michael Sandlin Linda & Sherman Saperstein Katherine & Randall Schmidt Jacob Schwarz Ronald P. Slamin, Sr. Richard P. Stahl Laura & Michael Suriano Chris & Geri Swahn Frank & Donna Tanori
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ASU GAMMAGE INNER CIRCLE PO Box 870205 Tempe, AZ 85287-0205 480.965.5062 asugammage.com
UPCOMING VIP EVENTS
Idina Menzel and the cast of IF/THEN. Photo: Joan Marcus
Tuesday, January 12 Cast Party: IF/THEN 10:00 p.m. (approx.) Join ASU Gammage and cast members from IF/THEN for beverages and light hors d'oeuvres. Exclusive VIP member benefit (Directors Club member and above)! Must RSVP.
Tuesday, February 16
Tuesday, March 15
Cast Party: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Cast Party: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
10:00 p.m. (approx.)
10:00 p.m. (approx.)
Join ASU Gammage and cast members from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY for beverages and light hors d'oeuvres. Exclusive VIP member benefit (Directors Club member and above)! Must RSVP.
Join ASU Gammage and cast members from A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER for beverages and light hors d'oeuvres. Exclusive VIP member benefit (Directors Club member and above)! Must RSVP.
Friday, February 19
Friday, March 18
Donor Luncheon: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Donor Luncheon: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Join ASU Gammage and cast members from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY for lunch and conversation. Exclusive VIP Club member benefit (Kathryn Gammage Circle and above!) Must RSVP.
Join ASU Gammage and cast members from A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER for lunch and conversation. Exclusive VIP Club member benefit (Kathryn Gammage Circle and above!) Must RSVP.
Monday, March 21 Gammy and Jerry Awards Dinner and Season Announce Event 5:00 p.m. ASU Gammage. Invitation to follow.