Celebrating Big Dreams WITH
LESLIE ODOM JR. AND SPECIAL GUESTS
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
25TH SEASON
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Dale F. Halton FOUNDATION
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25TH ANNIVERSARY LEADERS CELEBRATING BIG DREAMS KICKOFF EVENT HONORARY CHAIRS Sarah and Tim Belk Mary and Don Doctor
HOST COMMITTEE Stephanie Baumann and Andrew Blumenthal Shavonda and Reginald Bean Kristin Hills Bradberry Felipe and Bryan Edmiston
Laura and Jeff Hay Renee Hobart Sarah and Mark Hutchins Susanne McGuire
Catherine Nason and Carl Zimmerman Joy Pinchback Todd Murphy Events
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2 5 TH A N N I V E R S A RY ST E E R I N G CO M M I T T E E Shavonda and Reginald Bean Amy and Philip Blumenthal
Kristin Hills Bradberry and Buck Bradberry Laura and Jeff Hay
Renee and Chris Hobart Susanne and Bill McGuire Patricia Rodgers
2 5 TH A N N I V E R S A RY H O N O R A RY CO M M I T T E E Peg and Jay Adamczyk Judith Allen Marty and Weston Andress Pauletta and Robert T. Atwood Mary Lou and Jim Babb Stephanie Baumann and Andrew Blumenthal Ethan Blumenthal Robert Bush Mary and Don Doctor Felipe and Bryan Edmiston Lisa and Frank Emory
Michele and Walter Fisher Dorlisa and Peter Flur Cindy and Harvey Gantt Beverly and Jim Hance Deborah and Johnny Harris Mandy and Todd Houser Sunny and Wen Hutchinson Beverly and John Lassiter Sandra and Leon Levine Leslie and Michael Marsicano Jane and Hugh McColl Jaime and Mike Monday
Rolfe Neill Jeanne and Rick Puckett Robbin and Pat Riley Carla and Ed Rose Jane and Nelson Schwab Lisa and Glenn Sherrill David Snider and Jeff Hall Meredith and Jim Thompson Teresa and Stick Williams Joan Zimmerman
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elcome to the 25th Anniversary Season! This is a
Blumenthal Performing Arts represents excellence in the
very exciting time around the theaters as we reflect
performing arts and has been an integral part of Charlotte for 25
on the past 25 years, celebrate the present and look
years. It has been my honor to be a part of this magnificent family
toward the future.
of creativity. We all look forward to the next 25!
Participate in one of our many educational opportunities, attend a free performance or festival, or come and be inspired by a Broadway show. Applaud our resident companies as the symphony, opera and ballet continue to perform and collaborate to support, entertain and educate our community. There is some-
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25th Anniversary Chair
BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Reginald Bean, Marketing & Community Relations Chair Riaz H. Bhamani Amy Rice Blumenthal Kristin Hills Bradberry, Chair Marivi Bryant, Trustee Apprentice Bobby Chesney Dena Diorio Bobby Drakeford
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J. Porter Durham, Jr., Governance Chair Erin Lavely Fisher David M. Goodman Molly Griffin, Education Chair Timothy L. Gunter Jeff Hay, Secretary and Chair-Elect Renee Hobart Sarah Hutchins, Trustee Apprentice Barbara Meeks, Development Chair
Gail Sharps Myers Edwin B. Peacock, III George A. Raftelis Matthew Salisbury Kevin White,Treasurer and Finance & Audit Chair Amy Wooden
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Our community’s commitment to arts and culture says a lot about where we live. The performing arts brings us together from the moment the lights go down and the curtains come up. We applaud the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center on its 25th anniversary.
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BELK THEATER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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blumenthal performing arts center DESIGN BUILDERS Becon Construction Company, Inc. Project/Construction Manager Hepler Hall Dahnert Architects, PA Administrative Architect DESIGN TEAM Cesar Pelli & Associates, Inc. Design Architect Middleton, McMillan, Architects, Inc. Architect of Record Morris Architects Associate Architect Theatre Projects Consultants, Inc. Theater Consultants R. Lawrence Kirkegaard & Associates, Inc. Acoustician Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. Structural Engineers CHP & Associates Mechanical & Electrical Engineers DPR Associates, Inc. Civil Engineers FMG Design, Inc. Graphic Designer Belk Theater under construction. 7
A CITY TRANSFORMED
A CITY WILLING TO DREAM BIG DREAMS
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harlotte has been blessed by people who were willing
strengthens our sense of community.
to dream big dreams. People like Hugh McColl, Debo-
The arts uniquely remind us of our humanity and our connec-
rah Harris, John Belk, Bill Lee, Doug Booth, Rolfe Neill,
tion to others. Innovative programs like Breakin’ Convention, our
Mark Bernstein, C.C. Cameron, Harvey Gantt and many others
International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre, spur creativity
had the courage to seize the day and transform our city.
and inclusion. High quality programs inspire our kids to aim high
These leaders wanted Charlotte to be something special. They wanted it to have opportunities for its citizens that the big cities
and dream their own big dreams for their future. The Performing Arts Center has been a powerhouse with an
had. They imagined a thriving city center that was a hub for busi-
annual economic impact that ranges from $36 million to over $55
ness, culture and living a full life. They wanted a place that would
million. Restaurants, hotels and other businesses depend on it. It
benefit every citizen, and particularly our children.
frequently is an integral amenity in attracting new residents and
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center has been an anchor in transforming Charlotte’s uptown. Our city stands apart from
business to the region. Tonight we begin a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniver-
others due to the foresight of community leaders to place the
sary of Blumenthal Performing Arts, the dreamers who set their
cultural assets of the city in its core, and weave them together
sights on the future, and the opportunities for us today to build
with business and daily life.
on that legacy.
Beyond energizing uptown Charlotte, the Performing Arts
We pledge our continued focus on quality, transformational
Center has transformed the lives of so many who have been
leadership for our city, innovation, and providing opportunities in
positively influenced by its programs. Kids growing up here will
the arts to all of our citizens.
warmly look back for many years on a trip to Blumenthal to their very first concert or Broadway show. Many students will forever recall the thrill and honor of performing on a Blumenthal stage in The Blumey Awards,
Nutcracker, Broadway Junior or Open Mic. The Performing Arts Center has uniquely brought Charlotte together. People of all ages, races and backgrounds have been warmly welcomed to Blumenthal. Sitting with others for a show 8
Tom Gabbard, President Blumenthal Performing Arts
Celebrating Big Dreams EVENING PROGRAM
25TH ANNIVERSARY FILM PREMIERE
PERFORMANCES BY LESLIE ODOM JR. ABBY CORRIGAN THE BLUMEY AWARDS STUDENTS OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS
JOHN DAVIS – Drums ORLANDO LEFLEMING – Bass MICHAEL MITCHELL – Piano SENFU STONEY – Percussion STEVEN WALKER – Guitar
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WHO’S WHO LESLIE ODOM JR. From Broadway showstopper to jazz
the top of the jazz charts. His most recent album release is “Simply Christmas,” released
crooner, Leslie Odom Jr., currently featured
on S-Curve Records last fall. For the 2017 yuletide season, Odom
in the film Murder on the Orient Express,
Jr. is delivering a deluxe edition of the album that was released
is a multifaceted, award-winning performer
Oct. 27 with four additional songs, making for a total of 12, rang-
who has achieved success on stage, on
ing from classics like “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” to “Christmas”
screen and as a recording artist.
from The Who’s Tommy receiving an ethereal makeover.
Odom won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor for his role as Aaron Burr in Broadway’s Hamilton. He also is a Grammy Award winner as a principal soloist on Hamilton’s Original Broadway Cast Recording, which won the 2015 award for Best Musical Theater Album. His self-titled jazz album released last year has topped the Billboard Jazz Album chart, and this October he released an updated album of holiday tunes. Odom Jr. originated the role of Burr in a sold-out run at The Public Theater in 2015, earning a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical and a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical. Odom Jr. made his Broadway debut at the age of 17 in Rent, before heading to Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious School of Drama, where he graduated with honors. He is the recipient of a 2002 Princess Grace Award for Acting, which is dedicated to identifying emerging talent in theater, dance and film. Additional theater credits include Leap of Faith on Broadway,
Odom Jr. was raised in Philadelphia, and currently resides in New York City. ABBY CORRIGAN Is a 2016 graduate of Musical Theatre and Drama at Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte. She landed the role of Medium Alison on the National Tour of Fun Home just out of high school. Stage: Cabaret, A Chorus Line (TCS);
Shrek (Blumey Award), In the Heights, Peter Pan, Rent (NWSA), Next to Normal (QCTC) Film/TV: “Homeland” (Showtime) “Rectify” (Sundance) “Banshee” (Cinnemax) Headed South for Christ-
mas (Painted Horse) A Smile as Big as the Moon (Hallmark). She is also co-founder of the Treehouse Acting Theatre, which was established to give young performers more acting opportunities. Thanks to Mom, Dad and Emma. abbycorrigan.com
for which he won the 2012 Astaire Award for Outstanding Male Dancer on Broadway and was nominated for a Drama League Award; the 2014 musical Venice, which also played at The Public Theater; and the Encores! Off-Center production of Tick, Tick ...
Boom! which was his first time working with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. On the small screen, Odom Jr. is best known for his portrayal of Sam Strickland in the NBC musical series “Smash,” and his recurring role as Reverend Curtis Scott on “Law & Order: SVU.” He’s also appeared in episodes of “Gotham,” “Person of Interest,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House of Lies,” “Vanished” and “CSI: Miami.” On the big screen he starred in the 2012 film Red Tails opposite Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and David Oyelowo. As a recording artist, his self-titled debut album was partially funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $40,971. The album was originally released in 2014 by Borderlight Entertainment Inc. In 2016, Odom re-released the album with four new tracks, including his interpretation of “The Guilty Ones” from Broadway’s Spring Awakening. The new release quickly raced to 10
DAVID DABBON Music Supervisor and Arranger for Blumey Students LINDA BOOTH Choreographer for Blumey Students NOEL FREIDLINE Assistant Music Supervisor for Blumey Students DALLAS MORRIS Stage Manager SUSIE FILMS 25th Anniversary Film ROBERT SCHONEMAN Blumenthal Production Management
STUDENTS FROM THE BLUMEY AWARDS Aubrey Hill, Ardrey Kell High School
Tiffany Pham, Providence Day School
Max Becker, Independence High School
Vincent “Vinnie” Holt, Northwest School of the Arts
Savannah Phillips, Central High School
Michael Bose, Covenant Day School
Jackson Lods, Cannon School
Christian Broome, Butler High School
Aaron Jones, Northside Christian Academy
Faith Anderson, South Pointe High School
Jackson Chapin, Lake Norman High School Hanna Colvin, Covenant Day School Zoe Conner, Charlotte Country Day School Riley DeWitt, cfa Academy Madeline Duever, SouthLake Christian Academy Ryan Faucette, South Mecklenburg High School Caroline Ficklin, Northside Christian Academy
Julianna Kantor, East Mecklenburg High School Rachel Khan, South Mecklenburg High School
Peter Quinn, Pine Lake Preparatory Dominique Reynolds, A.L. Brown High School Katie Russo, Weddington High School Tucker Skaggs, Northwest Cabarrus High School Phoebe Son, Charlotte Christian School
Perrin Kingaby, Central Cabarrus High School
Timothy Spear, Arborbrook Christian Academy
Carly Kline, Davidson Day School
Holly Springate, Cannon School
Connor Knox, Marvin Ridge High School
Alden Sterka, Northwest Cabarrus High School
Jeannie Krug, Jay M. Robinson High School
Ayden Tauzel, South Pointe High School
Justice Largin, Cuthbertson High School
Jordan Taylor, Hough High School
Zoe Freeman Northwest School of the Arts
Lydia LeSeur, Arborbrook Christian Academy
Will Taylor, Providence High School
Thaddeus Freidline, Davidson Day School
Ellie Linsz, Providence High School
Courtney Garrneau, Butler High School
Piper Loebach, Pine Lake Preparatory
Jonathan Gilchrist, Piedmont Community Charter
Grace McKinney, Independence High School
Tessa Giordano, Providence Day School
Bianca Moten, Piedmont Community Charter
Melanie Griffiths, Central Cabarrus High School Brenna Hart, A.L. Brown High School J.R. Hecimovich, Charlotte Country Day School
Gideon Nelson, SouthLake Christian Academy
Dallas Thomley, Charlotte Christian School Maggie Tisdell, Cuthbertson High School Carly VanDewark, Jay M. Robinson High School Sophia Grace Wagner, Lake Norman High School Kevin Wholey, Ardrey Kell High School
Grace Nelson, Queens Grant High School
Zach Workman, Queens Grant High School
Alyssa Nuckols, cfa Academy
Nina Zarrillo, Marvin Ridge High School 11
TRANSFORMING A CITY
Blumenthal’s beginnings 25 years ago By Adam Rhew
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n a stage with pleated red skirting, a saxophonist in a dinner jacket oozed jazz tunes. The dancer in black tie click-clacked across the platform. A mime dressed as a construction worker pretended to eat a fake fish sandwich. There were balloons, purple and orange and red, as if this celebration needed a formal marker of joviality. The crowd that gathered around the concrete and brick at North Tryon Performers entertain at the groundbreaking ceremony and 5th streets in uptown for the N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Charlotte spilled out into Waking Up a Sleepy Town the roadway, past the chain Charlotte’s central business district – called downtown link fence, beyond the red carpet that the VIPs used to get to the site of Charlotte’s performing arts center. (The Charlotte Observ- decades ago and uptown today – was universally understood to be sleepy once all the businesspeople went home. “(It) was sorta er would note that the onlookers “ranged from the gray-suited to like the Sahara Desert,” recalls Rolfe Neill, the longtime Observer sweat-suited.”) publisher. “After 5 o’clock, it was a Potemkin village. There was That day, a Tuesday in May of 1989, was a pivotal moment in the city’s history. Dignitaries and average joes were there because nobody on the street. There was nothing downtown except the banks.” they knew it was the start of something big. Even the bankers knew that to be true. “It’s sort of teary to stand here and know it’s finally going “I’ve been living here 59 years, and when I came here I to happen,” said Deborah Harris, the Arts & Science Council thought it was the most boring place I’d ever been in my whole chairwoman, from the stage. She thanked everyone who helped life,” says retired banking executive Hugh McColl, whose imprint make it happen – and there were plenty of people to thank. The on matters of urban life in this city is greater than perhaps any groundbreaking for what would become the North Carolina Bluother individual’s. menthal Performing Arts Center marked the culmination of years What McColl and other early boosters understood was the of planning, dreaming and fundraising. vibrancy a performing arts center would create in the center of César Pelli, a bespectacled Argentine with silver hair, stood Charlotte. to the side of the stage. The renowned architect had previously The first mention of a center city performing arts center came designed soaring structures in places such as Tokyo, Vancouver in a 1975 report by a consultant hired to create a Charlotte-Meckand London. He came up with the design for the Performing Arts lenburg Cultural Action Plan. But the consultant dismissed such Center and the adjacent office tower with the crown. an ambitious idea and recommended improving the acoustics at “The performance is the centerpiece but the building is like Ovens Auditorium instead. an instrument,” he said. “The best Stradivarius doesn’t come alive McColl bristled at that suggestion. “(Ovens) did nothing for until the best player plays it. We’re counting on the Charlotte artthe city in terms of making restaurants prosper or leading to ists to make this building come alive.” 12
people meeting people from some other part of town as they should,” he says. There were more reports and studies – in 1979, 1983 and 1985 – and more discussion about the potential for an uptown arts venue. A full decade after that first report, then-Mayor Harvey Gantt tapped McColl to lead the Charlotte Uptown Development Corporation with a challenge: Figure out how to make a downtown performance venue a reality. McColl, a longtime arts patron, had motivations of his own. “I was really building (the PAC) so I could hear the damn symphony and not have to drive out there to Independence Boulevard to do that.” McColl partnered with Harris, who had made an uptown performing arts center a priority after seeing the transformative effect those venues had in other cities. “We had it on the table, but it kept moving back off the table or down on a list,” she says today. Even though arts patrons and civic leaders understood its potential, the facility was a tough sell. “We were sort of the underdog,” Harris recalls. “People didn’t understand why we needed it.” Although Harris recognized a performing arts center’s entertainment and economic value, she focused often on its educational significance. “When children are raised with the arts,” she says, “the creativity, the imagination, everything goes up. Their grades go up, their ability to write. Their ability to understand things. I really wanted that for Charlotte.” UNWAVERING SUPPORT In 1986, NCNB, the bank McColl ran, and Charter Properties bought land at the corner of Trade and Tryon streets to build a skyscraper and shopping complex. The companies agreed to dedicate part of their land to an arts complex. “That was the first time I had heard about the arts center being a real possibility,” then-City Council member Richard Vinroot said at the time.
But land on which to build the venue was only part of the equation. So the campaign to bring performing arts to uptown came about in perhaps the most Charlotte way possible: a public-private partnership. “Public-private is a funky moniker for everybody pitchin’ in together,” recalls Hardin Minor, a Charlotte performer tapped to be the mascot for the capital campaign. “I guess you could say I was sort of the joie de vivre, the esprit de corps, the spirit of the building to be,” Minor says. Supporters pitched anyone who would listen. They started the largest cultural arts fundraising drive in the city’s history – many times over. The next largest campaign had a goal a fifth the size of the $25 million PAC boosters originally sought. In 1987, taxpayers approved a $15 million bond package to support the PAC by a 2-to-1 margin. State legislators guaranteed a total of $11.5 million. Corporate and individual donors contributed a whopping $32 million. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students even chipped in, paying a quarter apiece for 65,000 bricks in a “Buy a Brick to Build the Magic” campaign. Time tends to make squiggly lines straight. In retrospect, shaky plans seem a sure thing. But the quest for an uptown performing arts center was perilous. Two key tenants – the symphony and ballet – faced uncertain financial futures that put their long-term viability in jeopardy. An economic recession prompted some would-be donors to default on their pledges to the campaign. The arts center had to slash its staff before it even opened to stave off a projected operating budget deficit. Supporters, though, were relentless. They knew what this building could do. They saw its potential. “This,” Neill recalls, “was going to be something that would help lift Charlotte up.” And on that late spring day, they packed the future site for the groundbreaking. Minor, the mascot, was the one dressed as a construction worker, taking a bite out of that fake fish sandwich.
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Deborah Harris, second from right, comments to architect Cesar Pelli on his model and design for the N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. 13
TRANSFORMING A CITY Continued from Page 13 sort of the right time, the right place. The Jewel in the City’s Crown “This was the right project that would really help the city in a By November 1992, the long-awaited structure was ready for big way,” he added. its debut. It had taken a dozen years from the first formal public And so, for that grand opening night, the new Blumenthal conversation – even longer if you trace the origins back to those center became, as Charlotteans were early conversations in the 1970s. fond of saying at the time, the jewel in the Its 2,100-seat Belk Theater and city’s crown. Homegrown musician Loonis 440-seat Booth Playhouse were lit. McGlohon was there, and so was newsman Glass sparkled in the domed skylight Charles Kuralt. Roberta Flack walked out of the 72-foot-tall rotunda. There were, in a black sequined dress, right into the The Observer reported, plenty of bathmiddle of the stage and up to the microrooms for patrons to use. phone, and she started singing. The venue also had a name: the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Strumming my pain with his fingers, Arts Center, after Herman and Anita Singing my life with his words ... Blumenthal and the Blumenthal Foundation, which kicked in $3.5 million to the People in the audience looked at each capital campaign. The Blumenthals were other and smiled. The sound was beautiful. a civically-involved family, but they esThey pointed to their arms. Chills. In the chewed the spotlight. This gift – and the Students buy bricks to help audience, the early visionaries, the people attention that came along with it – was raise funds for the Blumenthal Performing who saw what this building could become something to which they were unaccusArts Center’s construction. knew that they were right. tomed. “It was an honest conversation “You sit next to people you didn’t know, but you’re all experiwe had,” recalled Philip Blumenthal, one of the couple’s children. “Not that we didn’t want to be involved with it, but did we want to encing the same,” Harris recalls. “You’re laughing together. You’re be involved at that level? Ultimately we decided that, yes, this was crying together. It is one of the things that transcends everything.”
FOUNDING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Deborah S. Harris, President Douglas W. Booth, Vice President Rev. George Battle John M. Belk C.C. Cameron Alan T. Dickson
William S. Lee, Vice President Rolfe Neill, Vice President
Roddey Dowd, Sr. Graeme M. Keith Joseph P. Lacher R. Malloy McKeithen
Crandall C. Bowles, Treasurer Mark R. Bernstein, Secretary
Dee Dee Murphy Vivian Nivens Cyndee Patterson Betty Chafin Rash
James W. Thompson John R. Wester Velva Woollen
N.C. BLUMENTHAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CAMPAIGN CABINET William S. Lee, Campaign Chairman John V. Andrews Mark R. Bernstein Elliott S. Close R. Stuart Dickson Malcolm E. Everett III Frances Fanjoy Newton 0. Fowler, Jr. 14
John L. Fraley K. Eugene Frauenheim Harvey Gantt Deborah S. Harris John W. Harris W. Duke Kimbrell Joseph P. Lacher
Martha Bowles, Campaign Director Omar Leatherman Sandra Levine John D. Lewis Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Rolfe Neill Roger W. Owens Lynn Pierce
Richard R. Pierce Paul C. Rhyne Mary D.B.T. Semans George Shinn John B. Stedman S. Bobo Tanner, III James W. Thompson
THROUGH THE YEARS
Belk Theater under construction.
Belk Theater completed.
The Phantom of the Opera with Derrick Davis and Katie Travis, 2017-18 Season. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
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THROUGH THE YEARS
Spirit Square
Knight Theater
Disney’s The Lion King
Jersey Boys
Traces
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Broadway Junior Celebration 16
The Blumey Awards
Women’s restroom expansion
First Date
Opera Carolina
Street Jam
Charlotte Jazz Festival
Something Rotten!
Photo by Joan Marcus
Salah at Breakin’ Convention
Charlotte Ballet
School of Rock
Mathenee Treco, Jordan Donica, Ruben J. Carbajal and Michael Luwoye in the Hamilton National Tour. 17
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS Contributions received from Oct. 30, 2016-Oct. 30, 2017
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $25,000+
Peg and Jay Adamczyk Barbara and David Goodman*
$10,000+
Dr. Milton and Arlene Berkman Philanthropic Fund Victoria and Porter Durham Beth and Jonathan Feit Vickie and Tom Gabbard Bob and Jena Gallagher Sandra and Stephen Godofsky Laura and Jeff Hay Renee and Chris Hobart Christine and David Longo Mr. and Mrs. William B. McGuire, Jr. Michael, Jaime and Allie Monday
$7,500+
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$5,000+
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$1,000+
Anonymous Keith Alyea and Fidel Montoya Trina Anderson Cheryl Barringer and Mike Sherman Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Baum Aaron Beck Ralph Beck, in memory of Linda Scott Bengel Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bikhazi Bonnie and Jim Blair Rachel E. Brackett Mona Brandon Susan and Greg Brouse Peter and Cynthia Buck Jesica Bullrich Karen and Kevin Chapman Mary Catherine and Robert Chesney Delane and Walter Clark Brent Clevenger Charlotte Cochrane Linda and Richard Cook Chris Cope Lori and Roger Cuddy Bill Dantos Donna and Al de Molina Dena R. Diorio Betty Doria Pepper and Roddey Dowd, Sr. Brigid and James Downs Bobby Drakeford Christine and James Drost Marcy and Fred Dumas Dr. Bryan Edmiston and Mr. Felipe G. Edmiston Steven J. Ellis Rachel and Jonathan Ellis Elaine and Jeffrey Fagan Joyce Staley Ford
Kayla Freeman Steven and Darcy Garfinkle Dr. Glenn Gaston John R. Georgius Robin Gershen Mr. and Mrs. Mike Greene Molly and Robert Griffin Pamela Hanna, M.D. Donna and Randy Helton Jennifer Henry Sherri and Waddie Heyward Kathy and Ben Hill James Hill Michelle and Brian Howell Kathy and Charlie Izard David S. Jacobson Linda and Kerry Kenner Joan Kirschner Janice S. Ladley Beverly and John Lassiter James Ledbetter Richard and Anna Marriott Mr. and Mrs. KP McCormick Betsy and T. Bragg McLeod Dr. and Mrs. Alden Milam Shelley and Andy Misiaveg Jill and Ed Newman Marian M. Nisbet Wendy Oglesby and David Higbe Dr. Valerie and Mr. Barton O'Kelley Drs. Elaine and Thomas Pacicco Jack Page and Robert Myers Anne Patefield Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Peacock III Donna and Steve Pernotto Joy Pinchback Kathy and Jerry Price Fidel and Laura Prieto Cindy and Randy Rice Sally and Russell Robinson William R. Rollins Carla and Ed Rose Ken Rothmel Mikel Rogers Ryan Chryll and Wayne Salow Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Schneck Jane and Nelson Schwab Dr. Marvin Shapiro and Mrs. Anita Shapiro Emilie and Gene Sharbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Shelton, Sr. The Marc and Mattye Silverman Foundation Jan and Scott Smith Wayne B. Smith, Jr. and Indun Patrick Claire and Jim Talley Ben C. Taylor, III, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Thomas Sandi and Ben Thorman Ellen and Jim Wade Jacqueline and Rusty Wasco Margo and Dave Wehrung Drs. James and Jackie Wheeler Teresa and Stick Williams Pat and Bill Williamson Krista and Thomas Wilson * Members of The Legacy Society at Blumenthal
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CATALYST PARTNERS The Arts & Science Council supports Blumenthal Performing Arts’ 2017 fiscal year budget with operating and programmatic grants.
THE DOCTOR FAMILY FOUNDATION
LEADERSHIP PARTNERS
Blumenthal Performing Arts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
STATEGIC PARTNERS
$20,000+
SIGNATURE PARTNERS
Preferred Caterer
$15,000+
$10,000+
HOSPITALITY PARTNERS
$5,000+
$7,500+ Publix Super Markets Charities
Bradley British American Business Council C design Inc. Deloitte
InterCon Building Corporation Keatley Wealth Management, LLC King & Spalding LLP KPMG
McKenney’s, Inc Moore & Van Allen PLLC Rodgers Builders Inc. SteelFab, Inc.
Troutman Sanders LLP UTC Aerospace Systems
$2,500+ Adams Electric Company Ashley Furniture Baird Private Wealth Management BDO Bryan Cave Carolina CAT Charlotte Insurance
Charlotte Paint Co. Inc. Chicago Title Insurance Company Gray Dog Investments, Inc. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP McCracken & Lopez, PA McGuireWoods LLP McIlveen Family Law
Midrex Technologies Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP PMMC Premier Golf, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson P.A. RSM US LLP
Sentinel Risk Advisors South State Bank The Dowd Foundation, Inc. Walbridge Southeast White Knight Engineered Products, Inc.
$1,000+ BB&T Cabarrus Glass Company Inc. Carousel Capital Charlotte Business Journal Crosland Southeast
Donald Haack Diamonds & Fine Gems Galvan Industries, Inc. Garmon & Company, Inc. Commercial Flooring High Performance Technologies
Hood Hargett & Associates Hoopaugh Grading Company, LLC Howard Brothers Electric Jenkins Peer Architects McGrann Paper Corporation McVeigh & Mangum
Mechanical Contractors, Inc. NC Interiors Contracting, Inc. Odell Associates Preferred Electric Co., Inc. Robert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Rogers Unloading Service
Schindler Elevator Corp. Tippens & Zurosky LLP Ty Hardee Financial Velligan Medical Services, PC Xentegra
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Celebrating the big dream to create Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, its first 25 years and hopes for the future.
25TH SEASON
lP Eumenthal RFORMING ARTS
Our 25th anniversary season is presented to the community by
Dale F. Halton FOUNDATION
THE DOCTOR FAMILY FOUNDATION
Education Programs and Student Scholarships
COMING NEXT! S A T U R D A Y, F E B R U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 1 8 • K N I G H T T H E A T E R
A Gala Musical Tribute Honoring William Ivey Long B R O A D WAY ’ S C E L E B R AT E D S I X - T I M E T O N Y AWA R D - W I N N I N G C O S T U M E D E S I G N E R A N D N AT I V E S O N !