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The Official Magazine of The Carolina Theatre
WINTER 2015 | ISSUE 8 | WWW.CAROLINATHEATRE.ORG
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI discusses ‘the birds & the bees’ Actress presents ‘Green Porno Live on Stage’, PAGE 14 INSIDE:
▪▪ A Q&A with Meshell Ndegeocello
▪▪ The 2013-14
Annual Report
▪▪ News, Photo Galleries & Event Listings
BOARD MEMBERS B O A R D OF T R U S T E E S Scott Harmon, chair Michael Schoenfeld, vice chair Will Sendall, treasurer Ryan Smith, secretary Richard Arnold Cecily Durrett Cora Cole-McFadden Ronnie Eubanks Sandi Haynes Lisa Long Jackson Ellen Reckhow Christy Simmons Mark Stanford Leigh Vancil
B O AR D O F A M B A S S A D OR S Sue Beischer Susan Coon Earl Dowell Shirley Drechsel Pepper Fluke Barker French Thomas Kenan III Richard Morgan Henry Scherich
S TA F F M E M B E R S CARO L IN A T HE AT R E S TA F F Bob Nocek......................................... President/CEO Aaron Bare....................COO/Director of Marketing Jim Carl.............................................. Senior Director Treat Harvey...................... Director of Development Michelle Irvine....................... Director of Operations Sam Spatafore............................ Director of Finance Christina Aldridge.......Assistant Technical Manager Elisabeth Branigan...............Marketing Coordinator Cora Bryant....................................... Office Manager Bob Cochran.................................Facilities Manager Pally Hrncirik............................ Operations Manager Mike Karczewski.........Assistant Box Office Manager Regina Mancha............................ Event Coordinator Jared McEntire........................Booking Coordinator Katie Quinn................................Box Office Manager Ryan Shivar.....................................Graphic Designer Jeremy Smith............... Cinema Projection Manager Joe Student................. Content Marketing Manager Rebeka Todd...........Guest Relations Representative Carl Wetter...................................Technical Manager
THE CAROLINA THEATRE ABOUT THE CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM
The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that manages the city-owned Carolina Theatre complex. Each year we present a variety of film and live performers that encompass a broad and diverse cross-section of arts and entertainment. Live performances at the Carolina Theatre are supported in part by the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of North Carolina, and the Fletcher Performing Arts Fund of Triangle Community Foundation. Advertisers Make this Magazine Possible This magazine is designed by Shannon Media – the publisher of Durham Magazine – in cooperation with the Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. This book would not be possible without the advertisers who support it. We extend our gratitude and encourage you to thank them as well. For advertising information, contact Rory Kelly Gillis at 919-933-1551 or rory@durhammag.com. ///
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In this ISSUE Board Members & Administrative Staff...................... 3 Letter from the CEO. . ............................................ 7 Star Series Calendar............................................ 19
FEATURES
Theatre Extends Ticketmaster Pact.........8 Venue continues partnership with industry-leading vendor.
She’s An Inspiration..............................12 An interview with singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello COVER:
A Very Sexy Show.......................14
Isabella Rossellini brings ‘Green Porno Live on Stage’ to Durham.
2013-14 Annual Report.........................27 A review of the Theatre’s year
Headlines . . ...........................................32 News and notes from the Theatre
2014 North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival . . .......................50 A photo gallery from the longtime Theatre event
Corporate Support Matters.............................................. 4 Club Carolina Schedule................................................... 37 Donor List........................................................................ 39 Seen & Heard.................................................................. 44 Film Festivals & Series.................................................... 46 Guest Presenters............................................................. 48 Tickets & Seating............................................................ 53 Advertisers’ Index........................................................... 54 Membership Benefits ..................................................... 55
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends,
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elcome to the first 2015 edition of ShowTime magazine, featuring a special interview with actress Isabella Rossellini, who graces our stage in March with her pet project, Green Porno Live on Stage – a comical look at the sex lives of the animal kingdom. The Carolina Theatre hosts many superstar performers, but this show is truly a highlight for all of us. In this issue, you’ll also find our 2013-14 Annual Report, which touches on some highlights of last season and presents our financial performance for the fiscal year. I’m proud to report our second consecutive profitable year, which only further proves that our nonprofit continues to improve its financial performance while bringing the best concerts, comedy and cinema to Downtown Durham. Our overall revenue exceeded $4.1 million, an all-time high and a 45 percent increase over the past three years. We’re now the fifth-largest performing arts organization in the Triangle, according to Triangle Business Journal’s annual survey. As we go to press, we are launching a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. com to help us raise a portion of the costs for a long-overdue project: the replacement of the seats in our two cinemas. If you’ve been to a film at the Carolina Theatre, you know that our old seats – which were installed in 1993 – are auditorium-style seats with low backs and wooden armrests whose cup holders are either too small or too large, depending on the size of your drink. By April, we’ll replace those seats with high-back, luxury cinema seats with retractable armrests and more than adequate cup holders. In Cinema 1, nearly all the seats will recline. We also have some plans for Cinema 2 that will help make the seating more comfortable in a tight space. Over the past few years, the Carolina Theatre and the City of Durham have both invested in the future of our film program through sound upgrades and our digital projection conversion. Replacing the seats is the last step in creating a premium cinema experience worthy of the best film audience in the Triangle. I hope you’ll consider supporting the fundraising campaign on Kickstarter, and I know you’ll enjoy watching movies in the comfort of our new seats! Warmest Regards,
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THEATRE EXTENDS TICKETMASTER PACT Carolina continues partnership with industry-leading vendor
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HE CAROLINA THEATRE of Durham, Inc. will continue to offer guests world-class ticketing services through Ticketmaster after the historic downtown performing arts venue reached a new, five-year agreement with the ticket distribution company. The new deal extended the relationship between the organizations to 2019. The two entities were in the final year of a five-year contract signed in 2010. The partnership has proven to be beneficial for both parties. Theatre President/CEO Bob Nocek says the Carolina was selling about 16,000 tickets per year to Star Series shows prior to the Ticketmaster deal. The venue now sells an average of 40,000 tickets annually, Nocek says. While the theatre has benefitted from the agreement, so has Ticketmaster. Marla Ostroff, EVP of arts & theatre and strategic accounts for Ticketmaster, says she’s thrilled the partnership is continuing. “Over the past four years, Bob and his team have worked tirelessly to keep the event calendar filled with an eclectic array of stage performances and films, and we are privileged to be along for the ride for the many years ahead,” says Ostroff. Among the changes in the new contract are lower service charges for nonprofit renters,
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making the venue more welcoming for smaller community organizations that hold events at the facility. “We wanted a lower set of rates for clients (with events) under $25 per ticket,” says Nocek. With more than 10 million unique visitors each month, Ticketmaster.com is one of the most visited websites in the world. The company averages 855,000 online transactions and 3 million ticket sales per month, making it the best possible ticketing partner for the Carolina Theatre’s dramatically increased schedule of shows. “I’ve had other ticket vendors approach me, but in the end, nobody carries the marketing weight that Ticketmaster does,” Nocek says. Thanks in part to that marketing weight, the theatre has significantly grown its email list during the past five years. Nocek estimates the theatre’s list of 8,000 addresses has increased to nearly 60,000 potential recipients. This database has allowed the theatre to reach past visitors about upcoming events and promotions. Despite significant growth in the theatre’s email database, Ticketmaster’s reach in the market is colossal by comparison. As part of the partnership, the theatre is able to contact potential new guests through the ticketing giant’s promotional emails.
The Carolina Theatre also uses Ticketmaster’s Archtics ticketing system. Archtics is a complete in-house program that manages ticketing, donations, customer relationships and marketing. It’s completely customizable and the reports are produced in real time, allowing theatre management to collect, organize and use the most significant data. The Carolina Theatre serves as a beta tester for the Archtics software, which is also used by NFL and MLB teams and major college athletic programs. With 1,000 seats, the theatre is among the smallest venues to use Archtics, but the software puts the organization on the leading edge of technology. The Carolina uses many advanced Ticketmaster features including MyAccount (see sidebar), mobile entry and its TM+ resale platform, which allows customers to resell tickets they can’t use. “This beautiful historic theatre is always willing to adapt to our new technologies and products to better serve their patrons, donors and members and to enhance the theatre experience,” Ostroff says. The contract extension with Ticketmaster is the last of three important agreements involving the Carolina Theatre in 2014. In April, the Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., the nonprofit that runs the city-owned facility, signed a long-term agreement with Durham City Council to continue to operate the venue. The new deal included a 10-year term with two five-year renewal options. The new agreement with the city allows the Carolina Theatre to retain 100 percent of facility fees collected on ticket sales. The fees provide additional operating revenue and help cover costs of improvements and maintenance. Additionally, Nocek, who took over the organization in 2010, signed a five-year contract this summer to extend his tenure as president and CEO. “We’re really set for the next five years on most major fronts,” Nocek says. ▪ BY ADAM
FOR YOUR BENEFIT Star Members Get Perks From Ticketmaster’s Account Manager Program The Carolina Theatre’s five-year contract extension with Ticketmaster means it will continue to deliver Star Members perks with the easy-to-use Account Manager. Star Members – those who donate $120 or more to the theatre’s general fund – can manage all their interactions, from ticket buying to donating, on your CTD MyAccount page. All Carolina Theatre Star Members receive access to show tickets before the general public and can purchase premium seats – those in the first 10 rows – designated for members only. Via Account Manager, users can see the member and public ticket inventory, allowing them to pick their exact seat from a map. In the member portal, patrons can transfer tickets to someone else or sell them if they can’t attend a performance. The platform is also useful for making donations and viewing purchase history. Ticketmaster recently made it possible for members to use mobile ticketing, so Star Members can now pull up their tickets on their smartphone at the door of the theatre. Star Members who donate $2,400 or more have access to a recently added feature on Account Manager that allows them right of first refusal to use their preferred seats for each Star Series show. President/CEO Bob Nocek says theatre management received some requests for patrons to have access to the same seats from show to show. The pricing is the same, but these donors are given the chance to turn down their usual seats before anyone else can buy them. “It’s just a nice benefit to have,” Nocek says of the program. “It keeps people connected to the organization.” Interested guests can find out more about becoming a member at Carolinatheatre.org/ support ▪ BY ADAM ROBERTS
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takes a little more energy to go within and give the best musical experience that you can. It’s like, we’re all in this together. I can see you; I can smell you. The distance in a bigger place allows you to concentrate on the band and on the music, and it’s harder when it’s a tight space … but I prefer that.
SHE’S AN INSPIRATION
Meshell Ndegeocello on her exceptional music, long career and current tour
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ESHELL NDEGEOCELLO wants to inspire you. The 46-year-old bass-playing singer-songwriter would never say so herself, but Ndegeocello wants fans who come to her show to feel moved enough to teach their children to play music, or to arrive home and pick up that long-ignored guitar. “Either that, or you’ll just try to be kinder and nicer,” she says. “That’s all I’m selling you.” Touring in support of her latest album Comet Come to Me, Ndegeocello will bring her tour to the Carolina Theatre on Feb. 18. We asked her about the new record, her recent influences and how things have changed since her first record almost 22 years ago. For those who’ve never seen you perform, what is a Meshell Ndegeocello show like? I’m trying to sell you the idea of being in the moment. I’m not trying 12 T H E C A R O L I N A T H E AT R E
to sell you the idea that you come to the show to try and recapture something that you once felt. Most people take from their catalogue. They say: “Come, I’ve done these songs.” With us, it’s: “Come if you’d like to come hear some music.” I want to entertain you, but I’m going to play some music that hopefully will make you feel things, hopefully be thought-provoking. You’ve played at plenty of large festivals – does your performance change in a smaller setting like the Carolina Theatre? The people are right there with you. They can see the intensity in my face if my amp sound is not where it needs to be. They can feel my paranoia about hitting the right notes. And you can feel them. You can feel the audience’s anxiety, or you can feel they’re antsy that their beer hasn’t come yet. You can hear people’s conversations sometimes. It’s just a different vibe, and it
You’ve been playing plenty of songs recently from your newest record Comet Come to Me. Tell us about it. I found myself writing songs with my friends. My neighbor helped write the song “Tom.” His life story is much more interesting than any song I’ve ever heard: He wrote a novel before there were laptops and someone stole the computer with the floppy disk in it with his novel that he worked years on. His life’s work, stolen. Gone in an instant. He never wrote anything again, but he would slip poetry and notes under my door, and I’d turn them into songs. I’m proud of that song because it means something to somebody else. Then there’s the song “Friends.” I find social media such an interesting thing. Like, are these people really my friends? No! Not at all. All the songs on the record have a different feeling. It’s just me asking questions. It’s an amalgamation of ideas and thoughts – if that makes sense – with sonic landscapes attached to them. Did listening to other artists help inspire you as you wrote? Oh yes, all I do all day is listen to music. I’m a Bob Marley fan. I like a lot of jazz artists like John Coltrane, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach. I love Erykah Badu. I love Black Sabbath. I really like this guy Perfume Genius – sonically, it’s just captivating.
You’ve been making records for more than 20 years. That’s a long time… When you say it like that … yeah! It is a long time. …so things must have changed a lot over the course of your career. I don’t want to sound arrogant, but nothing’s changed for me. I grew up wanting to be like Stevie Wonder, Prince, Roberta Flack. I knew there was something socially connected to being a musician. But what I see as someone who’s observant, I don’t think you can have these megastars anymore. Marketing is different. You really have to sell yourself – your intimate life, your whole being. In the ’90s, you could create some persona that would guard you – protect you – from the public, but now people want some contrived idea of what’s really you. Oh, and access to music. I used to get six-figure budgets to make a recording. We’d go into the studio and hire string musicians. I sound like I’m 80! Technology has allowed us to go into a micro studio – a micro world – and still create pieces of work that can be sold. It’s no longer this secret magic thing. Everyone knows how to make a record, and you can make it in five minutes and upload it to SoundCloud and be heard.
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When it comes down to it, what do you love most about touring? Being with my friends. This is the first time in the last five years where I actually have band mates that are my friends. When we go out, we just have a really good time. And we’re adults – we’re no longer like, “Let’s get smashed and trash stuff!” We find a good restaurant, maybe enjoy a good bottle of wine and see a movie. We’re all lucky to be a part of this fellowship of musicians, and we’re just trying to enjoy our time on the planet. ▪ BY SARAH BAICKER IF YOU GO:
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A VERY
SEXY SHOW Isabella Rossellini
delivers an entertaining theatrical take on the reproductive lives of various creatures in ‘Green Porno Live on Stage’ BY DANNY ADLER
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OLLOWING THE unexpected success of her experimental, made-for-TV short film series Green Porno — a low-budget, quirky exploration of the mating habits of insects and sea life — iconic actress and model Isabella Rossellini spoke with a friend of hers about the show. That friend, the French actress Carole Bouquet, told Rossellini the comical Green Porno would make a great monologue. But Rossellini, the Italian-born daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, had only written one-minute to two-minute shorts about the sex lives of animals for her Sundance TV show, not a full-blown, feature-length theatrical production. Bouquet reached out to influential French novelist and screenwriter
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Jean-Claude Carrière, who agreed to team up with Rossellini and help evolve Green Porno from a series of shorts to a one-woman theatrical performance starring Rossellini. After six months of working together, the 70-minute Green Porno Live on Stage was born. Rossellini and Carrière originally wrote the live show in French with the title, Bestiaire d’Amour, which translates to Bestiary of Love. Worried that American audiences would confuse “bestiary,” a collection of real or imaginary animals, with “bestality,” sex between humans and animals, the name was dropped in exchange for the eyebrow-raising Green Porno, Rossellini says. Rossellini has spent the last year taking the provocatively titled show across the United States, enthralling audiences about nature’s kinky love shack. It
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comes to the Carolina Theatre of Durham on March 8 as part of the Star Series. ISABELLA ROSSELLINI’S experiment began six years ago. When encouraged by film legend Robert Redford to create an experimental program that would work well on television and online, Rossellini relied on her lifelong interest in animals to serve as muse. The project delved into the reproductive lives of animals, from the extraordinarily well-endowed barnacle (who knew?) to bees, whose males die shortly after sex due to their dismembered member. Currently living on New York’s Long Island, Rossellini attends Hunter College, where she is pursuing a master’s degree in animal behavior and conservation — not to begin a new career in the field, but to satisfy her interest in the subject. “My university adventure influenced my film adventure,” she says. In the theater show, Rossellini discusses 65 animals, where she illustrates — in vivid, somewhat-cartoonish detail — that not all animal sex is the same. On Earth, there are hermaphrodites (animals with male and female sex organs), animals that change sexes and animals that are asexual. Also, some animals bite the heads off their mates during sex (praying mantis), while sadomasochistic animals like it rough with love darts before sex (snails), still other animals masturbate, and have oral and blowhole sex (dolphins). “It’s very complex. There are so many ways to reproduce,” Rossellini says. “It’s fascinating to see how evolution has given us all this.” “Biodiversity is the base of my show. If all animals produced the same way, the monologue would be five minutes long,” she says. The program is not strictly science and Rossellini is not a scientist, nor does she pass herself off as one. She is perhaps best known for her role in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986) and/or as the face of Lancôme cosmetics for 14 of her 25 years in modeling. Green Porno certainly stars a Rossellini who had not been seen before by others. “I’m an entertainer,” she says. “I want the audience to laugh. I just want to give them an hour and 10 minutes of fun.” DUE TO THE FACT that the project in and of itself was experimental, Green Porno had practically no budget, Rossellini says. The costumes and sets, mostly made of paper and odd cutouts, helped forge a do-it-yourself aesthetic that lent itself to the off-beat nature of this take of the birds and the bees. “The majority of the costumes are made of paper, originally because the budget was very, very low,” Rossellini says. In the short films, Rossellini generally dressed up as the males and thrust at her crude, inanimate mates. In the theatrical program, Rossellini has only a few
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costumes she wears. Photos and video from the film series punctuate the monologue. “The costumes contribute a lot to the comical aspect of the show,” she says. As with the rest of the show, the costumes begin with Rossellini. She takes her thoughts to paper, drawing out the buggy eyes, the leotards, the wings or fins, and then hands the sketches over to two artists who make them reality. Audiences have loved the show. Rossellini’s videos have delivered millions of views online. She has expanded the Green Porno franchise to include a book and other video series, including Seduce Me, about varying courtship strategies, and Mammas, about motherhood in the animal kingdom. The live-on-stage production has appeared in Europe and Australia. “It has turned out to be quite successful,” she says. Some people who know Rossellini primarily through her other work have shown surprise at seeing the former model dressed in blue tights while swimming with a whale’s “dangling organ,” or as a male bee mounting a queen bee. “They say, ‘Wow, that’s a big change,’” Rossellini says with a laugh. Yet Green Porno is an extension of what interests Rossellini. When she portrayed the mysterious jazz singer in Blue Velvet, she interpreted Lynch’s writing. In Green Porno, Rossellini interprets her own writing. “The show I write comes from me,” she says. LIVING ON A working farm in New York, Rossellini describes herself as a “retired actress.” When asked about the future of Green Porno, she says she’s not sure how much further she will take the series. “I like to perform to different audiences,” she says, but admits that she finds touring — the actually traveling — “very stressful.” If Rossellini pursues more writing, she will continue down the path that Green Porno has taken her. She will remain focused on fashioning the ethological humorous, wildly entertaining and interesting. “For my next project, if there will be one, I would like to write about cognitive abilities, intelligence and communication,” she says. ▪
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STAR SERIES MUSIC // COMEDY // TALK January
W EDNESDAY 14 Wynonna & Friends : Stories & Song
Grammy-winning country music superstar and her three-piece band
F RIDAY 16 Miranda Sings
Satirical comedian and YouTube sensation Co-presented with AEG Live
S ATURDAY 17 The Second City
Chicago’s legendary sketch and improv comedy troupe Sponsored by Kennon Craver
FEB 12 Chef Robert Irvine: Live S ATURDAY 31 Paul Reiser
Emmy-nominated actor, writer and stand-up comedian
February 04 W EDNESDAY Ingrid Michaelson
Smart, sensational pop singer-songwriter Presented by NS2
06 F RIDAY John Waters
Visionary filmmaker, actor and writer and counter-culture hero
07 S ATURDAY Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Spectacular blue-collar rock & soul band
W EDNESDAY 11 Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Incomparable South African choral group Sponsored by Michael Jordan Nissan
T HURSDAY 12 Chef Robert Irvine: Live
Acclaimed chef, restaurateur and author seen on Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible
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FEB 13 Kacey Musgraves 20 T H E C A R O L I N A T H E AT R E
February cont. F RIDAY 13 Kacey Musgraves
Emergent Grammy-winning country music star Co-presented with AEG Live
S ATURDAY 14 Maria Bamford
Hilarious standup comedian seen on Comedy Central and Showtime
FEB 27 Jane Monheit
Co-presented with NC Comedy Arts Festival T UESDAY 17 Gordon Lightfoot
Storied multi-platinum-selling folk singer and songwriter Sponsored by BB&T
MAY 02 Lila Downs
W EDNESDAY 18 Meshell Ndegeocello
Dazzlingly soulful vocalist and songwriter
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Virtuoso jazz fusion guitarist
27 F RIDAY Jane Monheit
Incredible Grammy-nominated vocalist celebrates the jazz of Judy Garland
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Remarkable comedy, music and juggling act
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APR 19 Joan Armatrading
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FEB 25 Al Di Meola
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March 03 T UESDAY Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Married duo of award-winning, master fiddlers
04 W EDNESDAY Burt Bacharach
Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer, songwriter and composer
08 S UNDAY Isabella Rossellini: Green Porno Live on Stage Brilliant actress gives humorous lessons on mating habits of various creatures
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17 T UESDAY Bo Burnham
Clever standup comedian, actor and writer seen on Comedy Central Co-presented with AEG Live
30 M ONDAY Martin Sexton
Talented singer-songwriter and modern troubadour
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April W EDNESDAY 01 Asleep at the Wheel
Nine-time grammy-winning country & western swing band
03 F RIDAY Boney James
S UNDAY 19 Joan Armatrading
Award-winning singer-songwriter’s final major tour
Grammy-nominated jazz and R&B saxophonist
04 S ATURDAY Cassandra Wilson
Unforgettable jazz musician, vocalist and songwriter Co-presented with Duke Performances
F RIDAY 17 Dennis DeYoung
Dynamic rock vocalist performing the music of Styx
22 W EDNESDAY The Price Is Right Live
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29 W EDNESDAY Taj Mahal Trio
Extraordinary and influential blues and roots musician and vocalist
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May F RIDAY 01 Paula Poundstone
Entertaining and witty standup comedian and recurring NPR Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me panelist
02 S ATURDAY Lila Downs
Terrific Mexican folk, pop and roots music singer-songwriter
Co-presented with Duke Performances
MAR 04 Burt Bacharach
06 W EDNESDAY James Galea
Award-winning magician and songwriter seen on Discovery Channel’s Breaking Magic
08 F RIDAY Jim Breuer
Hysterical comedian and Saturday Night Live alum
09 S ATURDAY Lisa Lampanelli
Standup comedy’s outrageous “Queen of Mean”
M ONDAY 11 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Talented trombone and trumpet player fronts a funky ensemble
APR 03 Boney James
June S UNDAY 14 KIDZ Bop Live
Kids sing family-friendly versions of today’s biggest pop hits
FEB 04 Ingrid Michaelson
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A YEAR TO REMEMBER ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14
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DEAR FRIENDS,
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am proud to present our Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2014. We continue to fulfil our mission to present vibrant, thought-provoking live
events and cinema and to serve as responsible stewards of the City of Durham’s historic Carolina Theatre complex. The past year has been extremely successful on many levels, most importantly our continued financial improvement. In 2014, we recorded our second consecutive financial surplus after four years of losses, and we are working hard to reduce the organizational deficit that accumulated during those years. Our overall revenue increased 17%, pushing us to $4.1 million in revenue, up from just $2.4 million when I became President/CEO in 2010. We are now the fifth-largest performing arts organization in the Triangle, and we again ranked among the top 100 theatres worldwide for concert ticket sales. Financial performance is critical for any nonprofit, but the real reason we exist is to serve the public through the work we do. In 2014, we presented a record 69 Star Series and Club Carolina performances. We expanded our film program to include weekday matinees, and we now offer more than 3,000 film screenings each year. We opened an exhibit dedicated to the theater’s Civil Rights history. And we played a vital role in the education of children with more than 30 Arts Discovery performances. Finally, we helped secure the future of our nonprofit through a new management agreement with the City of Durham that not only provides potential for additional revenue, but secures our role as the manager of the
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2014 MEMORABLE MOMENT
Confronting Change Exhibit Opens The Theatre opened “Confronting Change,” a permanent exhibit that honors the brave men and women whose protests helped end the venue’s segregationist policies in the 1960s.
Carolina Theatre complex through 2024 and possibly for another 10 years beyond that. All of our success is only possible because of the generous support of our donors, ticket buyers, and volunteers. Thank you for helping to make 2014 another incredible year. Best,
Bob Nocek President/CEO Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14
AMONG THE NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS
17%
$2.2 MILLION
INCREASE IN REVENUE
IN TICKET SALES
69
$4.1 MILLION
STAR SERIES SHOWS
TOTAL REVENUE
40,000
$15.6
STAR SERIES TICKETS SOLD
MILLION DOLLAR IMPACT
$41,000 SURPLUS
$390,000 IN RECORD FUNDRAISING
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2014 MEMORABLE MOMENT Renewed Optimism In April, Durham City Council approved a new long-term contract renewal with Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. The agreement ensures the nonprofit operator of the city-owned complex will continue to manage the facility through June 30, 2024.
WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE THE CAROLINA THEATRE
CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM, INC. STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 AND 2013
UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT AND REVENUE Presenting Income Rental Income Support Service Income Sales Other Grants And Gifts: Foundation Grants Corporate Contributions Individual Contributions Donated Materials & Services Other Income Net Assets Released From Restrictions:
2014
2013
$2,208,148 134,594 932,872 382,639
$1,818,658 192,869 779,082 320,719
133,896 68,713 139,202 1,800 86,709 51,524 ________
133,116 46,317 82,601 12,010 78,423 17,120 ________
4,139,467
3,480,915
EXPENSES Management And General Fundraising Program Services
INCREASE IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS
322,728 135,825 3,644,366 ________
300,759 79,468 3,077,252 ________
4,102,919 ________
3,457,479 ________
36,548
INCREASE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS CHANGE IN NET ASSETS NET ASSETS - Beginning Of Year NET ASSETS - End Of Year
6%
33%
8% 9% 33%
Wages, Benefits & Taxes
Facilities, Equipment & Utilities
Artist Fees & Film Royalties
Concessions Supplies
Other Program Expenses
Other Administration Expenses
Printing & Advertising
Other Fundraising Expenses
WHERE WE GET OUR REVENUE
7%
23,436
5%
9%
TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS Contributions And Grants Special Events Donated Materials And Services Net Assets Released From Restrictions:
7%
3%
18,692 29,825 7,685 (51,524) ________
46,124 10,890 5,400 (17,120) ________
4,678
45,294
41,226
68,730
(266,135) ________
(334,865) ________
$ (224,909)
$ (266,135)
45%
9% 10% 15% Live Event Ticket Sales
Concessions Sales
City Management Fee
Rental Income
Donated Revenue
Fees & Service Charges
Film Ticket Sales
REVENUE AND EXPENSES FY92 - PRESENT $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $ FY92 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
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HEADLINES INTERESTING NEWS & EXCITING HAPPENINGS FROM THE CAROLINA THEATRE
Placing High on the Lists The Carolina Theatre of Durham achieved several accolades on media lists in 2014. The venue moved up to No. 5 on the Triangle Business Journal’s list of the region’s top performing arts organizations. The CTD had the fewest number of employees of any venue on the chart. Real estate blog Movoto listed the Carolina Theatre No. 15 on its list of “27 Things People From Durham Can’t Live Without.” The historic downtown venue was mentioned alongside city attractions like the Durham Bulls, Third Friday and the Durham Farmer’s Market.
CBS Profiles Chris Rosati’s BIGG Initiative In late August, CBS Evening News’ “On the Road” segment featured Durham resident Chris Rosati. Despite his struggles with ALS, the remarkable Rosati founded BIGG: Big Ideas for the Greater Good – an initiative encouraging random acts of kindness towards strangers. The foundation held a red carpet premiere at the Carolina Theatre this summer for videos that celebrate the BIGG way of life. The CBS segment captured the Theatre as the backdrop for the worthwhile cause’s exciting event. 32 T H E C A R O L I N A T H E AT R E
Film:Acoustic Brings Wayne Coyne, Lucinda Williams To Durham The Modern School of Film’s groundbreaking Film:Acoustic series made its Carolina Theatre debut on Dec. 15 with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips hosting a screening and discussion of the disturbing 1974 film The Night Porter inside Fletcher Hall. Modern School of Film founder, and Duke graduate, Robert Milazzo hosted the unique event — a rarity outside of New York and Los Angeles. Milazzo will bring the interesting film and discussion series back to the Theatre on Monday, Jan. 26 when singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams screens Wise Blood – a 1979 film adaptation of the Flannery O’Connor novel about a wayward preacher in the post-World War II South. Tickets are on sale at CarolinaTheatre.org.
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THANKS TO OUR DONORS As a nonprofit organization, the Carolina Theatre of Durham depends on the generous support of individuals, corporations, foundations, and the City of Durham in order to thrive and grow. We are grateful for the generous gifts received from our Star Members who support our artistic and educational programming through their membership donations. While we appreciate gifts of any size, the following funders and donors made grants, gifts or sustaining pledges of $120 or more between December 1, 2013 and December 12, 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. If you find an error, please contact Treat Harvey at 919.226.8878 or treat@carolinatheatre.org.
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORT
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Community Impact Fund of Foundation For The Carolinas Durham Arts Council’s Fletcher Performing Arts Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Durham County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Fox Family Foundation Inc. F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Norman & Bettina Roberts Foundation
Amy and Michael Tiemann Charitable Gift Fund (Fidelity Charitable) FOX 50 WRAZ-TV IBM Matching Gifts LaVare Leith Foundation, in memory of LaVare M. Leith Merge Records Matching Gifts Parker and Otis Regional Community Endowment Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Rock Bottom Music and Sound (Jonathan Karow) Sorgi Insurance Agency Teleflex Foundation Matching Gifts United Way of Tri-County, Inc. Wellspring Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Widmark Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation
$5,000+
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
$25,000+ Durham Art Council’s Fletcher Performing Arts Fund of Triangle Community Foundation F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc $10,000+
GSK Michael Jordan Nissan Professional Nursing Solutions, LLC Yardi Systems, Inc. $2,500+ BB&T GlaxoSmithKline Matching Gifts The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc. Kennon Craver, PLLC Measurement Incorporated (in kind) $1000+ Baskerville Fund of Triangle Community Foundation The Daniel and Karen Berman Foundation Center Studio Architecture State Employees Combined Campaign (SECC) Up to $999 Anne Edens Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Appel and Associates Celtic Complexion Organic Skin Care Distinguished Transportation Dos Taquitos
BENEFACTOR ($2,400+) Anonymous (2) Richard and Deirdre Arnold Jon Jones Rebecca Newton Diana Osborne, in memory of Arlyn Osborne Alexander and Shirley Smith Osborne PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($1,200+) Tim Alwran Beverly and Robert Atwood Paul Brock Shirley Drechsel and Wayne Vaughn Donald and Pepper Fluke Sandi Haynes Wayne and Lisa Jackson Doug and Syl-Vonna Mabie Bob Nocek and Matt Tomko Terry J. Owens Betsy Rollins Bob Staton Will and Ali Stroh, in memory of Chelsee Jane and Wyo Stroh John Warasila and Vandana Dake Caroline Welch
PARTNER ($480+) Laura Adrian and David Orzelek Anonymous Wendy Baker and Jonathan Wilfong David Ball and Susan Pochapsky Susan Beischer Dave and Leanne Brown, in memory of Mamie Brookover Dr. and Mrs. Bob Denton, in memory of George and Alma Denton Ronnie and Shelley Eubanks Doris and Ronald Eurquhart Sr. Teresa Finch Joel Gulledge Aminifu Richard Harvey Reginald J. Johnson, Esq. Kerstan and Kristin Lione Julie and Eric Mannion Brian and Heidi Marks, in honor of Olivia Marks Cynthia and Art Morris Henry H. and Linda S. Scherich Elizabeth and Michael Schoenfeld Kevin Sowers FRIEND ($240+) Anonymous (5) Brenda E. Armstrong, MD Michael-Anne amd Bill Ashman Iain and Norma Auld David Ball and Susan Pochapsky Don Ball Jim and Beth Barba Michael Barefoot and Tim Manale Stephen G. Barefoot David and Kathy Bartlett Lee and Jenny Bennett Tyler and Phyllis Bennett Donald Beskind and Wendy Robineau Karl and Rita Bongarten Dewayne Book David Brehmer and Megan Matchinske Steve and Ginger Bridges, in memory of Ruth Deason Bates Buckner Steven and Merrie Burnett Mariana and Noah Byrd Doug and Denise Carman James and Brigit Maria Carter
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THANKS TO OUR DONORS 2014-2015 Julie Chappell Jere Confrey and Alan Maloney Jay Cool Barry and Jean Marie Curtis Ellen and John Dagenhart Marybeth Dugan and Kenny Dalsheimer Jack and Tina Deason, in memory of Ruth Deason David and Beverly Dillon Deborah James Dobbins Bridget Edwards and Carol Mangone Stuart and Edward Embree Susan and Ballard Everett Daniel and Jill Flebotte Risa Foster Mr. and Mrs. Terry Foster, in memory of Mrs. Irene Carr Jeffrey Foust Joseph A. and Karen M. Gdaniec Noah and Keely Godwin Dr. Steven Grambow and Dr. Holly Biola R. Michael Gray Liz and Mark Gustafson The Hare Family Janet Leigh Harmon Craig and Jackie Harrell Joseph Hatch Anne and Richard Havens, in memory of Elvis Whit and Joyce Hayden Marilyn Hayes and Maria Brown Veronica Hemmingway Sue and Tim Hince Diane Hourigan, DDS Susan and Mike Howard Samuel S. Jackson, Jr. Christine Jacob and Janie Leo Tod Krewson Ann Davis and Susan Lamar Dana and Russ Lange Ralph and Marie Liebelt David Lindquist and Paul Hrusovsky Lawrence Loeser Javey Lowe and Billy Simpson Mary R. Lynn Julia G. Mack Doug MacLean and Susan Wolf Robin and Stephen Marks Madeleine C. McBroom, in memory of Charles S. McBroom Ned and Sandy McClurg Danny McCracken Jessica McFarlin Berry McMurray, in honor of Sharon Reuss Horst Meyer, in memory of Ruth Mary Meyer Mitch and Chris Mumma Mary and John Myers Thomas Narten and Susan Rodger David and Sharon Nell Mimi O’Brien and Phil Roof Linda Prager and Michael Parker Mona Parks Cheri Patrick and Phyllis Sewell Chris Penny Raymond and Rosalyn Phillips John J. Pinto Cathy and John Proffitt Sandra and Joseph Purvis Tony and Jean Schibler
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Lynn Scott and Steve Noe Will and Christina Sendall Cynthia Shimer and Eric Wiebe Christy Simmons Walter and Liz Sinnett-Armstrong Amanda J. Smith Ryan Smith Meg and Jose Solera James and Danuta Soukup J. Stringer and J. Guerrero, in memory of Arthur G. Stringer and Clarence J. Leftwich Alice and Clarke Thacher Leigh Vancil Mary Ellen Walkama Jenny Warburg Renee Weisner and Ken Schmader Janet White and Hilary Sheaves Dianne Kenney Williams, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kenney Robert and Pam Winton Douglas Young and Patricia Petersen FAN ($120+) Gregory L. Adams Lex and Ann Alexander Herbert and Jo Ann Amey Robert and Phyllis Andrews Jennifer Andy Anonymous (24) Theus and Pat Armistead Suzy Armstrong and Berny Kaminski Gary and Wendy Arnold Lisa and Gary Austin Ellen and Thomas Bacon Tom Bagby and Kristen McGill Annette Baker Glenn Borg and Cindy Balentine Lee and Nancy Barr, in memory of John and Connie Keig Michael Bartholomew The Baumgartner Family Seth and Renee Beal David and Martine Bell The Morris-Benedict Family Lin Bentel, in memory of Clara and Franklin Bentel Gene and Debbie Berg Stephen and Shula Bernard Matthew and Melissa Bixler Susan Blackwell Ken Bland John Bloedorn and Keith Wenger MB Boening and Mark Knelson Sherry Booth Julia Borbely-Brown, in memory of James A. Borbely, Sr. Janet Boudreau Eric Boven and Nicole Jacobs Barbara V. Braatz JB Braxton and Wesley Owens Hope Breeze Karen Bronson George Brown Alastair S. Browne Kelly Brownell and Mary Story Robert Buchanan John E. Byrd Elizabeth Callahan David and Denise Carr
Sarah J. Carrier Kathy Carter and Fred Peterson Michelle Casarez Brett Chambers Don Chaplin Nancy Jo Chatham Gary and Terri Choma Joe Christian Arturo and Ellen Ciompi Aurelia Clayton Sandra Clemons Keith Cochran Carolyn Cofrancesco Frank Coker Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Kim Coman Marty and Jodie Conte Connie Cowell Guy Crabtree, in memory of Andrew Crabtree Jim Crites and Marina Bosetti Carolyn Crump Barry and Jean Marie Curtis Mitch and Thuy Dancik Gordon Daughtry Sam Davenport Charlie Davis Jill Davis Sharon Davis Harry Dawley and D Dickerson Bernice Dawson Lynne de Sherbinin Robin Dennis Wally Diehl Julie Dietz Mary Dixon and Glen Metheny Rodney Draughn Susan and Lee Dreyfus Karen Dumers Cecily Durrett Lynn and Jeff Edgar Lee Elizabeth Edsall Charles and Joan Eliason Debra Ellis Don Emmett Vic Engle Kathy Eusepi Amparito Fiallo and Chris Pappas Robert Fischer Barbara and Peter Fish Mitchell and Marty Fisher Brand Fortner and Sue Andresen Paul Francis Emily Friedman and Keith Guile William G. Fry Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Fuller Dave and Cari Furiness Jennifer Fusco and Paul Mosca Matthew Fussell Dale Gaddis Bill and Ila Garner Sandra Garrett-Watson and Orvin Watson Dan and Claudia Geniton Clyde Gilbert George Gillis Jay A. Gladieux Miguela Godinez Rich and Mary Greenway Barbara Bourque Gregory Dabney Grinnan and Greg Ruff
THANKS TO OUR DONORS 2014-2015
Priscilla Guild Robert and Laura Gutman Susan Ross and Tom Hadzor, in honor of Treat Harvey Suzanne and Peter Haff Pamela Hall Kim and Don Hanan Thomas and Susan Hanis Vera and Jim Shanley Ray and Wendy Hanshew Scott Harmon Karyn Harrell and Cindy Kimbrell Peter Harrell and Ellen Cooper Jessica Harris Virginia Harris Treat Harvey and Regina deLacy Mark and Beth Haskell Peter and Mary Pat Heath Nugget Albert Henderson Douglas and Nancy Henderson-James El Hess Donna J. Hicks Jeanne C. Hiesel, in memory of Raymond J. Hiesel Eddie High III Donna Hill David and Judith Hinton Chuck and Marjorie Hodges Leslie and Brett Holdsworth Ben and Nancy Hollifield Jefferson Holt and Kate Bottomley Kristin Hondros
Julia and Joseph Horrigan Odette Houghton Melanie and Robert Howdershell Julie Hull Sharon Humphreys Larry and April Hunter Kista and Kevin Hurley Tricia Inlow-Hatcher and Anthony Hatcher Jake and Cheryl Jaquiss Berit Jasion Elizabeth and Thomas Jochum Leslie and Angela Johns Brian K. Johnson Carol and Chapin Johnson Katherine Johnson Nash Johnson Patrick Johnston, in memory of Robert Johnston Linda and Macon Jones Liz and Dick Jones James and Eloise Jordan Ruth Katz Jessica Kemp Ann Kirsh Kevin and Heather Klein Ian Kleinfeld, in memory of Thelma Aronin Rob Knebel and Gara Pollock Ralph Koenig and Patricia Fryar Koenig Suzanne Koenigsberg Kara Kooken Jenny Koortbojian Rhonda and Michael Kosusko Jessica Kring
Mark Kroeger, in honor of Rachel Carson Henry and Kimberely Krzywy Zee Lamb Bryan Lankford Tyre Lasitter and Anne Minnotte Robert E. Lawrence Jean and Mike Lembke, in honor of Nan Segesta Michael and Mabeth Lesser Betty and John Leydon Jamie E. Goffman Lex Litton Mr. and Mrs. Charles Logsdon Claire Long Sherry and Savannah Dawn Bill Lyons Anastasia Maddox Joe Magura Michael and Jean Mankowski Kaya Manson Marybeth Maranuk Donna and Kathy Maulucci Kathy Mauney Elizabeth and James Maxwell John Maxwell David and Judy May Karen McCallister and Tom Burns Molly and Sean McCormack, in memory of Hailey Madison McCormack Sharon McDonald, in memory of Margaret McDonald Mike and Liz McGuffey T. Scott McIlhenny
THANKS TO OUR DONORS 2014-2015 Christopher and John McLachlan Ann McLain and Barry Seaver Phyllis McQuillan Marty and Donna Melvin Jean C. Michel Penni and Bruce Miles Brent and Laurie Miller Courtney and Cameron Mitchell Eric Mlyn and Judy Byck Bonny Moellenbrock and Michael Lowry Judy and Larry Moneta John Moore Nicole Moot Joe and Kat Moran Allyn Beth Motley Janice Mrkonjic and Greg Pahel Mary Mudd and William Nesmith Lawrence Muhlbaier and Jo Ann Lutz Jane Muldoon-Smith Tess Muro Leslie and Phil Myers Stacie Nagy Jeffery and Evelyn Newbrough John and Martha Nieman David and Jennifer Nix Geoffrey R. Ochman Jeff and Jackie Odom Pat Oglesby, in honor of Professor Joe Murphy Marcia Benbow O’Neal and Mark O’Neal, in honor of Lyle Michele Bass Amaretta Onstad Lisa Orgren Grady and Catherine Ormsby Beth Owen Susan Owenby Penelope Parsons and Carol Nix Inge and Wulf Paschen Michael Patrick Graham Perry Steve and Amy Peters Demps Pettway Jon and Wendy Phillips Shawnee Phillips Thomas Phillips The loving family of Erin Pinney, in her memory Todd Platt Karen Poole Dunk and Katy Porterfield Vicki Post, in memory of Gertrude Haack Post John Poteat Bob Powell Larry and Susan Powell Heather Rainville Lee Ratzlaff James Reagan Ellen and Ken Reckhow Mr. and Mrs. David B. Reeder Martha Reeves and Alex Rosenberg Alfred Reid Ashley Riggs Jack Riordan Chey Ritz Stephen and Jennifer Ritz Sylvianne Roberge
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E.B. Roberts William and Jamie Rohe Amy and Mark Roseman Jeremy Salemson Kerry Salmond and Burnes Ray Alger and Adaire Salt Mike and Sarah Sapeta David and Marie Sappenfield Craig Savage Roby and Amber Sawyers Cynthia Seal Randy and Paula Secrist Lori Setton and Farshid Guilak Beth Shulman, in memory of Claire Bernstein Shulman Steven and Beverly Shumansky Margaret R. Sims Jim and Lynne Skilton Melanie Small and Greg DeKoenigsberg Eric Smith Tommy Smith The Snyderman Family Philip Spiro and Linda Raftery Laura Stabler, in honor of Brian Stabler Robert and Betty Starling Joyce Stephens and Richard Rebello Gary and Kathy Stickley Jeanette Stokes and Dwight Honeycutt Denise Stowe Robert Tait Jennifer and Mike Tavares Keith and Isabel Taylor Karen Taylor Nancy Temple Anne Ten Dyke Duane and Sheila Therriault Eric Thirolle Katrin Thompson Beverly Thurmond, D.D.S. Lee Ann and Larry Tilley Tom and Jennifer Tlusty Logan Toms Ann E. and David M. Umbach Idelle Valle and Robert Lesser Chris van Hasselt and Carol Brooke Charlotte Walton and Mark Koyanagi Craig Watkins and Mary Forehand Jeff and Mamie Weatherspoon Mike Weeks Julie and Reinhard Weise Ken Weiss Robert Whitefield Marshall and Michelle Wilcoxen Michael and Lori Wile Thom Williams, in honor of Tom Williams Margaret Williamson Tana and Steve Wirtz Wanda Wise Joel M. and Lisa Bernardi Wolf Brent Wolfe and Jeff Burch Joseph and Cheryl Wolozyn B. Woolf David Yelton Bryan Young Herb Young Jr., in memory of Sammy Ronsdell MaryAnne Y. and Kenneth P. Zabrycki Mark A. Zumbach
CTD CINEMA SPONSORS Thank you to the following sponsors of Retrofantasma and the CTD Film Program, who made gifts of $50 or more between December 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014.
CARETAKER OF THE OVERLOOK HOTEL ($450+)
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VAMPIRE SLAYER ($150+) Dylan Crumpler Curtis Greeson Julie Jarvis Jeff and Darcy Marlow Lloyd Mielenz III Scott and Pandy Weaver Tina and Budd Wilkins Robert Young
ARMY OF DARKNESS ($50+) Bank of America Matching Gifts David Naim
HISTORY EXHIBIT: RESTORING HOPE The third and final phase of the Carolina Theatre’s history exhibit will be completed in 2015. This exhibit will be located on the second floor of the Theatre and will honor the corps of volunteers who worked so diligently to save the Theatre from demolition – and restore it to its former splendor – from the 1970s to the 1990s. We are grateful to the following donors who have contributed to this next phase of our history project thus far: Ellen and Arturo Ciompi Donald and Pepper Fluke The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc. Connie and Monte Moses Fund for the Arts in Durham of Triangle Community Foundation
We welcome the participation of Theatre patrons and donors to our fundraising efforts this winter/spring. If you are interested in making a gift to the Restoring Hope exhibit, please contact Treat Harvey at 919.226.8878 or treat@carolinatheatre.org.
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SEEN & HEARD Summer/Fall 2014 Here are a few of the many amazing entertainers who performed at the Carolina Theatre in 2014.
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02 07 01 Grammy-winner Esperanza Spalding jazzed up the Theatre. 02 Vocal group Home Free pleased the crowd with a cappella vocals. 03 Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright delivered a wonderful performance. 04 The spectacular Cherry Poppin’ Daddies swung through Durham. 05 Comedienne Tig Notaro kept the audience laughing. 06 Outrageous funny man Paul Mooney got comfy on the Theatre stage. 07 The incomparable Macy Gray wowed fans with her distinctive voice. photos by josh hofer
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FILM Festivals & Series The Carolina Theatre presents the finest independent cinema 365 days a year.
NEVERMORE FILM FESTIVAL February 20-22, 2015
Since 1999, the Nevermore Film Festival has presented brand new horror shorts and features from around the world, as well as timeless fan favorites. Many of these films will never receive a theatrical release in the United States. From classic suspense movies to hyper-violent Hong Kong cinema and everything in between – Nevermore has it all!
carolinatheatre.org/films/festivals/nevermore
NORTH CAROLINA GAY + LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL August 2015
NCGLFF celebrates a worldwide glimpse of today’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender life, helps bring the community together, and features entertaining and sophisticated films and filmmaking. Since its launch in 1996, the Festival has featured a diverse array of shorts, documentaries and feature films. The Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau named the NCGLFF a Signature Event for Durham, the highest honor bestowed on a cultural event or attraction by the organization.
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ESCAPISM FILM FESTIVAL September 18-23, 2015
Your favorite childhood movie heroes are back: Jack Burton, Buck Rogers, Admiral Kirk, Snake Plissken, Kermit the Frog, Indiana Jones and so many more. Escapism recaptures the magic of your favorite fantasy and adventure movies from the late ’70s and early ’80s – the ones you remember watching with your friends on Saturday afternoon matinees during summer vacations. These are timeless examples of what movies do best of all – fantasy and adventure, epic in scale, heroic in concept and imaginative in execution. They’re fun movies. They’re meant to be.
carolinatheatre.org/films/festivals/escapism-film-festival
RETROFANTASMA FILM & RETROFANTASMA CLASSICS SERIES Ongoing
Retrofantasma Film Series: Admit it, you like being scared on purpose. When the shriek of a violin
makes you jump, when dark shadows scurrying past a flashlight’s beam take your attention from the world, when you hear a scream at night in the distance and wonder what’s playing on the TV at your neighbor’s house, you step – for the briefest of moments – into the magic realm of scary movies. Simply put, Retrofantasma is a monthly double feature of the greatest scary – and fun – movies ever made. Retro Classics Series: A monthly double feature of genre films from the ’50s through the early ’70s. From the infamous gimmickry of William Castle to the giant bug films of the ’50s, some of these films are considered masterpieces. Others are simply great “bad” movies. RetroTreasures: Comedies and dramas from the early 30s through the mid-90s and the kitchen sink, that’s what RetroTreasures is. This edition of Retro is very similar to its forerunners. There’ll be a recurring “Intro Ring,” door prizes, and classic movie trailers at every program. It will even have its own theme song. RetroAmore: For those who like their films with heart (rather an amputated heart), here’s the film series we’ve been promising you. So whether you enjoy old-fashioned three-hanky weepies like An Affair to Remember or prefer Tom Cruise in his underwear in Risky Business, there’s something here for you to enjoy.
carolinatheatre.org/films/festivals/retro-film-series
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GUEST Presenters FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL fullframefest.org
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema. Each spring Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around the world to historic downtown Durham for a fourday, morning-to-midnight array of more than 100 films as well as discussions, panels and Southern hospitality. Set within a four- block radius, the intimate festival landscape fosters community and conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public.
THE DURHAM SAVOYARDS durhamsavoyards.org
Created in 1963, Durham’s amazing homegrown theatre troupe, The Durham Savoyards, has brought fun and beauty to the Triangle by presenting the brilliant works of William S. Gilbert & Arthur S. Sullivan. For more than 50 years, this hardworking group of local theater lovers has entertained a community and greatly enriched the local arts scene.
TRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET triangleyouthballet.org
With a passion for training the next generation of dancers and instilling a deeper understanding of dance arts in our community, the Triangle Youth Ballet offers aspiring dancers workshops and performance opportunities. Founded in 1995 with the specific mission to produce family performances with local talent, the company quickly grew into one of the area’s top dance schools.
DURHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA durhamsymphony.org
The Durham Symphony is a semi-professional orchestra composed of a combination of volunteers and professionals, all classically trained. Throughout its 37-year history, the Symphony’s mission has been to foster the appreciation of music through the production of high-quality music for and by the residents of Durham and surrounding communities. The Symphony’s programming reflects a commitment to familiar, American and popular music. The organization also seeks to introduce classical orchestral music to young people in the school system through a variety of outreach programs. Traditionally, between October and May, the DSO performs several classical concerts at the Carolina Theatre.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE TRIANGLE thecot.org
Considered one of the finest professional ensembles in North Carolina and the Southeast today, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle boasts an elite corps of musicians presenting a well-chosen and unusual repertoire that delights audiences and evokes high praise from critics. That standard of excellence has become the hallmark of the orchestra and has distinguished it from its peers. The orchestra performs throughout the year at the Carolina Theatre. Season tickets are available through the Carolina Theatre box office.
NC YOUTH TAP ENSEMBLE ncyte.org
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble presents performances featuring cutting-edge contemporary choreography and traditional rhythm tap as it was danced in its prime. The company has performed or collaborated with many jazz musicians around the nation and world, has toured internationally and regularly appears at the two largest tap festivals in the United States – the New York City Tap Festival (Tap City) and Chicago Human Rhythm Project
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01 Christel Bowen, Adrian Brown, of Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, and his husband, Keith Flynn, speak with Bob Nocek, Carolina Theatre president and CEO, at the Filmmakers’ Brunch on Sunday, Aug. 17.
02 Carolina Theatre Director of Development Treat Harvey (center) with donor and benefactor Jon Jones and his friend, Ron McLaren
03 The crew from event corporate sponsor BASF, including Justin Gayliard, Octavio Suares, and Kyle Jordan
04 Theatre Director of Development Treat Harvey with donors Kristen and Jan Hibbetts
05 Friends embrace at the brunch. 06 Parker Davis and Jake Parrott of corporate sponsor AICPA 07 Theatre President and CEO Bob Nocek thanks the sponsors of the festival at the brunch. Theatre Board Chair Scott Harmon listens at Nocek’s right.
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