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Count Basie Center for the Arts, a not for profit organization

Count Basie Center Executive Committee of the Board

Jeremy Grunin Chairperson

Stephen Cutler Treasurer

Robin Klein Human Resources Chair

Stuart Alderoty

Mitch Ansell

Peter Ardolino

Alison Banks-Moore Tom Bernard Sarah Bradley Michael Bruno Heather Burke James M. Cadet Robert Chandler

Harry Agnostak

Michael Parent Vice Chair of Operations

SoVonna Day-Goins Co-Secretary

Claudia Dulac Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Maggie Riker

Vice Chair of Development

Maria Maher Co-Secretary

Adam Philipson

President & Chief Executive Officer, Ex Officio

Count Basie Center Board of Trustees

Jerry Conaty

Craig Cummings

Mollie Giamanco

Lauren Goldfarb Yvonne Grayson Mark Hogan Marshall Knopf Mario Monello Mark Rohl Peter T. Roselle

Count Basie Center Board of Advisors

Matthew J. Saker

Peter B. Seligman

Richard Spengler

Carol Stillwell Fran Turner Joe Wajda Tom Widener Darrell Lawrence Willis Kaye Wise Edward J. Zipprich

• Monmouth County Commissioner Lillian G. Burry

• Faith and Warren Diamond

• Beth Giannotto • Tim Hogan Senator Vin Gopal • Senator Joseph Kyrillos, (Ret.) • Russell J. Lucas • James Marhold • Ed McKenna • Raymond Moser Nancy Mulheren • Pat Scire • Patti Scialfa-Springsteen • Karen Siciliano • David A. Springsteen • Larry Sykoff Maureen Van Zandt • Steven Van Zandt • Hugh Ward • Al Weiss

President & Chief Executive Officer: Adam Philipson Executive Assistant/Project Coordinator: Jennifer Lee

DEVELOPMENT

Senior Director of Development: Lysa J. Israel Membership Manager: Cindy Jimenez Sponsorship Manager and VIP Liaison: Kelly Schmidt Development and Event Manager: Laura Cucci Development Assistant: Jenna Hawryluk Grants Manager: David Thomas

EDUCATION

Senior Director of Education & Outreach: Samantha Giustiniani Education Program Manager: Jessica O’Brien Music Programs Manager: Laura Petillo Arts Education and Outreach Manager: Anthony Greco School Programs and Partnerships Manager: Kenya Bullock

FINANCE

Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Finance: Karen Franklin Finance Manager: Kitti Mosolygo Finance Coordinator – A/R: Antoinette Koski Finance Coordinator – A/P: Cassandra Worman Finance Assistant: Angela Stern

MARKETING

Chief Marketing Officer: Jonathan E. Vena Marketing Director: Stefanie Moelius

Email • Social • Interactive Marketing Manager: Nina DeGori Creative Director: Andrew Musser Video Content Producer: Alexandra Morris Graphic Designer: Amy Wojtowicz

OPERATIONS

Chief Operating Officer: Izzy Sackowitz Venue Operations Manager: Andrea Seeley House Manager: Cory Minervini Facilities Director: Chris Lomazzo Technical Director: Michael Jacoby Phoenix Artistic Producing Director: James Grausam Assistant Technical Director: Kyle Santopadre Stage Manager: Greg Wilkens Production Manager, The Vogel: Charlie Christensen Merchandise Manager: Marion Fuget Bar Manager: Art Veglia House Crew: Daniel Gibson, Michael Johnstone Cinema Manager: Raphael Silva

HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources Director: Ann Marie Keenan Human Resources Assistant: Jazmin Graham Administrative Assistant: Kevin McGee

BOX OFFICE

Director, Ticketing & Venue Engagement: Bobby Mack Box Office Manager: Yolande Ruggiero

Representatives: Natalie Bilella, Carly Brach, Lisa Cohn, Elizabeth Long, Sydney Lowenstein, Donna Peger, Kristina Zaleski

PROFESSIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Accounting: WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Karen Kowgios Insurance: NPPG, Inc. National Trust Insurance Services, LLC Legal: Ansell, Grimm & Aaron Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C

Production Sound: ACIR Professional Technical Support: ACA Computers Transportation: Royal Limousine

LETTER FROM

ADAM PHILIPSON

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President & CEO

JEREMY GRUNIN

Chairperson, Board of Trustees

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Dear Patrons,

As one year ends and a new one begins… we look forward to the future. A future where the performing arts and arts education are at the center of community. The arts tear down walls, build resilience and lead to greater understanding and empathy.

As a nonprofit organization, the Count Basie Center regularly assesses its offerings, seeking to assure that what it stands for –onstage and off – is in line with the needs of the community.

Our vision is to be a leading voice, advocate, and destination for arts education and the performing arts while making a positive impact on the regional, national and global economy.

As we look ahead, the Count Basie Center is committed to creating communities where performing arts and arts education are accessible and welcoming to all.

And that is why we are launching the Forever for Everyone endowment campaign. The Basie Center will work toward providing access, education, and inspiration to all regardless of their stage of life, socioeconomic standing, or position in the community. Led by an amazing Endowment Committee with local hero Charlie Puth as the Honorary Chair, Co-chairs Carol Stillwell and Valerie Motecalvo, and our tireless staff and Board of Trustees, this campaign will allow us to provide hundreds of yearly scholarships as we continue to strive toward inclusion and access for all.

Enjoy the holiday shows and programs!

Adam Philipson President / CEO

Count Basie Center for the Arts

Chairperson,

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Board Of Trustees

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Basie Center for the Arts

Adam Philipson, President / CEO

Count Basie Center for the Arts

Jeremy Grunin, Chairperson, Board Of Trustees

Count Basie Center for the Arts

Jeremy Grunin

Basie Center for the Arts

Through our Forever For Everyone endowment campaign, the Basie Center will work toward providing access, education and inspiration to all. We firmly believe the arts enrich our community and this endowment campaign will allow the Basie Center to continue its mission to embrace and amplify positive change and ensure inclusion and access for everyone.

“As a young musician, I took piano classes at the Basie Center Academy, which helped strengthen and influenced my love for jazz. Today, I’m serving as honorary chair of the Count Basie Center’s Forever For Everyone campaign, to help provide hundreds of yearly scholarships to kids and families with interests similar to my own.”

“It’s more than just concerts at The Basie Center – their classes and arts education experiences teach not just performance skills, but also critical life skills like confidence, tolerance, teamwork, and collaboration. I’m honored to have a role in the institution that helped me grow as a musician.”

- Charlie Puth, Honorary Chair FOREVER FOR EVERYONE Endowment Campaign

about our endowment campaign and how you can support the Count Basie Center for the Arts to create a more diverse and equal world.

We invite you to learn more

History

Originally opened in 1926 as Reade’s Carlton Theater, the Count Basie Center for the Arts is one of the nation’s most celebrated performing arts centers. The Basie is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in America, consistently recognized by Pollstar magazine as one of the nation’s top performing live event venues, and everyone from Tony Bennett and Bruce Springsteen to Ringo Starr and William J. “Count” Basie himself have performed on its historic stage. In fact, Bennett has called the Basie “my favorite place.” Art Garfunkel once remarked, “This hall is to a singer what Steinway is to a pianist.” And Lyle Lovett, a frequent Basie Center performer, has long praised its historic theater, making a point to tell his audiences “this is one of the nicest sounding rooms in the whole United States of America.”

For 40+ years, Reade’s Carlton Theater hosted everything from vaudeville to films, local theatre, touring productions, concerts and more. By the mid-1960s, like so many treasured, architectural wonders of the gilded age, the Carlton fell into disrepair, forgotten against the rise of shopping malls, home television and multi-theater cineplexes.

In 1971, funding from the Junior League of Monmouth County and New Jersey State Council on the Arts helped create the Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC). With an eye on preserving the past, the MCAC almost immediately focused on preserving the Carlton.

In 1973, an anonymous donation allowed the MCAC to purchase the Carlton for just $96,665 — several hundred thousand dollars less than it cost to construct 47 years earlier. A press release heralded,“The Monmouth County Arts Council has received an anonymous gift from a foundation enabling it to purchase the Carlton Theatre in Red Bank, with the stipulation that the theater be renovated into an attractive and functional arts center for the entire county.” Along with the donation came a new name: the Monmouth Arts Center.

Thanks to the MCAC and an ever-growing area music scene, the Monmouth Arts Center became viable. In August 1974, just months after then-Rolling Stone journalist Jon Landau proclaimed him “the future of rock and roll,” local musician Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band took the historic stage. A year later, just weeks after Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines, the band returned for a performance dubbed “The Homecoming.”

Decades before Bruce Springsteen, however, another area musician – jazz artist William J. “Count” Basie – established himself as one of music’s all-time greats. In 1961, just weeks after performing for President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, Basie made a homecoming performance at the Carlton, drawing more than 1,700 fans in the theater’s seats and glass-lined lobby. Basie returned several times in the years to follow: in 1974 for a concert held in honor of his 70th birthday, and for a 1979 performance to benefit Shrewsbury’s A.M.E. Zion Church. Just weeks after the death of his wife Catherine in 1983, Basie made his final appearance at the theater. Less than a year later, the jazz legend succumbed to cancer.

In November 1984, just six months removed from his death, the Monmouth Arts Center was renamed to honor Basie, then wholly recognized as Red Bank’s most famous son.

In years to come, the Basie Center would establish itself as a nonprofit organization, with a mission to Inspire, Educate and Entertain through its distinct and engaging cultural and artistic offerings that amplify and embrace the diversity of the region.

The Basie’s Academy of the Arts has yielded stars in music and Broadway, and its work in area schools to promote the arts in education has been recognized throughout the state of New Jersey. A monumental interior restoration was completed in 2008, funded in part by a performance by Springsteen and the E-Street Band.The project restored the theater to its original, Neoclassical Revivalstyle, 1926 luster. Two years later, the building’s iconic façade was restored.

In 2018, the Count Basie name was elevated to represent the entire center for the arts, reflecting its celebrated $26 million capital campaign and the goal of expanding the facility into a block-long creative campus.Today, that expansion is complete, with the Grunin Arts and Education Building housing rehearsal studios, classrooms and a home for the Basie Center Academy, along with The Vogel, the Basie Center’s new state-of-the-art performance venue. On the facility’s east side, our spacious, glass-lined lobby features new concessions and restroom facilities and barrier-free amenities and upgrades. The warm glow of the lobby shines upon the beautiful Stillwell-Larkin Pavilion, which offers entrance to the William and Catherine Basie Arts Plaza. And our historic theatre, named to commemorate Hackensack Meridian Health’s investment in the future of the Basie Center, is as beautiful and grand as ever.

As we approach our 100th anniversary, the Count Basie Center for the Arts aims to be the premier center for the performing arts and arts education. As a nonprofit organization, the Basie is committed to creating opportunities for participation and understanding the arts by collaborating with creators, organizations, and schools, and as a catalyst to harnessing the economic vitality of the arts and enriching our region’s quality of life.

Photo courtesy of Kathy Dorn Severini / Dorn’s Classic Images dornsclassicimages.com (Used by permission)

Thanks for putting art in the heart

Thanks for putting art in the heart of the community

of the community

Thanks for putting art in the heart of the community

Bank of America recognizes Count Basie Center for the Arts for its success in bringing the arts to performers and audiences throughout the community. We commend you on creating an opportunity for all to enjoy and share a cultural experience.

Bank of America recognizes Count Basie Center for the Arts for its success in bringing the arts to performers and audiences throughout the community. We commend you on creating an opportunity for all to enjoy and share a cultural experience.

Visit us at bankofamerica.com/newjersey.

Bank of America recognizes Count Basie Center for the Arts for its success in bringing the arts to performers and audiences throughout the community. We commend you on creating an opportunity for all to enjoy and share a cultural experience.

Visit us at bankofamerica.com/newjersey.

Visit us at bankofamerica.com/newjersey.

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Nothing builds the selfconfidence, focus, and perseverance of students quite like the arts. It’s why RCDS offers one of the most robust visual and performing arts programs in our area. Our enriched curriculum includes four full-time faculty members for the visual arts, music, and drama. A complete set of art classes in a range of mediums that are connected to classroom learning. Lower School Plays — a beloved tradition where every student has a role — and 25+ productions on the RCDS stage each year. Discover robust arts and all the benefits of truly great, N-8 education at RCDS.

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Outdoor seasonal heated pool, fire pit and grilling options.

Complimentary hot and cold breakfast spread

Newly renovated Hotel Spacious rooms equipped with a microwave and mini-fridge 50 inch flat-screen TV, with premium channels

Outdoor seasonal heated pool, fire pit and grilling options. Complimentary hot and cold breakfast spread Complimentary parking and Wifi.

Complimentary parking and Wifi.

State of the art fitness center

Outdoor seasonal heated pool, fire pit and grilling options.

Complimentary hot and cold breakfast spread

State of the art fitness center

Complimentary parking and Wifi.

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State of the art fitness center

From group events to providing luxury accommodations and stellar service.

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Spacious rooms equipped with a microwave and mini-fridge 50 inch flat-screen TV, with premium channels

Outdoor seasonal heated pool, fire pit and grilling options. Complimentary hot and cold breakfast spread Complimentary parking and Wifi.

Newly renovated Hotel Spacious rooms equipped with a microwave and mini-fridge 50 inch flat-screen TV, with premium channels Outdoor seasonal heated pool, fire pit and grilling options. Complimentary hot and cold breakfast spread Complimentary parking and Wifi. State of the art fitness center DINE IN STYLE: The Outback Steakhouse,

DINE IN STYLE: he Outback Steakhouse, is located on our premises, offering delicious lunches, dinner and cocktails.

Corporate Partnership Opportunities

The Count Basie Center offers a wide variety of Corporate Partnership Opportunities and can create a sponsorship program tailored to your company’s marketing, entertaining and/or advertising needs.

Corporate Sponsorship Availability: • Naming Opportunities • Performance and event series sponsorships

Corporate Marketing Sponsorships

Special Event Sponsorships

The Distinguished Guest Sponsorship: • A Concierge Ticket Service with Ticket Bank • Corporate Marketing Exposure • VIP Access to the Diamond Lounge • Entertainment Opportunities

Marketing Opportunities: • E-mail Blasts • Interactive Logo on the Count Basie Center Website • Logo on the In-Theatre Multimedia Display • Your Corporate Name on the Marquee • Showtime Advertising

Be Part of the Basie

Of all the forms of media, partnership sponsorships are the only marketing platform that provides companies the opportunity to create an emotional connection with their customers, gaining share of heart as well as share of mind. The Count Basie Center offers the best entertaining experience for you, your employees and guests. It is coupled with an enormous opportunity to get your brand name in the homes, hearts and minds of tens of thousands of Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex County residents. Contact the

Count Basie Center’s Corporate Partners

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Ansell, Grimm & Aaron Bank of America

Bistro Restaurant Coca-Cola

Food Circus Supermarkets Inc Grunin Foundation

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey

JB New World L.P.

Melting Pot of Red Bank

The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners

OceanFirst Bank

Pazzo Restaurant Peapack Private Wealth Management

Ranney School

Red Bank River Center

ShoreHaven Wealth Partners

Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Triumph Brewing Co. Urban Coalhouse Pizza + Bar World Subaru

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

D&M Enterprise Group Gannett Fleming Inc. Law Offices of Paone, Zaleski & Murphy

GOLD MEMBERS

Lenny August and Ciro Laezza Dragonfly Agency Gill & Chamas, LLC Golden Dome Foundation Robert E. Evanson and Cynthia Bajorek Jason and Maria Jurgens David Rivera

The Sivo Family Laura Sperber

DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

Jennifer Barr Whaley

Paul & Joan Bartoli

Heather Burke and Colin Day

Dominick and Marlene Cipollini

Craig Cummings

Columbian Towers Development Co. John and Maria Crowley Cheryl and Timothy Cuddihy Frank & Tricia D’Orazio

Michael and Kathleen Downey HFA Partners

Joanne & James Formisano

Nancy & Tom Gravina Richard & Fran Habib

The Ketterer Family Foundation

Carmela and Anthony Lauto Gregory Lyden

Brett McQuillan

The Molly Pitcher Inn & Oyster Point Hotel PNC Wealth Management

The Pinto Family Karen and Thomas Pizzo Andy and Maria Polansky Maggie Riker RBC Wealth Management

Craig Schmell Richard and Annexie Singh Alex & Thomas Skove Greg and Heather Slavin Chris Tubby Sheldon Vogel Kaye & Ed Wise World Subaru

General Information

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or another emergency please do not run, WALK TO THAT EXIT. Please follow the directions of the House Staff. If you become aware of a medical or other emergency, please inform the House Staff immediately.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Food and beverages are permitted inside Basie Center venues. Please help maintain the facility as an asset for this community by disposing of your own trash in the lobby receptacles. Please use the blue recycling receptacles for plastic bottles and cups.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDING: Possession and/or use of devices for photographic, audio, video or electronic recording, reproduction or transmission of performances is prohibited. Such equipment may be confiscated. Violators may be ejected and/or held liable for monetary damages.

CELL PHONES: Please turn off smart watches, cell phones and other audible devices during performances.

RESTROOMS: Restrooms are located throughout the facility. Accessible restrooms are located on both levels of the new Grand Lobby and The Vogel.

ACCESSIBILITY: Please inform the box office of any special arrangements you require when purchasing tickets. An assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available from the house Manager. Large print programs are available on request. Accessible restrooms are located on both levels of the new Grand Lobby on the historic theater side, and on both levels at The Vogel. The Basie Center does not have its own parking lot. A permit-only accessible parking space is available directly in front of the Basie Center, and across the street in the municipal parking lot of Borough Hall.

BOX OFFICE: The box office is located to the right of the lobby doors as you face the building. Box office hours vary by day and are posted at theBASIE.org. Names, addresses and phone numbers are required of all ticket buyers to verify payment and to contact you in the event of a cancellation. Cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express are accepted. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Additional service charges apply. Purchase tickets by phone at 732.842.9000 or online at www.thebasie.org.

PARKING: Please observe all parking regulations and signage, and avoid parking in private lots or blocking our neighbors’ driveways. Optimal public parking is at the Red Bank Train Station, located two blocks west on Monmouth Street, and in the large municipal lot located one block east between Monmouth and White Streets.

LOST AND FOUND: Ask for the house manager during a performance, or call the administrative office the next business day at 732.224.8778 x105.

FACILITY RENTAL: The Count Basie Center is available to rent for special occasions, performances, fundraisers, corporate functions and other events. A wide variety of support services are available including artist bookings and event planning. For more information, visit www. thebasie.org/rent, or call 732.224.8778.

WEBSITE: www.TheBASIE.org features online ticket sales, complete event listings for Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre and The Vogel, Basie Center membership registration, information on sponsorships and advertising, links to Basie Center social media pages and more.

MAILING LIST: Add your name to the Basie Center mailing list www.TheBASIE.org The night of your lives. The

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At the newly expanded Count Basie Center for the Arts, your wedding night or special occasion is more than a moment – it’s a cinematic spectacle, draped in the tradition of the Basie Center’s restored historic theater to the glamour of the building’s newest spaces – from its stunning, spacious lobby and adjoining outdoor plaza, to our new, state-of-the-art club venue and modern ballroom.

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Red Bank Train Station Parking Lot

Permit parking only until 11am

Free public parking after 11am

Red Bank Train Station Parking Lot

Permit parking only until 11am

Free public parking after 11am

NJ Transit Chestnut St Parking Lot

Permit parking only until 11am

Free public parking after 11am

NJ Transit Chestnut St Parking Lot

Permit parking only until 11am

Free public parking after 11am

Pazzo Parking Garage

Paid public parking

Valet Parking $5/car - cash only

7 days a week from 5pm-Midnight

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White Street Lot

Paid public parking as indicated

Permit parking only in designated spaces from 9am – 2pm

Gold Street Lot

Paid public parking as indicated

Permit parking only in designated spaces from 9am – 2pm

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Proximity Parking

Paid Parking. Availability varies by show, and information on parking for your event may not be available until a few weeks before show time. Check back to theBASIE.org after you’ve purchased your tickets to see if Proximity Parking has become available.

English Plaza Lot

Paid public parking 8

Mechanic Street Small Lot

Paid public parking 9

10 East Side Lots

(Mechanic & Wallace Street Lots)

Paid public parking as indicated:

Permit parking only in designated spaces; certain spaces permit parking from 9am – 2pm or 6am – 6pm.

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