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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 Governance Officer

Stuart Alderoty

Mitch Ansell

Alison Banks-Moore

Tom Bernard

Sarah Bradley

Michael Bruno

Heather Burke

James M. Cadet

Puja Choudhry

Michael Parent Co-Vice Chairperson

SoVonna Day-Goins Co-Secretary

Claudia Dulac Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Maggie Riker Co-Vice Chairperson

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

Jason Jurgens

Nancy Karpf

Marshall Knopf

Mario Monello

Mark Rohl

Count Basie Center Board of Advisors

Harry Agnostak • Monmouth County Commissioner Lillian G. Burry • Faith and Warren Diamond

Tim Hogan

• Senator Joseph Kyrillos, (Ret.)

Nancy Mulheren • Patti Scialfa-Springsteen

Larry Sykoff

• Russell J. Lucas

• Pat Scire

• Maureen Van Zandt

President & Chief Executive Officer: Adam Philipson

• James Marhold

• Karen Siciliano

Peter T. Roselle

Matthew J. Saker

Carol Stillwell

Fran Turner

Joe Wajda

Tom Widener

Darrell Lawrence Willis

Kaye Wise

Edward J. Zipprich

• Beth Giannotto • Senator Vin Gopal

• Ed McKenna

• Peter B. Seligman

• Steven Van Zandt

• Hugh Ward

OPERATIONS

Director of Community Engagement: Adriana Medina Gomez

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

EDUCATION

Senior Director of Education & Outreach: Samantha Giustiniani

Education Program Manager: Jessica O’Brien

Music Programs Manager: Dr. Laura Petillo

Arts Education and Outreach Manager: Anthony Greco

School Programs and Partnerships Manager: Kenya Bullock

Education Associate: Christopher Harrison

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

Interactive Marketing Manager: Nina DeGori

Creative Director: Andrew Musser

Video Content Producer: Alexandra Morris

Graphic Designer: Amy Wojtowicz

HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources Director: Ann Marie Keenan

Human Resources Assistant: Jazmin Graham

Administrative Assistant: Kevin McGee

• Raymond Moser

• David A. Springsteen

• Al Weiss

Chief Operating Officer: Izzy Sackowitz

Venue Operations Manager: Andrea Morreale

Operations Assistant: Alyssa Santiago

House Manager: Cory Minervini

Assistant House Manager: Christopher Harrison

Assistant House Manager: Kim Kutschman

Facilities Director: Chris Lomazzo

Facilities Assistant: Greg Trapanese

Maintenance Assistant: Sofia Gonzalez

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

Lighting Designer, The Vogel: Emily Lovell

Bar Manager: Art Veglia

Assistant Bar Manager: Brendan Crosby

House Crew: Daniel Gibson, Michael Johnstone

Cinema Manager: Raphael Silva

Security Supervisor: Butch Neis

Security Supervisor: Ron Neis

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 Z.

PROFESSIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Accounting: WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Karen Kowgios

Insurance: NPPG, Inc.

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Legal: Ansell, Grimm & Aaron

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Transportation: Royal Limousine

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Count Basie Center for the Arts Mission Statement

The Count Basie Center for the Arts is New Jersey’s premier center for the cultural arts, dedicated to fostering powerful, inclusive artistic experiences and creative exchange of ideas.

The Basie mission is to inspire, educate and entertain through its distinct and engaging cultural and artistic offerings that embrace and amplify the diversity of the region. As a nonprofit organization, the Basie is committed to enriching the community’s quality of life by generating opportunities for participation in the arts, partnering with schools, collaborating with other mission-based organizations and driving regional economic prosperity.

Our Values

A LOVE OF THE ARTS: We affirm the importance and impact of the arts and the courage of artists, through performance, education, outreach, and partnership.

EQUITY: We are committed to advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility for all.

THE VALUE OF ARTS EDUCATION: Arts education is critical to academic success, helps build confidence, empathy, and social connectivity, and should be available to all children and youth regardless of income or background.

COMMUNITY: We place the community we serve at the forefront.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

ADAPTIVITY: We will be nimble and responsive to new challenges and opportunities.

EXCELLENCE: We strive for exemplary quality in everything we do and endeavor to create a positive, joyful, seamless experience for artists, patrons, and students.

APPRECIATION OF OUR STAFF: We value our employees, strive to promote their professional growth, and cherish the place we all hold within the history of this treasured organization.

PHILANTHROPY: Our love of the Basie Center and everything it represents requires our donors, patrons, and Board members to make increased financial contributions of personal significance now more than ever.

The Count Basie Center’s commitment to being a diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) performing arts organization is at the core of our mission to Inspire, Educate and Entertain. As part of that commitment, the Count Basie Center has established a DEI Task Force comprised of board, staff, and community members. Our purpose is to intentionally embrace and amplify positive change toward diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in every area of our organization, including programming, education, staffing, board recruitment, and community engagement.

The Count Basie Center is determined to provide an inclusive environment in which all who walk through our doors can do so as their most authentic selves. We firmly believe that everyone of all backgrounds and identities deserves access to experience the enrichment that the arts contribute to a full life.

Land Acknowledgement

The Count Basie Center for the Arts recognizes and honors that we stand today on the land once known as “Lenapehoking,” the traditional territory of the Algonquin-speaking Lenni-Lenape Native Americans. Acknowledging this history is part of the Basie Center’s dedication to ensuring that equity, diversity and inclusion are paramount to the organization’s mission and programming.

Through our Forever For Everyone endowment campaign, the Basie Center is working 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.”

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

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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.

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Thanks for putting art in the heart of the community

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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.

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.

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So notes Jeremy Grunin, Chairperson of the Basie Center’s Board of Trustees, the governing body which oversees operations of Basie Center’s performance venues, arts academy, classical music conservatory, community theatre company... and all the other vital pieces that fold into the nonprofit’s community profile.“

In addition to our work in arts education, from classrooms in under-resourced communities to professional development opportunities for teachers,” Grunin recognizes, “we have worldrenowned performing artists on our stages almost every evening.”

“We recognize the platform that affords us, and we feel it’s right to use that platform to highlight other organizations attending to vital causes in our region.”

Enter THE GIVING YEAR.

THE GIVING YEAR is the Basie Center and Bank of America’s yearlong initiative to bring recognition and financial support to 12 area nonprofits doing important work in and around our community. THE GIVING YEAR will last throughout 2023, with the Basie Center donating $1 from every ticket sold, with a different nonprofit highlighted each month. Organizations are eligible to receive up to $15,000 during their month, in addition to complimentary tickets for distribution to their volunteers and / or their beneficiaries.

THE GIVING YEAR kicked off in January, with Basie Center patrons raising $15,000 for ShoreHouse (www.shorehousenj.org), a mental wellness nonprofit located in Long Branch. In February, Asbury Park-based youth and family empowerment nonprofit Inspire Life (www.weinspirelife.org) was chosen, while the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide (www.sptsusa.org), the Sandy Hook Foundation (www.sandyhooknj.org) and No Limits Café (www.nolimitscafe.org) were selected for March, April and May, respectively. In June, LGBTQIA+ resource center Q Spot (www.qspot.org) was chosen in recognition of Pride Month, while at press time, Red Bank’s own Ritesh Shah Charitable Pharmacy (https://rscprx.org/) was announced as July’s beneficiary.

“Bank of America and the Count Basie Center share many causes and concerns, especially the betterment of our communities,” said Alberto Garofalo, Market President, Bank of America New Jersey. “During ‘The Giving Year,’ we’ll use our longstanding partnership and platforms to highlight and reward the efforts of twelve area nonprofit organizations, whose commitments to our region help those who need it the most.”

“Part of our responsibility as a nonprofit organization is to look inwards and say, ‘What more can we do?’” said Adam Philipson, President and CEO, Count Basie Center for the Arts. “Last month, we teamed with Charlie Puth to launch our ‘Forever For Everyone’ endowment campaign, which will offer hundreds of Basie Center Academy scholarships in perpetuity to students interested in the arts.”

“And because we have this status as a place where world-class musicians, actors and performers come to play, we also have this opportunity – and responsibility – to lend our visibility to others. Bank of America and the Basie Center want THE GIVING YEAR to become a pedestal for organizations that deserve to have their hard work and purposes known and recognized.”

If there’s an area cause you love or feel could benefit during THE GIVING YEAR, have that organization visit www.thebasie.org/thegivingyear and fill out the quick application for consideration.

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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:

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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.

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THE COUNT BASIE CENTER WOULD LIKE TO THANK ITS CORPORATE PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!

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The Sivo Family

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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

Jonathan D’Agostino

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

Seelaus Asset Management

Richard and Annexie Singh

Alex & Thomas Skove

Greg and Heather Slavin

Chris Tubby

Sheldon Vogel

Kaye & Ed Wise

World Subaru

Chris Young

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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

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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.

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