2015-16
A SIMPLE SPACE
by Gravity & Other Myths
Oct 27, 29–31, 2015
THE KING’S SINGERS Nov 6, 2015 DAVID SEDARIS Nov 23–24, 2015
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WELCOME WELCOME TO IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE, an independent non-profit organization. Like you, we believe that the arts are an integral part of the human journey, and we are proud to bring stimulating arts performances to Irvine and the surrounding communities. We are thrilled that you are joining us to kick off the season and we appreciate your generous support over the years. Thank you! After 25 seasons, our founding president, Douglas Rankin, has stepped down, but not before arranging a stellar 26th season of world-class entertainment — distinctive programming the likes of which you will find nowhere else in Southern California. Check out our listing of events on the left, or go to the Barclay website at www.thebarclay.org to view the full season calendar; you are sure to find intriguing and entertaining events that will move and inspire you, no matter your age or background.
I think you would agree, it is a season not to be missed. We look forward to seeing you at the theatre often. Thank you again for your support.
Robert Farnsworth Chairman of the Board Irvine Barclay Theatre
Board of Directors CHAIR Robert Farnsworth CEO Sonnet Technologies, Inc.
Stephen Barker Interim Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine
Ramona Agrela Associate Chancellor University of California, Irvine
Michelle Grettenberg Assistant to the City Manager City of Irvine
Francisco J. Ayala Professor and National Medal of Science Laureate University of California, Irvine
Sean Joyce City Manager City of Irvine
Michael Kerr Community Leader William Parker Professor Emeritus Physics and Astronomy University of California, Irvine
HONORARY Steven S. Choi, Ph.D. Mayor, City of Irvine Howard Gillman, Ph.D. Chancellor, UCI
Lynn Schott Councilwoman City of Irvine Mickie Shapiro Community Leader IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE | 3
10/27 A SIMPLE SPACE by Gravity & Other Myths
October 27, 29–31, 2015 | Cheng Hall Duration: 60 minutes without an intermission.
Sponsored by an anonymous fund of the Orange County Community Foundation ABOUT GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS
Toured by Performing Lines
Acrobats Lachlan Binns Jascha Boyce Rhiannon Cave-Walker Daniel Liddiard Simon McClure Jacob Randell Martin Schreiber Triton Tunis-Mitchell (Understudy) Musician Elliot Zoerner
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Gravity & Other Myths (GOM) is a multi-award-winning and well-respected Australian acrobatics ensemble. The company creates engaging works of acrobatic art for touring, festivals and corporate clients. Formed in 2009 in Adelaide, South Australia, the company creates and directs its own work with an emphasis on an honest approach to performance. Moving away from traditional circus and theater models, the company aims for a fusion of simple, effective acrobatic physical theater. Gravity & Other Myths has created a sterling international reputation with its work, A Simple Space, touring internationally since its inception in 2013. In 2015, the company has toured with A Simple Space throughout the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Argentina, New Zealand and the U.S. In September, GOM received the 2015 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Physical Theatre. A SIMPLE SPACE This is a true ensemble-devised performance and is a pleasure to perform for you at Irvine Barclay Theatre. Built on sweat, grit and a passion for playfulness, A Simple Space has grown organically from its inception in 2013. Hundreds of performances later, the games are still growing, finding new boundaries, just as the old ones lose their challenge: they sustain the heart of this show and keep us (and you, the audience) at our edge. You will immediately see that A Simple Space is exactly what we have−stripped of anything that separates us from our audience. Theatrical lighting effects, pre-conceived “characters,” defining costumes and flattering makeup have no place here. In this stripped-back state, we, as performers, have nothing to hide behind, and our true stories and connection seep through. It’s a terrifying and liberating way to perform! If you watch closely, you will find an honest sort of narrative in our grunts, trembles, failures and accomplishments. But what we really hope you take away from this performance is a feeling of joy. This vital energy is something that we genuinely feel in our hearts every time we step onto the stage with A Simple Space, and we thank you for sharing your energy with us here at Irvine Barclay Theatre. Look for GOM circus on social media to continue sharing the adventure. Facebook: GOMcircus; Instagram: #asimplespace.
ACROBATS Lachlan Binns trained at Cirkidz, a youth circus school from 2004 to 2009. He attended two National Training Projects at the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, a similar project with Circus Oz and participated in numerous Australian National Circus Festivals. In 2009, Lachlan performed as the mascot for the Port Adelaide Football Club. He performs regularly with the entertainment group, Slack Taxi. Teaching credits include: Cirkidz, Flinders University Drama Centre, Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program and the National Circus Festival (2011/2013). Lachlan is a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths.
Rhiannon Cave-Walker trained until the age of 18 at Spaghetti Circus. She had further training opportunities at National Circus Festivals, The London International Youth Circus Festival (2010) and at Dans och Cirkushögskolan (DOCH) in Stockholm, Sweden from 2011 to 2014. Major performance credits include: the 2012 London Olympics Exhibition Road Show and the Glastonbury Festival. Rhiannon joined Gravity & Other Myths in 2014 for A Simple Space tour. Daniel Liddiard started his acrobatic career in England at the age of seven, competing at a national level as a flyer in acrobatic gymnastics. At the age of 16, Daniel began training in pair acrobatics and hand balancing at Circomedia, one of England’s top circus schools. After two years of studies, he went to Dans och Cirkushögskolan (DOCH), a prestigious circus university in Sweden. Daniel joined Gravity & Other Myths in 2014 for A Simple Space tour.
photo: Chris Herzfeld
Jascha Boyce began circus training at the age of four at Cirkidz in Adelaide, South Australia. After ten years of training as an instructor and performer, she co-founded Gravity & Other Myths. She gained additional training at Circus Oz, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and numerous National Circus Festivals. Teaching credits include: Cirkidz, Flinders University Drama Centre and the Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program. Performance credits include: multiple seasons
with Leigh Warren’s production of Maria De Buenos Aires. In 2010, she participated in the CYAB JUMP Mentoring Program, creating a solo work, Specimens of Her.
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Simon McClure started down his acrobatic path at the age of 10 and joined the Flying Fruit Fly Circus (FFFC) in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. After seven years of training, he went on tour as a technician with the company, Acrobat, while also teaching acrobatics at the FFFC. Simon had performed in a number of acts in a variety of cabaret settings before joining Gravity & Other Myths in 2014, specializing in tumbling and group acrobatics.
Triton Tunis-Mitchell began training in 1985 in Adelaide and is a stalwart of the Australian circus community. He has been performing and teaching circus arts for the better part of 30 years, engaging with communities and professionals across Australia. Acrobatic credits include: roles in Moby Dick, a production of the State Opera of South Australia; Return to the Trees by No Strings Attached company; and Freaky, a Cirkidz/Circus Monoxide collaboration; as well as countless acrobatic performances with Slack Taxi, Hand 2 Hand Acrobats and Knee High Puppeteers. He has completed additional training with Circus Oz, Circa, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and numerous National Circus Festivals. Teaching credits include: Cirkidz Youth Circus School, Circa, Tanks Arts Cairns, Flinders University Drama Centre and the Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program. As a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths in 2009, he has developed widely acclaimed work and has taken his unique style of physical theater and acrobatics to the world stage.
Martin Schreiber has been involved in the circus community for most of his life; first as a junior performer with Cirkidz Performing Troupe and progressing to his schedule of current national and international touring as a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths. Additional training has been gained with short projects at the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and numerous National Circus Festivals. Other professional credits include roles in Moby Dick, a production of the State Opera of South Australia; and Freaky, a Cirkidz/Circus Monoxide collaboration.
MUSICIAN
Jacob Randell joined the Cirkidz Performance Troupe at a young age and gained experience in training and performance through multiple productions as a junior performer. Jacob gained further experience with projects at the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and the National Circus Festivals. Jacob is a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths.
Elliot Zoerner. Since taking up the drums at age 11, Elliot has played with a wide variety of musical groups in Australia. He studied classical percussion at the Elder Conservatorium, where he performed with the Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra and the Percussion Ensemble. Credits include: John Reynolds Raiders Drum Corp, Kensington & Norwood Brass Band, various rock, indie and blues bands and many musical productions. Elliot joined Gravity and Other Myths in 2011 with a rework of the show, Freefall. Since then, he has worked closely with the company in both creation and production. In early 2014, he released his debut EP, Sirins. Artist Representation: James Weiner | Boat Rocker Entertainment jim@boatrockerentertainment.com
This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.TOURED BY
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11/6
THE KING’S SINGERS November 6, 2015 | Cheng Hall There will be a 15-minute intermission.
David Hurley Countertenor
Timothy Wayne-Wright Countertenor Julian Gregory Tenor
Christopher Bruerton Baritone Christopher Gabbitas Baritone Jonathan Howard Bass
PROGRAM
Pater Noster Plainsong
Pater noster (in procession)
“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name” William Harris Holy is the true light
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” Heinrich Schütz Vater unser William Byrd Haec Dies Hans Leo Hassler Cantate Domino “Give us this day our daily bread” Maurice Duruflé Notre Père Charles Wood Oculi omnium Bob Chilcott Oculi omnium
“And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us” John Tavener The Lord’s Prayer Henry Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” Leonard Bernstein The Lord’s Prayer Cyrillus Kreek Õnnis on inimene “For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever” Igor Stravinsky Pater noster Orlandus Lassus Ad te levavi Plainsong Orlando Gibbons
Pater noster (in recession) Amen
INTERVAL Songs in close harmony
A selection of The King’s Singers much-loved close harmony favorites
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photo: Axel Nickolaus
THE KING’S SINGERS Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity, life-affirming energy and charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work, synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly to Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. Instantly recognizable for their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing, The King’s Singers are consummate entertainers. The group’s repertoire has evolved to become one of the most diverse and compelling imaginable. The King’s Singers have commissioned over 200 works, including landmark pieces from leading contemporary composers including Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Sir James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, Sir John Tavener, Gabriela Lena Frank and Eric Whitacre. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits, explored medieval motets and Renaissance madrigals, and encouraged young composers to write new scores. 8 | IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE
In addition to performing to capacity audiences and creating highly regarded and much-loved recordings, The King’s Singers share their artistry through numerous workshops and masterclasses around the world. The group hosts a biennial residential Summer School at Royal Holloway (part of the University of London) where they are also ensemble-in-residence. Among the work supported by The King’s Singers Foundation, A Carol for Christmas is a composition competition that seeks to encourage young and up-coming composers, giving the winners the chance for their piece to be performed in King’s College Chapel (Cambridge, UK). Double Grammy® award-winning artists, The King’s Singers were honored in 2009 for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again in 2012 for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album on Universal/Decca. Recently voted into Gramophone Hall of Fame, rave reviews and repeated sell-out concerts confirm that The King’s Singers remain one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles. Visit www.kingssingers.com for the latest news, blog entries, video blogs, Tweets and YouTube updates.
PROGRAM NOTES The Lord’s Prayer is the best-known prayer in Christianity, appearing in two of the gospels. In Matthew’s Gospel (6:9-13), it is included as part of the discourse on ostentation, as part of the Sermon on the Mount. Here Jesus instructs people to pray after the manner of this prayer, and this prayer has become a central part of liturgy in all Christian denominations. This program is based around the words of the Lord’s Prayer, featuring musical settings of the prayer alongside other works that complement the meaning of the different sentences. The first presentation of the Lord’s Prayer is in the most ancient musical form represented here, using plainchant. Different styles of plainchant developed alongside each other in the early years of medieval times until the 12th century when the styles were standardized into the Gregorian form that is widely used to this day. Other settings of the Lord’s Prayer include ones by Heinrich Schütz, Maurice Duruflé, Igor Stravinsky, Sir John Tavener and Leonard Bernstein. Other works featured in this atmospheric program include music by Orlando Lassus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons and former King’s Singer, Bob Chilcott. Sir William Harris (1883–1973) is best known as a composer of unaccompanied church music. He was organist successively of New College, Oxford, Christ Church, Oxford, and St George’s Chapel, Windsor. During his tenure at Windsor, Harris conducted at the coronations of both Queen Elizabeth II and her father King George VI.
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) is generally considered to be the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach. Schütz’s musical education took him to Italy for three years from 1609 to 1612, where he studied with Giovanni Gabrieli, and whose influence shines through in Schütz’s compositions. Other influences include the Netherlandish composers of the 16th century. Schütz is best known for his sacred music, particularly his three sets of Symphoniae Sacrae, the settings of the Psalms of David, and Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (The Seven Last Words on the Cross).
William Byrd (1543–1623) was perhaps the greatest “Master” of the period, and all the available evidence indicates that he was recognized as such by his contemporaries. He remained a Roman Catholic all his life, despite England’s “conversion” to the Protestant faith, and continued writing music for the Catholic liturgy throughout his career. He was probably
discreet in his adherence to Rome, and his faith did not prevent him from writing music for the new Anglican rite. Undoubtedly though, his genius was at its height in his music for the Catholic Church.
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612) is considered to be one of Germany’s most important Renaissance composers. Born into a family of organists, he was the first of many German composers to travel to Italy to study with the pioneers of polychoral music. In Venice, Hassler met and befriended Giovanni Gabrieli, and both studied composition and organ playing with Gabrieli’s uncle, Andrea Gabrieli. On his return to Germany in 1585, Hassler was employed by the wealthy Fugger family, where he became widely known, writing a large variety of music, both sacred and secular. His compositional success lies in his skill in combining the innovative Italian style with the more conservative German techniques, producing music that was fresh, but not controversial.
The French composer and organist Maurice Duruflé (1902– 1986) held the position of titular organist at St Etienne-duMont in Paris from 1929 until his death. As a composer he was a perfectionist, allowing very little of his music to be published, and often continuing to edit his pieces after their publication. He is best known for his organ music, along with some wonderful sacred choral music such as the Requiem (1947). Charles Wood (1866–1926) was an Irish composer and teacher, best known for his Anglican Church music. In 1883, Wood moved to London, where he was one of the first intake of students at the Royal College of Music. Here he studied with his fellow Irishman, C.V. Stanford, and Hubert Parry, both significant composers of sacred music. After four years in London, Wood moved to Cambridge, where he stayed for the rest of his career, eventually becoming the Professor of Music in 1924. In addition to his own music, Wood’s legacy lies in his mentoring of the next generation of English composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells.
English composer and conductor, Bob Chilcott (born 1955) began his musical education as a chorister and choral scholar in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, where he is best known for singing Pie Jesu on the choir’s 1967 recording of Fauré’s Requiem. For twelve years, Chilcott sung tenor with The King’s Singers, leaving in 1997 to focus on composing. Oculi Omnium was composed for The King’s Singers in 1991.
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Sir John Tavener (born 1944) is best known for his largescale religious works such as The Whale, Celtic Requiem and The Protecting Veil. The major influence on his music has been his Orthodox faith. In 1977, he joined the Russian Orthodox Church, and the mysticism of orthodoxy is clearly heard in his sparse and often slow-moving music. Early influences include Stravinsky and Messiaen. His setting of the Lord’s Prayer is typical of his seemingly simple smallscale choral works.
Hardly known outside his native country, the Estonian composer, Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962) was a leading figure in the music of the Baltic region in the 20th century. His compositions were inspired by two main facets of his life; first, his strong Christian faith, and second, his love of Estonia’s folk music.
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) is acknowledged to be one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Born in Russia, he became a naturalized American citizen in 1946.
photo: Axel Nickolaus
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) is one of most significant English composers. Although inspired by the Baroque music of Italy and France, he developed a uniquely English style of music. Purcell’s musical promise appeared early in his life, and he is thought to have started composing at the age of nine. As a chorister in the Chapel Royal, Purcell studied with Pelham Humphrey and John Blow, before moving to study at Westminster School. In 1676, he began a long association with Westminster Abbey, becoming organist in 1679. His compositions include operas, cantatas and odes, instrumental music (including his sublime fantasias for viol consort) and choral music, of which Remember not, Lord, our offences is a wonderful example.
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American musician, equally at home as a composer, conductor, pianist, author and lecturer. For many years Bernstein was the music director of the New York Philharmonic, as well as guest-conductor of most of the world’s leading orchestras. As a composer, he is best known for his musical theater scores for shows such as West Side Story, Candide and On the Town. He also wrote some religious works, most notably the Chichester Psalms. His setting of the Lord’s Prayer comes from his Mass, which he wrote for the opening of The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 1971, at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Orlandus Lassus (1532–1594) was generally acknowledged as the leading composer of his day: the “divine Orlande, prince of musicians,” saw more of his output published than did any of his contemporaries; and that output was vast and varied. He was truly a man of many parts; a talented singer in his youth, a prolific, cosmopolitan composer in his twenties, an extrovert comic actor in his thirties, a keen traveller and amusing polyglot correspondent in his forties and fifties, and an introverted melancholic in his sixties. His works embraced the greatest variety of subject and style within the realm of vocal polyphony, a medium which dominates the surviving art music of the time. Lassus’ prodigious production, much of it published by his sons ten years after his death in a Magnum opus musicum, includes Latin motets, masses, Magnificats and other liturgical works, French chansons, Italian madrigals and villanelle, and German lieder. This unusual variety of language is matched by a similar variety of subject-matter and form. In an age when the figurative possibilities of music in illustrating words were being realized more fully than ever before, Lassus showed a marked predilection for expressive and individualized texts.
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) was an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. After studies at the University of Cambridge, he served as a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal under James I. Later appointments included keyboard player in the court of Prince Charles (later King Charles I) and organist of Westminster Abbey. His compositions were written largely for his own use, in both sacred and secular settings. Some fine instrumental music remains intact, as do some wonderful madrigals, including The Silver Swan, but it is his church music for which he is best known. He was one of the finest proponents of the verse anthem, where sections of solo are punctuated by sections of chorus. This setting of Amen is a fragment from a lost verse anthem.
photo: Chris O’Donovan
The variety of his musical style during his lifetime ranged from the percussiveness and dissonance of early works such as The Rite of Spring, through the neo-classicism of his middle life to the serialism of his late works. He wrote this simple setting of the Lord’s Prayer in 1926, the year before his grand opera-cantata, Oedipus Rex.
The King’s Singers appear by arrangement with IMG Artists, LLC, 7 West 54th Street, New York NY 10019. www.imgartists.com
The King’s Singers’ recordings are available on the Signum Records, EM Records, TELARC, RCA Victor & Red Seal/BMG Classics, and EMI/Angel record labels. Recording Distributor for The King’s Singers’ American concerts: DJ Records, P.O. Box 445, Trout Lake, WA 98650. www.dj-records.com
In addition to sheet music and music books available from DJ Records, a comprehensive catalogue of The King’s Singers’ choral arrangements is available from Hal Leonard Corporation, 777 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee WI 53213. The King’s Singers are dressed by Marc Wallace: www.marcwallace.com
We like to end with a collection of pieces from the lighter end of the repertoire, which can include arrangements of folk songs and spirituals, standard evergreens and contemporary pop material.
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11/23 DAVID SEDARIS November 23–24, 2015 | Cheng Hall
photo: Anne Fishbein
Duration: 90 minutes without an intermission.
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is a 56th Annual Grammy Awards nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of The New York Times bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’ pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in The Best American Essays. There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name, “The Talent Family,” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La MaMa, Lincoln Center and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris’ original radio pieces can often be heard on the public radio show, This American Life. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure (November 2009). A feature film adaptation of his story, “C.O.G.,” was released after a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris’ next book will be a collection of his diaries entitled Theft by Finding (summer 2017). You can follow David on Facebook at www.facebook.com/davidsedaris or visit his official website at www.davidsedarisbooks.com. Artist Representation: Steven Barclay Agency steven@barclayagency.com
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Irvine Barclay Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of our donors who help support the “big talent” in our “small hall.” Gifts to the Annual Fund for Excellence assist the Barclay in presenting an international roster of performers while keeping tickets reasonably priced. They also support our ArtsReach programs provided to the schools at little or no cost and “family-friendly” programming on stage. The Barclay’s mission also embraces making its beautiful facilities available to diverse community organizations, UCI, and other educational institutions. Thank you to all of our generous donors listed here for their contributions during the previous 12 months! If you would like to join the ranks of those who make it all possible at the Barclay, you may make a donation online at www.thebarclay.org or call (949) 854-4607. PUBLIC PARTNERS City of Irvine University of California, Irvine
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BRAVO BARCLAY BENEFACTOR $2,500 – $4,999 Rick and Wendy Aversano David and Trudi Gartley Yvonne and Damien Jordan Dr. Paul and Mrs. Ellen Lee Rohl LLC Kenneth and Amber Rohl Richard and Ann Sim Linda I. Smith Foundation Alan and Barbara Wiener
BRAVO BARCLAY PATRON $1,000 – $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. James Alexiou The Beall Family Foundation The British Council Barbara Klein The Millstream Fund Donald and Ui Natenstedt Carl Neisser Peter and Alexandra Neptune Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Tom and Amber Orradre Barbara Roberts Deborah and Frank Rugani Nancy Lee Ruyter Michael Shubert and Associates LLC Vendini, Inc.
ENCORE CIRCLE ENTHUSIAST $250 – $999 Oscar R. Aguirre Richard Alexander Brien Amspoker and Ellen Breitman Diane and Dennis Baker John W. Ballantyne Robert and Delphi Ballinger Betty Barry Dr. Michael Bear Honorable Marian Bergeson Linda Berquist Scott Berry Rosanna Brichta Jon and Donna Brownell Lisa and Robert Burnand Harold and Eleanor Carpenter Deanna Choi John Coyne Kenneth J. Craig, Jr. Anahid Crecelius Bob and Burnetta Denham Roger du Plessis Joel and Melanie Durst Robert and Nancy Eagan David Falconer Bonnie Rae Feers Cathie Fields Carol Foster Mark A. Franzen Alison Goldenberg Robert and Margaret Green Ramya Harishankar and Harish Murthy Ginny and Chuck Hayward Barbara Helton Dan and Nicole Honigman IBM Matching Grants Program Judy and Terry Jones Judy Kaufman and George Farkas Robert E. Lee
Phuong and Joseph S. Lewis III Peggy and Alex Maradudin Helen McMillan Michael L. and Nancy Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano Keith and June Nelson Neurocare, Inc. Michael Noggle Ogilvie Family Robert Parker Jack and Suzanne Peltason Remembering Mel Posin Dennis Repp Dr. Stephen M. Rochford De Anne Sbardellati Jack and Katharine Schoellerman Carol Schwab Frances Segal and Michael Friedson Nancy Smith Dorothy J. Solinger Kia Stora Diane Stovall Thomas and Marilyn Sutton Jennifer Szabo Shelley Thunen Marilyn and Angelo Vassos Emily Vogler and Daniel Flynn Michael Voronel Charles and Marilyn Wright Xiaofan Yuan Majid and Sohaila Zarrinkelk
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Katherine Ahn Dennis and Cindy Alderson Alice and Ara Apkarian John Armstrong Judith Ashby Debbie Aslanian
Pauline Baker Deborah and Terry Bales Joe Ball Sarah and David Ball Lindy Balmer Cindy and Steven Bandel Rivka Barasch Tony Battaglia and Meredith Lee Larry and Sue Ann Beaty Henry Bennett Jeannie Berryman Richard H. Bigelow Christopher Blank Eric S. Blum Michael and Margaret Bodeau Darci Bodin Suzanne Boras Lupe Borboa Laurie Brady Dale Brandon Scott Brinkerhoff Mary and Dave Bruce Susan Bryant and David Gardiner The Bukaty Family Douglas T. Burch, Jr. Linda and Roland Bye Sandra Jones Campbell Luisa Cano Terry Causey Denise Chilcote Kate and Michael P. Clark Jeff Corp Madeleine and Alan Crivaro Hilary Davis and Dr. Sandy Ratner Shannon Davis Michelle Dean Arturo and Domna Del Rio Deborah Denise Sheila Dennis Shari Dill William Domino Joan M. Donahue Patsy and Douglas Downs Jacolyn Dudley Alan and Rosemary Dugard Rad and Toni Dwyer Rosalie and Jon Elder Janet and Howard Emery Donna Emmett Nancy Field Delores Fields Sandra Findly Donna Fisher Constance and Dick Fleming Nelson and Elizabeth Flores Ruby Foo
NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHERS INITIATIVE
As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance. Betty B. and Roy Anderson Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad Mrs. Alan V. Andrews Ann Marie DeAngelo Productions Diane and Dennis Baker Ballet Barres West William H. Bardens Victoria Barrett Dr. Michael Bear Honorable Marian Bergeson Paul Blank Theodore Bradshaw Stacie Brandt Laurie and Bart Brown Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik
Kimberly Fox Roberta Fox Thelma Friedel Elisabeth and Lester Fruth Ellen Fujikawa James Gabelberg Mary Ann Gaido Galeos Cafe Shelli and Majid Ghassemieh Supriya Ghorpadkar Bernard and Phyllis Gilmore Marcella Gilmore and Edward Muehl Lisa Glass S. Glass Family Valerie Glass Ben and Sandie Goelman Mariko Gooden Lori Grayson Linda and George Greene Janice Groh Paul and Nancy Groner Sanjiv and Geeta Grover Patrick and Trisha Guinet Ranjan and Angela Gupta Jim and Berri Harris Carole S. Harrison Paul and Nancy Hegness June and Miles Herman David Herzlinger Richard and Sara Hess Robert and Virginia Hilton Dan and Nicole Honigman Elizabeth Howard Yonghong Hu Dana Huff Dennis and Irene Iverson Mildred Jensen Lori Johnstone Christina Kaoh Arlene Kato Dr. Mitchell Katz and Mrs. Linda Scott-Katz Mr. Michael Kaufman Kathleen Kendrick Jay King Gregory and Maureen Kirkorowicz Patricia Kirkwood Jeannine Kouns William Kroener Rosa Kwong Dr. and Mrs. John Lagourgue Alberteen Lambert Martin G. Langer Edwina Lawrence Carter Lee Josephine Lee Benjamin and Sunny Leos In Memory of Estelle Levy
David and Beverly Carmichael Concierge Podiatry Newport Beach Bobbi Cox Sophia and Larry Cripe Bronny Daniels Diane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon Roger du Plessis Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik Henry and Janet Eggers David Emmes and Paula Tomei Mrs. Kay S. Faranda Robert Farnsworth Cliff Faulkner and Shigeru Yaji Gilian Finley and Robert Labaree Roberta Fox Mary and Andrew Franklin Sandy and Don French William Gillespie Foundation Judith A. Gorski Dr. and Mrs. Denis Gray Judy Jones Dr. Burton L. Karson Joanne and Dennis Keith Michael Kerr
Alla Liberstein Anne Llewellyn Christa and Gerry Long Willard and Bettina Loomis Junling Ma Christian and Sharon Maas Robert D. and Pat MacDonald Glenn and Laura MacKinnon Carolyn and Kerry Mangano Peggy and Alex Maradudin William and Nancy March Marshall and Marilyn Martinez Goran Matijasevic William K. Maxwell David and Teryl McDermott William McKaig Sharon McNalley Ken and Gisela Meier Tony and Barbara Mendoza Vivian Mendoza Wanda Mendoza Mark and Jan Merryfield Peter Milner Gabriella Miotto Jean Montague Hiroko and Yoshiharu Moriwaki John and Marjorie Murray Nancy and William Murray John Nahina Julie Nakata Beth Nicholas Albert and Tricia Nichols Fund Michael and Sylvia Nieto Lorrie and John Odell James Olney and Laura O’Connor Orange County Community Foundation Thomas Paris and Lauren Smith Rand Parker Ann and Bernal Peralta Omar and Irene Perez Dan Pillasch Leo and Sheila Pinsky Janice and Richard Plastino Donna Powell Jill Prentice Natalie and Nick Punto Edward and Betty Quilligan Sarah Quinn Miriam and Israel Ramirez Elaine Ramsay Christopher and Lynne Ramsey Ramona Reveles Michael Recendez Margaret Redmond Stephanie Reich Franklin and Alice Remer Shari Rezai
Carolyn and Willaim Klein Dr. Martin G. Langer Phuong and Joseph S. Lewis III Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell Molly Lynch and Alan Andrews Jack Lyons Debra Maxwell Sharon McNalley Ed Moen and Janek Schergen John and Margi Murray Mr. and Mrs. Mitsuhiko Nakano National Endowment for the Arts Carl Neisser Tom and Marilyn Nielsen Northern Trust Bank of California Anne B. Nutt Mrs. J. Matthew Osborne Marshall Parker Cyrus Parker-Jeannette John and Charlene Pasko James Penrod Mrs. Jody Pike Janice and Richard Plastino Dolly A. Platt, Ph.D.
Claudia Ried-Kraemer and Alan Kraemer Jill Ries Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Robins Christopher Rochlen Thomas Roddel Chiyo and Stanton Rowe Charles R. Rusky Walter Scacchi and Christine Fluor-Schacci Psychiatry Schaepper Joann Schaum Judith M. Schmidt Louise Schwennesen Trudy Vermeer Selleck Sandra and Arthur Selvan Lori Shapiro Thomas Shimada Dorothea Silavs Diane and Igal Silber Shirley and Coy Smith Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith Mary and David Solomon William Spurgeon Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns Daniel and Jeannette Stokols Beverly and Gary Stoney Ingrid Strayer John and Margaret Sun Richard and Jane Sungaila Alice Swan Law Offices of Jeri E. Tabback Celia and Julio Taleisnik Steve Tamura Earleen Thomas Andrew and Karen Thornburn Johanna Tilley Eric Tobiessen Gary and Peranza Topjon Robert Travers Renee Tuchscher Sylvia C. Turner Lydia and Dennis Tyler Thomas Heinz and Denise Van Horn Teresa Van Dyck Kathy Vickers and Jeremy Freimund James Violette Anne Walthall Kim Waterson Virginia Weddle Diane Wick Daniel and Courtney Wiercioch Robert and Sara Winokur George and Flo-Ree Woodruff Jing Wu and Wing Wong Sara Yang Kurt Youngs Ruth Yunker
Edward and Diana Putz Barbara Roberts Robinson Foundation Michelle Rohe Andrew Rose Bruce and Jan Scherer Jack and Katy Schellerman Sally Anne and Don Sheridan Igal and Diane Silber Ann Sim Jackie Smiley Grace Songolo Elizabeth R. Steele Studio du Corps Pilates Center of Orange County Jennifer Szabo Chris Thayer Karen and Gary Thorne Barbara and Jack Tingley Gretchen and William Valentine Max and Peggy Weismair Mary Vensel White and T. Jason White Shigeru Yaji
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